For Once in My Life (album)

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For Once in My Life
For Once in My Life cover
Studio album by Stevie Wonder
Released December 8, 1968
Genre R&B
Label Motown
Professional reviews
Stevie Wonder chronology
Eivets Rednow (featuring "Alfie")
(1968)
For Once in My Life
(1968)
My Cherie Amour
(1969)


For Once in My Life is a 1968 soul album released by Motown singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder on the Tamla (Motown) label. Now eighteen years old, Wonder had established himself as one of Motown's consistent hitmakers. This album continued Wonder's growth as a vocalist, songwriter and producer. It featured classics like the title track, "Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day" and the modest hits "I Don't Know Why" and "You Met Your Match".

[edit] Tracklisting

  1. "For Once in My Life" (Miller/Murden) 2:48
  2. "Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day" (Cosby/Moy/Wonder) 2:45
  3. "You Met Your Match" (Hardaway/Hunter/Wonder) 2:37
  4. "I Wanna Make Her Love Me" (Cosby/Hardaway/Moy/Wonder) 2:52
  5. "I'm More than Happy (I'm Satisfied)" (Cosby/Grant/Moy/Wonder) 2:56
  6. "I Don't Know Why" (Hardaway/Hunter/Riser/Wonder) 2:46
  7. "Sunny" (Hebb) 4:00
  8. "I'd Be a Fool Right Now" (Cosby/Moy/Wonder) 2:54
  9. "Ain't No Lovin'" (Hardaway/Hunter/Riser/Wonder) 2:36
  10. "God Bless the Child" (Herzog/Holiday) 3:27
  11. "Do I Love Her" (Wonder) 2:58
  12. "The House on the Hill" (Brown/Gordy/Story) 2:36