Superstition

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single song

"Superstition" is a 1972 funk-soul song by Stevie Wonder, renowned for its iconic clavinet riff and socially conscious lyrics about the dangers of irrational beliefs.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Superstition canonical 13
"Superstition" 1
Superstition ain't the way 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
achievedNumberOneInCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 1 ⓘ
chartPositionUSRBChart 1 ⓘ
composer Stevie Wonder ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
era 1970s ⓘ
featuresRiffOn clavinet ⓘ
fromAlbum Talking Book ⓘ
genre funk ⓘ
soul ⓘ
hasArtist Stevie Wonder ⓘ
hasBside You've Got It Bad Girl ⓘ
hasCulturalImpact frequently covered by other artists ⓘ
widely recognized clavinet riff ⓘ
hasKey E-flat minor ⓘ
hasLyricalTheme critical thinking ⓘ
irrational beliefs ⓘ
social commentary ⓘ
superstition ⓘ
hasMusicalInstrument bass guitar ⓘ
clavinet ⓘ
drums ⓘ
horn section ⓘ
hasMusicalStyleCharacteristic funk rhythm ⓘ
prominent clavinet riff ⓘ
syncopated groove ⓘ
hasNotableLine Superstition self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Superstition ain't the way

When you believe in things that you don't understand, then you suffer ⓘ
hasSubject consequences of ignorance ⓘ
dangers of superstition ⓘ
hasTempo medium-fast ⓘ
includedInList Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ⓘ
isSignatureSongOf Stevie Wonder ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length approximately 4:26 ⓘ
lyricist Stevie Wonder ⓘ
partOfAlbum Talking Book ⓘ
performer Stevie Wonder ⓘ
producer Stevie Wonder ⓘ
recordedBy Stevie Wonder ⓘ
recordLabel Motown ⓘ
Tamla ⓘ
releaseType lead single ⓘ
releaseYear 1972 ⓘ
vocalist Stevie Wonder ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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Stevie Wonder → notableWork → Superstition ⓘ
Stevie Wonder → notableSongwriterFor → Superstition ⓘ
Superstition → hasNotableLine → Superstition self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Superstition ain't the way
You Are the Sunshine of My Life → precededBySingleOnAlbum → Superstition ⓘ
Talking Book → notableWork → Superstition ⓘ
Talking Book → track → Superstition ⓘ
Stevland Hardaway Judkins → notableSong → Superstition ⓘ
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll → includesWork → Superstition ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Superstition"
Stevie Wonder discography → includesSingle → Superstition ⓘ
clavinet → notableUseInSong → Superstition ⓘ
Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder → notableWork → Superstition ⓘ
subject surface form: Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I → containsWork → Superstition ⓘ
Peepshow → followedBy → Superstition ⓘ
The Rapture → follows → Superstition ⓘ
The Rapture → chronologicallyFollows → Superstition ⓘ