In late September of 1976, Stevie Wonder released “Songs in the Key of Life,” an amazingly creative double album that also came with a bonus 4-song extended-play disc.

The album as a whole was an autobiographical sketch of Stevie’s life up to that point, and debuted at #1 on the Album chart– making Stevie the first American artist to achieve that honor.

“I Wish,” the first of FOUR Great Singles from the album, covered his boyhood in the ’50s and early ’60s when he was growing up under difficult circumstances.

Stevie wrote “I Wish” after a day of fun at a Motown Company picnic that left him feeling like a kid again. It was, funky, jazzy…and a great dance tune…and in January of 1977, it skyrocketed to #1 on both The Hot 100 and Rhythm & Blues Charts.

In effhttps://www.greatesthits981.com/shock-the-monkey-by-peter-gabriel-1982/ect, “Wish” was a Song in the key of GREAT! – Mike Cook