"I Wish" by Stevie Wonder

<p>Ever wish you could just be a kid again? Stevie does.</p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1"><strong>STRONG SONGS ON PATREON</strong></span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Strong Songs <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/strongsongs"><span class="s2">has a Patreon</span></a>! If you liked this episode (or, you know, any of them), we hope you'll consider supporting the show. Learn more here: <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/strongsongs"><span class= "s2">https://www.patreon.com/strongsongs</span></a></span></p> <p class="p1"><strong><span class="s1">THE JOY THE DAY WOULD BRING</span></strong></p> <p>Kirk breaks out the bass and digs into what makes Stevie Wonder's "I Wish" swing like it does, then looks back to some earlier Wonder tunes to guess at why his funkiest stuff tended to be in E-flat.</p> <p><strong>Band/Artist: </strong>Stevie Wonder</p> <p><strong>Album:</strong> <em>Songs in the Key of Life,</em> 1976</p> <p><strong>Composed by: </strong>Stevie Wonder</p> <p><strong>Listen/Buy: </strong><a href= "https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/songs-in-the-key-of-life/549888946">Apple Music</a> | <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Songs-Key-Life-Stevie-Wonder/dp/B00004SZWD"> Amazon</a> | <a href= "https://open.spotify.com/album/0BBWJ3L9fhkmNLdt4zs4fu">Spotify</a></p> <p><strong>------</strong></p> <p><strong>ALSO FEATURED:</strong></p> <p>"Superstition" by Stevie Wonder, from <em>Talking Book</em>, 1972</p> <p><strong>Listen/Buy:</strong> <a href= "https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/talking-book/549935145">Apple Music</a> | <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Talking-Book-Remastered-Stevie-Wonder/dp/B00004S36A"> Amazon</a> | <a href= "https://open.spotify.com/album/3PResMqFgQYBfzTnqTKwQw">Spotify</a></p> <p>"Higher Ground" by Stevie Wonder, from <em>Innervisions</em>, 1973</p> <p><strong>Listen/Buy:</strong> <a href= "https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/innervisions/549920877">Apple Music</a> | <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Innervisions-Remastered-Stevie-Wonder/dp/B00004S363"> Amazon</a> | <a href= "https://open.spoti