Today Marks The 51st Anniversary of Stevie Wonder’s 17th Studio Album “Fulfillingness' First Finale” Originally Released on July 22, 1974,
“Fulfillingness' First Finale” in 2974 is the seventeenth studio album by American singer, songwriter, musician, and producer Stevie Wonder, released in 1974 on Tamla Records.
The album peaked at #1 on both the Billboard Top LP's & Tapes chart and the Billboard Soul LP's charts.
Two singles were released from the album, "You Haven't Done Nothin'" and "Boogie on Reggae Woman".
"You Haven't Done Nothin'" peaked at #1 on both of Billboard’s Hot Soul Singles and the Billboard Hot 100 charts.
"Boogie on Reggae Woman" peaked at #1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart, and at #3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.
Other fan favorites were "Heaven Is 10 Zillion Light Years Away" and "Creepin'".
The song "They Won't Go When I Go" was the only one on the album that Wonder did not write by himself. His co-writer was Yvonne Wright, who co-wrote songs with Wonder for other albums.
Wonder performed this song, along with "Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer", at Michael Jackson's memorial service on July 7, 2009.
"You Haven't Done Nothin'", which launched a pointed criticism of the Nixon administration bolstered by clavinet, drum machine, and a cameo by the Jackson 5.
Luther Vandross covered the song “Creepin’” in 1985 for his album “The Night I Fell in Love”
All songs written by Stevie Wonder, except "They Won't Go When I Go", written by Wonder and Yvonne Wright.
Track-listing
1. Smile Please
2. Heaven Is 10 Zillion Light Years Away
3. Too Shy to Say
4. Boogie On Reggae Woman
5. Creepin'
6. You Haven't Done Nothin'
7. It Ain't No Use
8. They Won't Go When I Go
9. Bird of Beauty
10. Please Don't Go
By Romie Rome for Musique Funkology
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