"Superstition" is a popular song written, produced, arranged, and performed by Stevie Wonder for Motown Records in 1972, when Wonder was twenty-two years old. It was the lead single for Wonder's Talking Bookalbum, and released in many countries. It reached number one in the USA, and number one on the soul singles chart.. Overseas, it peaked number eleven in the UK during February of 1973. In November 2004, Rolling Stone ranked the song at #74 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The song deals with superstitions, and mentions several popular superstitious fables in its lyrics.

Wonder had actually written this song for Jeff Beck, but at the insistence of his own manager, Wonder himself recorded it first. Beck was instead offered "Cause We've Ended As Lovers," which he recorded on Blow by Blowin 1975. Jeff Beck played guitar on Talking Bookand later recorded his own version of "Superstition" with Beck, Bogert & Appice.

Wonder's music had been undergoing a marked change from his earlier fit with the Motown Sound to a more personal style. This shift had been evident on his two prior albums, Where I'm Coming Fromand Music of My Mind, but it was Talking Bookand "Superstition" that brought the new style to the awareness of the public in general.

"Superstition" is immediately recognizable for its opening drum beat, which was performed by Wonder, complete with a noticeable bass-drum pedal squeak throughout the track. Its iconic funky clavinet riff was performed by Wonder, while the electronic Arp and Moog synthesizer sounds were created by Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff. The song also features trumpet and saxophone, played respectively by Steve Madaio and Trevor Laurence.

Notable covers of the song include:

The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie · Tribute to Uncle Ray · With a Song in My Heart · Stevie at the Beach · Up-Tight · Down to Earth · I Was Made to Love Her · Someday at Christmas · Eivets Rednow · For Once in My Life · My Cherie Amour · Signed, Sealed & Delivered · Where I'm Coming From · Music of My Mind · Talking Book · Innervisions · Fulfillingness' First Finale · Songs in the Key of Life · Hotter than July · In Square Circle · Characters · Conversation Peace · A Time to Love

Recorded Live: The 12 Year Old Genius · Stevie Wonder Live · Natural Wonder

Journey through the Secret Life of Plants · The Woman in Red · Jungle Fever

Looking Back · Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium · At the Close of a Century · The Definitive Collection · The Complete Stevie Wonder

"Fingertips - Part 2" · "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" · "Blowin' in the Wind" · "A Place in the Sun" · "I Was Made to Love Her" · "For Once in My Life" · "Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day" · "My Cherie Amour" · "Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday" · "Never Had a Dream Come True" · "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" · "Heaven Help Us All" · "If You Really Love Me" · " Superstition " · "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" · "Higher Ground" · "Living for the City" · "He's Misstra Know it All" · "You Haven't Done Nothin'" · "Boogie On Reggae Woman" · "I Wish" · "Sir Duke" · "Send One Your Love" · "Master Blaster (Jammin')" · "I Ain't Gonna Stand for It" · "Lately" · "Happy Birthday" · "That Girl" · "Do I Do" · "Ebony and Ivory" · "Ribbon in the Sky" · "I Just Called to Say I Love You" · "Part-Time Lover" · "That's What Friends Are For" · "Go Home"

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