# Jamminest Stevie Wonder song in the history of the world **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 16, 2013, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamminest-stevie-wonder-song-in-the-history-of-the-world/647427 "2013-01-16T22:10:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamminest-stevie-wonder-song-in-the-history-of-the-world/647427/1 "2013-01-16T22:10:50Z")
Jamminest of all Stevie Wonder jams. I reckon this is one of those debates that’s as old as the hills themselves. I can almost picture those beastly cavemen sitting around their fires after eating a nice flame-grilled mastadon or wooly mammoth and grunting back and forth over which Stevie Wonder era produced the best jams (pound for pound, I still say the 70s). Well, let’s settle this debate once and for all, shall we? Forget the sappy love songs, which Stevie jam jams like no other jam? [reposted with poll] ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamminest-stevie-wonder-song-in-the-history-of-the-world/647427/2 "2013-01-16T23:01:23Z")
Tough choice but I gotta go with the album version of [Living For The City](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfbvm52G8fE). ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamminest-stevie-wonder-song-in-the-history-of-the-world/647427/3 "2013-01-16T23:27:36Z")
First choice “I Was Made to Love Her”; second choice “Living for the City.” If I had to pick from the poll choices, it would be a toss-up between “Higher Ground” and “Superstition.” ---
**Author:** ![DonLogan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@DonLogan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DonLogan)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamminest-stevie-wonder-song-in-the-history-of-the-world/647427/4 "2013-01-16T23:58:48Z")
Fingertips Pt 2. I DJ’d a little in the 80’s; I put it on one night as the last song, and people went absolutely berserk. Never seen anything like it. If only there were another 30 secs or so at the end. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamminest-stevie-wonder-song-in-the-history-of-the-world/647427/5 "2013-01-17T00:10:44Z")
Superstitious, specifically [this one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qz9Fjn_FRg). ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamminest-stevie-wonder-song-in-the-history-of-the-world/647427/6 "2013-01-17T00:48:29Z")
Some good options, but I have to go with Superstion for historical reasons. I grew up in a wonder bread factory, acres of track houses, in each an individually wrapped loaf of white bread. I sang in the church choir, and our pastor had us do Carpenters songs, 'cuz he was edgy, and shit. I could only put my foot down on the one and the three, I just didn’t know any better. One day, outta my little AM radio with it’s quarter sized speaker, Superstition came rolling out, and I was like WTF? Pretty soon, I was moving side to side, and putting my foot down on the two and the four, then I had an epiphany that the world was a bigger place than I’d been led to believe, and there was no going back. Thanks, Stevie! ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamminest-stevie-wonder-song-in-the-history-of-the-world/647427/7 "2013-01-17T01:30:37Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Superstitious, specifically [this one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qz9Fjn_FRg). That is the song and the clip I thought of when I read the thread. Love that kid in the background! ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamminest-stevie-wonder-song-in-the-history-of-the-world/647427/8 "2013-01-17T01:42:43Z")
Boogie on Reggae Woman, I want to [see you in the raw under the stars above.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tCeAZ1nQjk) ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamminest-stevie-wonder-song-in-the-history-of-the-world/647427/9 "2013-01-17T01:44:18Z")
What about Master Blaster? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamminest-stevie-wonder-song-in-the-history-of-the-world/647427/10 "2013-01-17T01:47:16Z")
Sir Duke’s my favorite. ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamminest-stevie-wonder-song-in-the-history-of-the-world/647427/11 "2013-01-17T02:01:14Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Sir Duke’s my favorite. **cochrane** , I am intrigued by your position and wish to subscribe to your newsletter. ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamminest-stevie-wonder-song-in-the-history-of-the-world/647427/12 "2013-01-17T02:42:53Z")
Went with _Sir Duke_, but _Superstition_ is a very, very close second. Just wish _Sir Duke_ was a little longer. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamminest-stevie-wonder-song-in-the-history-of-the-world/647427/13 "2013-01-17T02:54:13Z")
There are probably live and bootleg versions of all of them that are jamminer than the studio versions of any of them. Of versions that get played on the radio I chose Superstition. I simply cannot sit still or stay sad when I hear it. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamminest-stevie-wonder-song-in-the-history-of-the-world/647427/14 "2013-01-17T03:03:31Z")
Back in college I used to spend my days downloading covers of songs. My intro to Boogie On Reggae Woman was a cover by Phish. [Phish](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zceuA0CSQmg) plays it quite a bit ‘funkier’ then Stevie, but that’s still the one I picked for the poll. If I had to go with one from the poll, it would probably be Superstition. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamminest-stevie-wonder-song-in-the-history-of-the-world/647427/15 "2013-01-17T03:41:43Z")
_Superstition_ by a mile. But _Higher Ground_ is exactly one mile behind. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamminest-stevie-wonder-song-in-the-history-of-the-world/647427/16 "2013-01-17T03:47:28Z")
> [@DonLogan](#): > > Fingertips Pt 2. > > I DJ’d a little in the 80’s; I put it on one night as the last song, and people went absolutely berserk. Never seen anything like it. If only there were another 30 secs or so at the end. That is such a GREAT song. I’m so old I remember seeing him perform it on Ed Sullivan, I think, and I’ve just loved it ever since. I hear it on the radio on occasion, and turn the volume up as high as it will go. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamminest-stevie-wonder-song-in-the-history-of-the-world/647427/17 "2013-01-17T03:50:25Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > _Superstition_ by a mile. > > But _Higher Ground_ is exactly one mile behind. Excellent 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamminest-stevie-wonder-song-in-the-history-of-the-world/647427/18 "2013-01-17T03:55:38Z")
Definitely ‘Superstition’, which had it all: a relentless bass line, interwoven percussion, driving horns and funk guitar. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamminest-stevie-wonder-song-in-the-history-of-the-world/647427/19 "2013-01-17T04:19:51Z")
Since the only one I even know by name is Superstition, I’m not going to vote. But it is definitely a jamin’ jam! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamminest-stevie-wonder-song-in-the-history-of-the-world/647427/20 "2013-01-17T05:25:11Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > Since the only one I even know by name is Superstition, I’m not going to vote. But it is definitely a jamin’ jam! Might I suggest going to YouTube, or your nearest online music supplier, and listening to each of the songs in the poll. Worth it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamminest-stevie-wonder-song-in-the-history-of-the-world/647427.md?page=2)