Do I Do
| "Do I Do" | ||||
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| File:StevieWonderDoIDo7InchSingleCover.jpg | ||||
| Single by Stevie Wonder | ||||
| from the album Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I | ||||
| B-side | "Rocket Love" | |||
| Released | February 19, 1982 | |||
| Recorded | 1981 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 5:02 (single version) 10:30 (album version) | |||
| Label | Tamla | |||
| Songwriter | Stevie Wonder | |||
| Producer | Stevie Wonder | |||
| Stevie Wonder singles chronology | ||||
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| Alternative covers | ||||
| File:StevieWonderDoIDoAlternate7InchSingleCover.jpg Alternate 7-Inch single cover | ||||
"Do I Do" is a song written and performed by American singer and songwriter Stevie Wonder, first released on the compilation album Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I in 1982. The single peaked at #2 on the US Billboard soul chart and #13 on the Billboard Hot 100.[3] On the Billboard dance chart, "Do I Do" reached number one for two weeks.[4] Overseas, it reached #10 in the UK.[5]
Background
[edit | edit source]The album version of the song is ten and a half minutes long and features a rare example of Wonder rapping near the end of the track. Dizzy Gillespie also appears on the track with a trumpet solo. Both of these elements are omitted from the single edit of the song (some longer edits retain the Gillespie solo but exclude the rapping). Wonder audibly counts down at the end of the track, which is not commonly heard at the conclusion of musical singles. The song is noted by bassists for its intricate bassline, played by Nathan Watts.[6] A commercial success, it received three Grammy Award nominations including for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance and Best R&B Song. The song became the basis for Ja Rule's "Livin it Up."
Personnel
[edit | edit source]- Stevie Wonder – lead vocals, piano, harmonica (uncredited in initial liner notes; credited in 2000 reissue),[7][8] horn arrangements
- Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet
- Nathan Lamar Watts – bass
- Dennis Davis – drums
- Earl DeRouen – percussion
- Rick Zunigar, Benjamin Bridges – guitars
- Isaiah Sanders – Fender Rhodes
- Windy Barnes, Melody McCullough, Shirley Brewer, Alexandra Brown – background vocals
- Eugene Ghee, Janice Robinson, Britt Woodman, Virgil Jones, Anthony Tooley, Victor Paz, Clifton Anderson, Earl McIntyre, Frank Wess, Robert Rutledge, Lorenzo Wyche, J. D. Parran, Robert Eldridge, Alfred Wilson, Larry Gittens – horns
- Paul Riser – string arrangements
Charts
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See also
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- ^ Stevie Wonder - Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium (original 1982 vinyl release) back cover.
- ^ Stevie Wonder - Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium (2000 reissue).
- ^ Stevie Wonder - At the Close of a Century (1999) compilation album liner notes.
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- ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Do I Do". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
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