"Fingertips" is a 1963 number-one hit single recorded live by "Little" Stevie Wonder for Motown's Tamla label. Wonder's first hit single, "Fingertips" was the first live, non-studio recording to reach number-one on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the United States since 1952 (Johnny Standley, "It's In The Book").

Written and composed by Wonder's mentors, Clarence Paul and Henry Cosby, "Fingertips" was originally a jazz instrumental recorded for Wonder's first studio album, The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie Wonder.The live version of the song was recorded in June 1962 during a Motortown Revue performance at the Regal Theater in Chicago, Illinois. Containing only a few stanzas of lyrics, "Fingertips" is essentially an instrumental piece, meant to showcase Wonder's talents on the bongos and the harmonica.

The edit point that begins "Part 2" of "Fingertips" comes as Wonder transforms what had been an instrumental performance till now with "Everybody say 'yeah!'" initiating a call and response exchange with the audience. After a couple of sung verses, each followed by a bit of Stevie's harmonica wizardry (solos accompanied only by the audience's rhythmic clapping), Wonder brings things to a conclusion with a sly quote from "Mary Had a Little Lamb." At this point, he leaves the stage and the band goes into its exit music. This turns out to be a false ending however, as Wonder appears back onstage for an encore, returning to his harmonica, bongos, and the vocal microphone. The other musicians were not aware Wonder would stage an encore; as a result, bassist Larry Moses can be heard on the recording, yelling out, "What key? What key?" (The song's key is C minor.)

The live version of "Fingertips" was released in May 1963 as a two-part single, with Part 2 (with the encore) as the A-side. By August, the single had reached the top of both the Billboard Pop Singles and R&B Singles charts. "Fingertips" was Motown's second number-one pop hit (following The Marvelettes' "Please Mr. Postman"), and launched the 13-year-old Wonder into the pop music stratosphere. The single's success helped Wonder's live album, Recorded Live: The 12 Year Old Genius, reach number-one on the Billboard Pop Albums chart, making him the youngest artist to accomplish that feat.

Both the studio and live versions of the song featured drumming by future Motown star Marvin Gaye, who had been playing drums for Wonder and other Motown artists since he had signed with the label in 1960.

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" 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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