Sir Duke

E64385
single song

"Sir Duke" is a joyful, horn-driven 1977 Stevie Wonder song that pays tribute to jazz legend Duke Ellington and other musical greats.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album Songs in the Key of Life ⓘ
artist Stevie Wonder ⓘ
awarded Grammy Hall of Fame induction (for album Songs in the Key of Life) ⓘ
chartPositionCanadaRPMTopSingles 1 ⓘ
chartPositionUKSinglesChart 2 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 1 ⓘ
composer Stevie Wonder ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
followsSingle I Wish ⓘ
format 7-inch single ⓘ
genre R&B ⓘ
funk ⓘ
pop ⓘ
soul ⓘ
hasBside He’s Misstra Know-It-All ⓘ
hasChorusLyric You can feel it all over ⓘ
hasInstrumentation bass guitar ⓘ
drums ⓘ
horn section ⓘ
keyboards ⓘ
saxophone ⓘ
trombone ⓘ
trumpet ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Stevie Wonder ⓘ
mentions Count Basie ⓘ
Duke Ellington ⓘ
Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ
Glenn Miller ⓘ
Louis Armstrong ⓘ
namedAfter Duke Ellington ⓘ
notableFeature syncopated horn riff ⓘ
upbeat, joyful mood ⓘ
partOf Songs in the Key of Life ⓘ
performer Stevie Wonder ⓘ
precedesSingle Another Star ⓘ
producer Stevie Wonder ⓘ
publisher Jobete Music ⓘ
recordingPeriod 1974–1976 ⓘ
recordLabel Motown ⓘ
Tamla ⓘ
releaseDate 1977-03-22 ⓘ
releaseYear 1977 ⓘ
side A-side ⓘ
theme celebration of jazz ⓘ
tribute to musical pioneers ⓘ
tributeTo Duke Ellington ⓘ
writer Stevie Wonder ⓘ

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Stevie Wonder → notableWork → Sir Duke ⓘ