Ribbon in the Sky

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"Ribbon in the Sky"
Ribbon in the Sky - Stevie Wonder.jpg
Single by Stevie Wonder
from the album Original Musiquarium I
B-side
  • "Secret Life of Plants"
  • "Black Orchid"
ReleasedJune 13, 1982
RecordedOctober 1981
GenreR&B, soul, jazz, soul jazz, smooth soul
Length5:50
LabelTamla
Songwriter(s)Stevie Wonder
Producer(s)Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder singles chronology
"Ebony and Ivory"
(1982) 		"Ribbon in the Sky"
(1982) 		"Used To Be"
(1982)

"Ribbon in the Sky" is a song by American singer Stevie Wonder. The ballad was first featured on the 1982 greatest hits album, Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I, and charted at No. 54 pop,[1] No. 21 Adult Contemporary,[2] and No. 10 R&B in the US when it was released.[3] The song also charted in the United Kingdom, reaching #45.

In February 1983, Wonder was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance at the 25th Grammy Awards.

In 2009, Essence magazine included "Ribbon in the Sky" in their list of the "25 Best Slow Jams of All Time".[4]

Wonder performed a version of the song at Whitney Houston's funeral on February 18, 2012.[citation needed]

Cover versions[]

"Ribbon in the Sky" has been covered by Dennis Brown, Intro, Boyz II Men, 2 Men 4 Soul, Hiroshima, Lloydie Crucial and Ivete Sangalo,[5] as well as being sampled by Will Smith and featured in Diana Ross's 1983 Central Park Concert (released 2012). The intro is also sampled in Jamal's "Keep It Real".

References[]

  1. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 261.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 636.
  4. ^ "25 Best Slow Jams of All Time".
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-04-09. Retrieved 2010-04-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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