2020 single by Stevie Wonder featuring Rapsody, Cordae, Chika, Busta Rhymes
"Can't Put It in the Hands of Fate"
Single by Stevie Wonder featuring Rapsody, Cordae, Chika, Busta Rhymes
Released
October 13, 2020 (2020-10-13)
Genre
Funk
Length
6:42
Label
So What the Fuss
Republic
Songwriter(s)
Stevie Wonder
Producer(s)
Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder singles chronology
"Where Is Our Love Song" (2020)
"Can't Put It in the Hands of Fate" (2020)
Rapsody singles chronology
"Air & Water Interlude" (2020)
"Cant Put It In The Hands Of Fate" (2020)
"Deep End (Remix)" (2020)
Cordae singles chronology
"Gifted" (2020)
"Cant Put It In The Hands Of Fate" (2020)
"Soda" (2020)
Chika singles chronology
"My Power" (2020)
"Cant Put It In The Hands Of Fate" (2020)
"FWB" (2020)
Busta Rhymes singles chronology
"Yuuuu" (2020)
"Cant Put It In The Hands Of Fate" (2020)
"Can't Put It in the Hands of Fate" is a song by American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder, featuring rappers Rapsody, Chika, Cordae and Busta Rhymes. Released on October 13, 2020, it is a funk track with lyrics addressing institutional racism, and associated issues such as police brutality and the Black Lives Matter movement.[1]
Released in a live-streamed press conference alongside "Where Is Our Love Song", this is Stevie Wonder's first single since "Faith" in 2016, and since he announced a temporary hiatus from performing in 2019 in order to undergo a kidney transplant.[2] In addition, this is the first music he has not released through Motown, marking the end to his career-long association with the record label in favour of his new label, So What the Fuss Music, distributed through Republic Records.[3] Both labels are currently part of the Universal Music Group.
Calling it "a response to systemic racism", Wonder said the song speaks in a time where "Not just Black people or people of colour but young people everywhere are going, 'This is not acceptable.' Change is right now".[1][4] The lyrics are notably critical of the lack of progress made towards racial justice in the United States, and the continuing discrimination against African-Americans.[4] Busta Rhymes rap references the aftermath of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor's death.