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.
Love Light In Flight
Stevie Wonder Lyrics
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Give me what I'm missing
Send me to the highest heights
Take me up and away
I've tasted love so many times
With something always missing
But I know that you got the kind
I know that our journey
Will be filled with passion, love and pleasure
Touching down where only
Satisfaction's guaranteed
We won't let our feelings
Auto pilot perfect navigation
Sending us to love bliss
Like no one ever knew could be
Oh, make me feel like paradise
Fill me with your kisses
Make the moment feel just right
Take me up and away
'Cause I have waited all my life (flying high)
For the one worth giving, yeah (love sky high)
And I don't have to think twice (flying high)
Let's go up and away (come on, baby)
Love's light in flight, mmhmm
Fuel injection passion (flying high)
Love's light in flight (love sky high)
Fuel injection passion
We need just to feel it
To know that our lovin' has the power
Showing that these feelings
Emanate from you and me
With love high aviation
We will fly forever and one hour
Giving us the always
To live out all our fantasies
Oh, make me feel like paradise
Give me what I'm missing, yeah
Send me to the highest heights
Take me up and away, yeah
I've tasted love so many times
With something always missing, yeah
But I know that you got the kind
To take me up and away, yeah, yeah
Love's light in flight, mmhmm
Fuel injection passion (fuel injection passion)
Love's light in flight (love's light in flight)
Fuel injection passion (fuel injection passion) (flying high)
Love's light in flight (love sky high)
Fuel injection passion (flying high)
Love's light in flight (love sky high)
Fuel injection passion (flying high)
Oh, lady, make me feel like paradise
Fill me with your kisses, yeah
Make the moment feel just right
Take me up and away
'Cause I have waited all my life (love's light in flight)
For the one worth giving, yeah (love sky high)
And I don't have to think twice (flying high)
Take me up and away, you'll take me up and away
I know you're gonna take me up and away, woo
Love's light in flight (love sky high)
Fuel injection passion (flying high)
Love's light in flight (love sky high)
Fuel injection passion (flying high)
Love's light in flight (love sky high)
Fuel injection passion (flying high)
Love's light in flight (love sky high)
Fuel injection passion
Oh, oh, make me feel like paradise
Fill me with your kisses
I don't have to think twice
Let's go up, let's go up, let's go up and away, oh
Love's light in flight (love sky high)
Fuel injection passion (flying high)
Love's light in flight (love sky high)
Fuel injection passion
Love sky high, oh
Love's light in flight
Fuel injection passion
Love's light in flight
Fuel injection passion
Oh, make me feel like paradise
The lyrics to Stevie Wonder's Love Light In Flight describe a desire for an ideal love that is missing in the singer's past relationships, and the hope that the current love interest possesses the ability to fulfill that desire. The opening lines "Make me feel like paradise/Give me what I'm missing" express a yearning for a love that can offer an unparalleled sense of fulfillment and satisfaction that has been lacking. The lines "Take me up and away" and "Let's go up and away" convey a desire to leave the mundane and the unsatisfactory behind in favor of a transcendent love experience.
The song also touches upon the idea of two people embarking on a journey together, taking chances and exploring uncharted territories, with the imagery of a flight being used as a metaphor. The lines "Touching down where only/Satisfaction's guaranteed" suggest a willingness to go beyond one's comfort zone and take risks in pursuit of a fulfilling love experience. The chorus repeats the desire to "make me feel like paradise" and "take me up and away," affirming the gravity of the singer's desire for a transformative love experience.
Line by Line Meaning
Make me feel like paradise
Please make me feel incredibly happy
Give me what I'm missing
Provide for me what I lack in my life
Send me to the highest heights
Take me to where I have never reached before
Take me up and away
Lift me up from where I am now and bring me somewhere else
I've tasted love so many times
I have experienced love many times
With something always missing
But something has always been incomplete
But I know that you got the kind
But I am confident that you possess the particular love
To take me up and away
That can elevate me to heights I've never been before
I know that our journey
I am aware that our experience together
Will be filled with passion, love and pleasure
Will be brimming with intense emotions, affection, and delight
Touching down where only
As we land in a place where only
Satisfaction's guaranteed
We are certain that satisfaction is guaranteed
We won't let our feelings
We will not allow our emotions
Auto pilot perfect navigation
To be on autopilot, as our perfect relationship guides us
Sending us to love bliss
Leading us to a state of pure happiness and love
Like no one ever knew could be
One that nobody has ever experienced before
Fill me with your kisses
Cover me with your affectionate touches
Make the moment feel just right
Let the time feel perfect and suitable for our love
'Cause I have waited all my life
Because I have waited for this all my life
For the one worth giving
For someone deserving of my love
And I don't have to think twice
And I do not have any doubts
Let's go up and away
Let's ascend to the sky and soar away
Love light in flight
Our love flies away like a plane in the sky
Fuel injection passion
The passion between us fuels our love even more
We need just to feel it
All we need is to sense it
To know that our lovin' has the power
To realize that our love has the capability
Showing that these feelings
Demonstrating that these emotions
Emanate from you and me
Originate from both me and you
With love high aviation
As our love soars high like an airplane
We will fly forever and one hour
We will fly through eternity, as well as a brief moment
Giving us the always
Providing us with forever
To live out all our fantasies
To fulfill all our dreams
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Stevie Wonder
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@chocolatecitygemini3832
Don't for get the mid 60's:
Stevie Wonder was exhibiting talent for what was coming in the 70s and 80s i.e ,
Purple Raindrops
Castles in the Sand
With A Child's Heart
Contract on Love
Yester Me Yester You
Signed Sealed Delivered
Blowing In the Wind
Fingertips
Uptight
Wonder could do the ballads better than a young M. Jackson as a young teen himself at 13, 14, 15.
