Author: Stevie Wonder
Title: Uptight (Everything's Alright)
Category: Funk / Soul
Style: Soul
Year: 1965
Notes: 1966 hit single recorded by Stevie Wonder for the Tamla (Motown) label. One of his most popular early singles, "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" was the first Stevie Wonder single to be co-written by the artist.
The single was a watershed in Wonder's career for several reasons. Aside from the number-one hit "Fingertips", only two of Wonder's singles had reached the Top 40 of Billboard's Pop Singles chart, and the fifteen-year-old artist was in danger of being let go. In addition, Wonder's voice had begun to change, and Motown CEO Berry Gordy was worried that he would no longer be a commercially viable artist. As it turned out, however, producer Clarence Paul found it easier to work with Wonder's now-mature tenor voice, Sylvia Moy and Henry Cosby set about writing a new song for the artist, based upon an instrumental riff Wonder had devised. On the day of the recording, Moy had the lyrics, but didn't have them in braille for Wonder to read, and so sang the song to him as he was recording it. She sang a line ahead of him and he simply repeated the lines as he heard them.
The resulting song features lyrics which depict a poor young man's appreciation for a rich girl's seeing beyond his poverty to his true worth. The song peaked at number-three on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in early 1966, at the same time reaching the top of the Billboard R&B Singles chart for five weeks. An accompanying album, Up-Tight, was rushed into production to capitalize on the single's success. Rating: 3.8
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Tracklist

Uptight (Everything's Alright)	2:53
Purple Rain Drops	3:08

Versions Find Your Version

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
TAMLA 54124	Stevie Wonder	Uptight (Everything's Alright) ‎(7")	Tamla	TAMLA 54124	US	1965
T-54124	Stevie Wonder	Uptight (Everything's Alright) ‎(7")	Tamla	T-54124	US	1965
T-54124	Stevie Wonder	Uptight (Everything's Alright) ‎(7")	Tamla	T-54124	US	1965
T 54124	Stevie Wonder	Uptight (Everything's Alright) ‎(7")	Tamla	T 54124	US	1965
T-54124	Stevie Wonder	Uptight (Everything's Alright) ‎(7", Promo)	Tamla	T-54124	US	1965
TMO-120	Stevie Wonder	Uptight (Everything's Alright) ‎(7", Single)	Tamla Motown	TMO-120	Australia	1965
TMG 545	Stevie Wonder	Uptight (Everything's Alright) ‎(7", Single)	Tamla Motown	TMG 545	Norway	1965
T-54124	Stevie Wonder	Uptight (Everything's Alright) ‎(7", Single)	Tamla	T-54124	US	1965
T-54124	Stevie Wonder	Uptight (Everything's Alright) ‎(7", Single)	Tamla	T-54124	US	1965
T-54124	Stevie Wonder	Uptight (Everything's Alright) ‎(7", Single)	Tamla Motown	T-54124	Canada	1965
TAMLA 54124	Stevie Wonder	Uptight (Everything's Alright) ‎(7", Single, Promo)	Tamla	TAMLA 54124	US	1965
TMM.624	Stevie Wonder	Uptight (Everything's Alright) ‎(7", Single)	Tamla Motown	TMM.624	New Zealand	1966
GO 42.632, T-54.124	Stevie Wonder	Uptight (Everything's Alright) ‎(7", Single)	Tamla Motown, Tamla Motown	GO 42.632, T-54.124	Netherlands	1966
TMG 545	Stevie Wonder	Uptight (Everything's Alright) ‎(7", Single)	Tamla Motown	TMG 545	UK	1966
TMG 545	Stevie Wonder	Uptight (Everything's Alright) ‎(7", Single, Promo, 4 P)	Tamla Motown	TMG 545	UK	1966
TMG 545	Stevie Wonder	Uptight (Everything's Alright) ‎(Acetate, 7", S/Sided)	Tamla Motown	TMG 545	UK	1966
T-54124	Stevie Wonder	Uptight (Everything's Alright) ‎(7", RE)	Tamla	T-54124	US	1970
VIP-2005, MOT-2005P	Stevie Wonder	Uptight (Everything's Alright) ‎(7")	Motown, Motown	VIP-2005, MOT-2005P	Japan	Unknown

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