Wonder's single "Fingertips" was a No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963, at the age of 13, making him the youngest artist ever to top the chart. Wonder's critical success was at its peak in the 1970s. His "classic period" began in 1972 with the releases of Music of My Mind and Talking Book, the latter featuring "Superstition", which is one of the most distinctive and famous examples of the sound of the Hohner Clavinet keyboard. His works Innervisions (1973), Fulfillingness' First Finale (1974) and Songs in the Key of Life (1976) all won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year, making him the tied-record holder for the most Album of the Year wins, with three. He is also the only artist to have won the award with three consecutive album releases. Wonder began his "commercial period" in the 1980s; he achieved his biggest hits and highest level of fame, had increased album sales, charity participation, high-profile collaborations (including Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson), political impact, and television appearances. Wonder has continued to remain active in music and political causes.
Wonder is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with sales of over 100 million records worldwide. He has won 25 Grammy Awards (the most by a solo artist) and one Academy Award (Best Original Song, for the 1984 film The Woman in Red). Wonder has been inducted into the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame. He is also noted for his work as an activist for political causes, including his 1980 campaign to make Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a federal holiday in the U.S. In 2009, he was named a United Nations Messenger of Peace, and in 2014, he was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Wonder was born Stevland Hardaway Judkins in Saginaw, Michigan, on May 13, 1950, the third of five children born to Lula Mae Hardaway, and the second of Hardaway's two children with Calvin Judkins. He was born six weeks premature which, along with the oxygen-rich atmosphere in the hospital incubator, resulted in retinopathy of prematurity, a condition in which the growth of the eyes is aborted and causes the retinas to detach, so he became blind.
Boogie on Reggae Woman
Stevie Wonder Lyrics
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Right across the floor
I like to do it to you
Till you holla for more
I like to reggae
But you dance too fast for me
I'd like to make love to you
So boogie on reggae woman
What is wrong with me
Boogie on reggae woman
Baby can't you see
I'd like to see both of us
Fall deeply in love
I'd like to see you na
Under the stars above
Yes I would
I'd like to see both of us
Fall deeply in love, yeah
I'd like to see you in the raw
Under the stars above
So boogie on reggae woman
What is wrong with you
Boogie on reggae woman
What you tryin' to do
(Can I play? Can I play?)
(No)
Boogie on reggae woman
What is wrong with me
Boogie on reggae woman
What you tryin' to do
Boogie on reggae woman
Let me do it to you
Boogie on reggae woman
What you tryin' to do
The lyrics to Stevie Wonder's song Boogie On Reggae Woman are about a man's desire for a woman who he wants to dance with and make love to. The song has a catchy beat and rhythm that makes people want to dance. The man in the song is attracted to the woman's dancing and wants to dance with her himself, but also desires to take things further and make love to her.
The lyrics reflect the sexual energy between two lovers who are unable to resist their attraction to each other. Despite the different dance styles of reggae and boogie, the man wants the woman to dance with him in her reggae style while he does his boogie dance. He also wants to see both of them fall deeply in love and be together under the stars. The song speaks to the passionate desire between two people and their desire to connect on a physical and emotional level.
Line by Line Meaning
I like to see you boogie
I enjoy watching you dance
Right across the floor
Anywhere on the dance floor
I like to do it to you
I want to dance with you
Till you holla for more
Until you want to keep dancing
I like to reggae
I enjoy reggae music
But you dance too fast for me
Your dancing is too quick for me to keep up
I'd like to make love to you
I want to have sex with you
So you can make me scream
So that you can give me pleasure
So boogie on reggae woman
Keep dancing, reggae woman
What is wrong with me
Why do I feel this way?
Baby can't you see
Can't you understand my desire?
I'd like to see both of us
I want us to
Fall deeply in love
Become deeply connected emotionally
I'd like to see you na
I want to see you naked
Under the stars above
Outside under the night sky
Yes I would
Absolutely, I desire this
So boogie on reggae woman
Keep dancing, reggae woman
What is wrong with you
Do you also feel this way?
What you tryin' to do
What are you attempting to achieve?
(Can I play? Can I play?)
(Can I join in the dancing?)
(No)
(Apparently not)
Let me do it to you
Let me make love to you
Lyrics ยฉ Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Stevie Wonder
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@samanthah4295
White 58 year old midwest American woman here. Just came here to say I was in the frozen vegetable isle after mass yesterday morning and this song came on ... There I am jamming in front of the sliced red and green peppers, dancing down the isle! The song's been in my head ever since so I came here! I knew it had to be prodigy Stevie so scrolled through his old songs to find it! Thank you for sharing! Thank you, Sir Wonder! Sir Duke!
@leea2112
I'm a white 58 yr old british woman and have this album I love stevie wonder he makes me cut some shapes lol !!! Nothing like a bit of stevie to cheer us up !! โค๐โค๐โค๐โค๐
@user-bi3wc8zl2s
Aisle
@cassandraharris4873
I heard somebody say that we need to bubble wrap Stevie, he is ONE OF THE FEW old school real singers we have left.
@donnamoreno9750
Especially since he had a kidney transplant last year!
@locojazz5770
I just turned 27, I'm just dancing around the room like i'm 7 listening to this song next to my great granddaddy whose 86.๐ค๐พ๐
@johnniewalker23
Boogie on!
@roberthendry614
Stevie owned the 70's and half of the 80's.
@ThaDreamMerchant
Agreed. Nobody was touching Stevie during his classical period.
@tedcarter8074
He is my home boy. My brother and I delivered the Michigan Chronicle newspaper to Stevie's house in 1956. That's right 1956, We were eight and nine years old. Stevie was a six year old kid sitting on his parents front porch on Breckingridge St in Detroit. Stevie became a star in the sixties and he always came back to the neighborhood spending money and spreading love. Love Love Stevie