🗣♊️👤Rising
@chocolatecitygemini3832
@cwlkjez578
In your playlist, I like the Rock Group YES too.
Especially their song:
OWNER OF A LONELY HEART !!
BTW, I also love it when it rains, including thunderstorms .
I just love rainy days and nights, too.
I am going to listen to Thunderstorm Sounds in your playlist tonight to put me to sleep!!
😴💤💤
🫂s &❤️!!
🗣♊️👤Rising
@chocolatecitygemini3832
@cwlkjez578
Susan, from your playlist: The Year of the Cat by Al Stewart..
That is one of my favorite songs. 🎵
Also, from your playlist, the Eagles: New Kid in Town from the Album Hotel California, that song is the bomb.
I bought that album as soon as it was on sale, and it is by far my favorite Eagles Album of all the Eagles Albums I own.
When it comes to rock music, I see we have a lot in common.
Life in the Fast Lane.
Hotel California!!
🤗😏
🗣♊️👤Rising
@markbunyevacz
Make me feel like paradise
Give me what I'm missing
Send me to the highest heights
Take me up and away
I've tasted love so many times
With something always missing
But I know that you got the kind
To take me up and away
I know that our journey
Will be filled with passion, love and pleasure
Touching down where only
Satisfaction’s guaranteed
We won't let our feelings
Auto pilot perfect navigation
Sending us to love bliss
Like no one ever knew could be
Make me feel like paradise
Fill me with your kisses
Make the moment feel just right
Take me up and away
'Cause I have waited all my life / Flying high
For the one worth giving / Love sky high
And I don't have to think twice / Flying high
Let's go up and away
Love light in flight
Fuel injection passion
[Repeat 1 time]
- Flying high, love sky high
We need just to feel it
To know that our loving has the power
Showing that these feelings
Emanate from you and me
With love high aviation
We will fly forever and one hour
Giving us the always
To live out all our fantasies
Make me feel like paradise
Give me what I'm missing
Send me to the highest heights
Take me up and away
I've tasted love so many times / Flying high
With something always missing / Love sky high
But I know that you got the kind / Flying high
To take me up and away
@palcanon6888
I'm embarrassed that I haven't given Stevie Wonder his props!!! I'm 70 and should no better! This man's a brilliant song writer!
@macyprimm7201
Yes, you should know better 😂 Stevie is the bizzness, I mean Mr. Thunder Wonder is a Legend 💃🏾🕺🏾💃🏾🕺🏾💃🏾💓💓💓
@Hersheyg38
Heard this song today in this grinding Houston traffic. A young lady opened her windows and just let it blast. Cars from all directions were jamming. A few younger folk got out of there cars and started an all out party in the middle of 610... I couldn't help be to join them..Once the song was over, everyone got back into their cars and went about their way... Thanks Stevie for the crazy, wonderful, cool end of a Tuesday work day... Much love friends....
@pappyswifey2008
C L Goodwin .....I would've been jamming right with yall💯😂ayyeeeeeee
@speechrighter
What a great moment! I wish I had been there. Id'a been dancing on the highway with everybody else. Thanks for that.
@jewellfoster2974
C L Goodwin
Great story, thanks!!!
@sweeterthancandy337
C L Goodwin That's what I'm talkin' 'bout....keep jammin'! 😉🎤🎶🎶🎶
@pheleciamccall2409
That's the way you do it! That's the way to end any day!!!! Loved the story!
@RenGib123
It's so crazy how timeless his music is.
@dwightalfred
The original synth master. A true musical genius.