Love’s in Need of Love Today

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"Love’s in Need of Love Today" is the soulful, socially conscious opening track of Stevie Wonder’s acclaimed 1976 album *Songs in the Key of Life*.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical work
song
album Songs in the Key of Life
albumArtist Stevie Wonder
artist Stevie Wonder
composer Stevie Wonder
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticalReception acclaimed
describedAs socially conscious
soulful
format studio recording
genre R&B
socially conscious music
soul
hasInstrumentation background vocals
bass
keyboards
percussion
synthesizer
hasMessage call for more love in the world
warning against hatred and negativity
hasTheme compassion
healing
love
nonviolence
social responsibility
hasType album track
includedIn Stevie Wonder live setlists
includedOnGreatestAlbums Songs in the Key of Life
influencedBy 1970s soul
language English
lyricist Stevie Wonder
medium audio recording
musicalStyle ballad
notablePerformanceBy Stevie Wonder
openingTrackOf Songs in the Key of Life
originalReleaseYear 1976
partOf Songs in the Key of Life
partOfDiscographyOf Stevie Wonder
performer Stevie Wonder
recordedFor Tamla
recordLabel Tamla
releaseDecade 1970s
sequenceInAlbum 1
vocalStyle lead vocal by Stevie Wonder

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