# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamminest-stevie-wonder-song-in-the-history-of-the-world/647427/21 "2013-01-17T05:52:24Z")
You Haven’t done nothin? its dirty and angry and could easily be applied to 2 presidents some 30 years apart. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamminest-stevie-wonder-song-in-the-history-of-the-world/647427/22 "2013-01-17T10:07:55Z")
_Fingertips_. Isn’t that what he played up on the table in _Beach Blanket Bingo_ as Little Stevie Wonder? And of course, _Sir Duke_. ---
**Author:** ![Mycroft\_Holmes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a5b964/32.png) [@Mycroft\_Holmes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mycroft_Holmes)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamminest-stevie-wonder-song-in-the-history-of-the-world/647427/23 "2013-01-17T11:18:45Z")
> [@DonLogan](#): > > Fingertips Pt 2. And here’s the proof: [Fingertips Pt.II (YouTube)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iZOPXWPTe0) Not bad for a twelve year old. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Prize](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Sir\_Prize](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Prize)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamminest-stevie-wonder-song-in-the-history-of-the-world/647427/24 "2013-01-17T12:05:26Z")
I can’t argue with anything written so far but I still voted for [I Wish](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skmodkj42eE)because it makes me the happiest. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamminest-stevie-wonder-song-in-the-history-of-the-world/647427/25 "2013-01-17T12:17:54Z")
Three songs not mentioned in the poll: “I Don’t Know Why I Love You” “I Was Made to Love Her” “As” Those are my favorites. I also like “Living for the City” because of it’s story-telling and the dialogue at the end. “New York City, just like I pictured it. Skyscrapers and everything!” ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamminest-stevie-wonder-song-in-the-history-of-the-world/647427/26 "2013-01-17T14:33:02Z")
I prefer his collaboration with Theo Huxtable, Jammin On Da One, to any of his studio cuts. ---
**Author:** ![indyvet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b77776/32.png) [@indyvet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/indyvet)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamminest-stevie-wonder-song-in-the-history-of-the-world/647427/27 "2013-01-17T15:28:56Z")
> [@Critical1](#): > > You Haven’t done nothin? > its dirty and angry and could easily be applied to 2 presidents some 30 years apart. Exactly this. Doo doo wop! ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamminest-stevie-wonder-song-in-the-history-of-the-world/647427/28 "2013-01-17T16:04:46Z")
> [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](#): > > What about Master Blaster? Jammin’! Why wasn’t this one of the choices? I voted for _Sir Duke_. But the only wrong answer on the list is “Stevie Who?” ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamminest-stevie-wonder-song-in-the-history-of-the-world/647427/29 "2013-01-17T16:30:27Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > superstitious, specifically [this one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qz9fjn_frg). this. Sooooo this. ---
**Author:** ![Shark\_Sandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Shark\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark_Sandwich)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamminest-stevie-wonder-song-in-the-history-of-the-world/647427/30 "2013-01-17T16:36:34Z")
What, no love for [“Maybe Your Baby”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pM5SVMSB3HQ)? The first 40 seconds or so are SERIOUSLY funkalicious. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamminest-stevie-wonder-song-in-the-history-of-the-world/647427/31 "2013-01-17T16:40:28Z")
[_I was born in Little Rock, had a childhood sweetheart…_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiLxbGJ84Co)! ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamminest-stevie-wonder-song-in-the-history-of-the-world/647427/32 "2013-01-17T18:54:16Z")
_Sir Duke_ for me. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamminest-stevie-wonder-song-in-the-history-of-the-world/647427/33 "2013-01-17T20:29:10Z")
Giving some more love to I Wish. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamminest-stevie-wonder-song-in-the-history-of-the-world/647427/34 "2013-01-17T21:15:29Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > _Superstition_ by a mile. > > But _Higher Ground_ is exactly one mile behind. Agreed. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamminest-stevie-wonder-song-in-the-history-of-the-world/647427/35 "2013-01-17T21:19:15Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Sir Duke’s my favorite. > [@Wargamer](#): > > **cochrane** , I am intrigued by your position and wish to subscribe to your newsletter. > [@Becky2844](#): > > _Fingertips_. And of course, _Sir Duke_. > [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > I voted for _Sir Duke_. > [@Infovore](#): > > _Sir Duke_ for me. Sir Duke is one of the few songs that makes me get up and dance. I don’t care if it’s in the library, grocery store or anywhere else. Once of the dancingest songs in history. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamminest-stevie-wonder-song-in-the-history-of-the-world/647427/36 "2013-01-17T21:24:18Z")
> [@Shark\_Sandwich](#): > > What, no love for [“Maybe Your Baby”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pM5SVMSB3HQ)? The first 40 seconds or so are SERIOUSLY funkalicious. Yes, sorry to all the previous entries, but Maybe Your Baby is definitely his jamminest. I Wish, Higher Ground, and Superstitious are all excellent, but nothing else comes close to Maybe Your Baby. How did it not even make the poll choices? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_Tightlips](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/57b2e6/32.png) [@Joey\_Tightlips](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_Tightlips)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamminest-stevie-wonder-song-in-the-history-of-the-world/647427/37 "2013-01-17T21:27:10Z")
Of those listed, I love Uptight the best, though maybe not “Jamminest”. That kudo would have to go to “Do I Do” (not to be confused with “All I Do”). I’ll never understand why “Do I Do” doesn’t get more love. Is it because it was released on basically a greatest hits album? C’mon, it’s 10 and a half minutes of pure funk bliss! ---
**Author:** ![Ichini\_Sanshigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/d9b06d/32.png) [@Ichini\_Sanshigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichini_Sanshigo)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamminest-stevie-wonder-song-in-the-history-of-the-world/647427/38 "2013-01-17T21:27:17Z")
No love for _Uptight_? Oh well. That’s my vote, even though I think _Do I Do_ is jammier, all 10 minutes of it. ETA: Damn, **Joey Tightlips** , are you my alt-universe twin or something? ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamminest-stevie-wonder-song-in-the-history-of-the-world/647427/39 "2013-01-17T21:29:04Z")
His song “I Believe” is pretty lame-o, but then the last 30 or 40 seconds of it are a real funk jam. If the whole song were like that, it would be a contender. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_Tightlips](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/57b2e6/32.png) [@Joey\_Tightlips](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_Tightlips)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamminest-stevie-wonder-song-in-the-history-of-the-world/647427/40 "2013-01-17T21:38:38Z")
> [@Ichini\_Sanshigo](#): > > No love for _Uptight_? Oh well. That’s my vote, even though I think _Do I Do_ is jammier, all 10 minutes of it. > > ETA: Damn, **Joey Tightlips** , are you my alt-universe twin or something? Nah, it’s just that we’re right and everyone else is wrong. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamminest-stevie-wonder-song-in-the-history-of-the-world/647427.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamminest-stevie-wonder-song-in-the-history-of-the-world/647427.md?page=3)