In Square Circle
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| Studio album by Stevie Wonder | ||
| Released | September 13, 1985 | |
| Recorded | Wonderland Studios, Los Angeles, California | |
| Genre | Soul | |
| Label | Tamla/Motown Records | |
| Producer(s) | Stevie Wonder | |
| Stevie Wonder chronology | ||
|---|---|---|
| The Woman in Red (1984) |
In Square Circle (1985) |
Characters (1987) |
"In Square Circle" is a 1985 album released by Stevie Wonder. The album features the hits "Part-Time Lover", "Go Home" and "Overjoyed" (which was left off Wonder's 1979 album Journey through the Secret Life of Plants and re-recorded for this album).
"Go Home" was performed during the Grammy awards ceremony in 1986, in the infamous synthesizer jam with Thomas Dolby, Herbie Hancock and Howard Jones.
[edit] Track listing
- "Part-Time Lover" (Wonder) – 4:12
- "I Love You Too Much" (Wonder) – 5:27
- "Whereabouts" (Wonder) – 4:17
- "Stranger on the Shore of Love" (Wonder) – 5:00
- "Never in Your Sun" (Wonder) – 4:06
- "Spiritual Walkers" (Wonder) – 5:13
- "Land of La La" (Wonder) – 5:12
- "Go Home" (Wonder) – 5:18
- "Overjoyed" (Wonder) – 3:42
- "It's Wrong (Apartheid)" (Wonder) – 6:52
[edit] Musicians
- Stevie Wonder- Drums, synthesizers, piano, electric piano, harpsichord, accordion, percussion, harmonica, Yamaha CS80, vocoder, cora, environmental percussion (crickets, bird sounds, ocean, pebbles in pond, stone dropped, crushing leaves), lead & background vocals
- Edwin Birdsong- Yamaha CS80
- Larry Gittens- Trumpet
- Bob Malach- Sax
- Earl Klugh- Guitar
- Ben Bridges- Guitar
- Rick Zunigar- Guitar
- Luther Vandross- Lead & background vocals
- Syreeta Wright- Background vocals
- Philip Bailey- Background vocals
- Vincent Unto- Background vocals
- Keith John- Background vocals
- Melody McCully, Billy Durham, Peter Byrne, Renee Hardaway, Darryl Phinnessee, Deniece Williams, Howard Smith, Janice Moore, Chela Akins, Carolyn Garrett, Valencia Cox, Ruthell Holmes, Ray Gibbs, Musa Dludla, Thandeka Ngono-Raasch, Linda Bottoman-Tshabalala, Muntu Myuyana, Lorraine Mahlangu-Richards, Fana Kekana, Tsepo Mokone- Background vocals
- Paul Riser- String arrangement
[edit] Charting singles
US Pop US R&B US Dance UK
- 1985 "Part-Time Lover" In Square Circle 1 1 1 3
- 1985 "Go Home" In Square Circle 10 2 67
- 1986 "Overjoyed" In Square Circle 24 8 17
- 1986 "Land of La La" In Square Circle 86 19 n/a
- 1986 "Stranger on the Shore of Love" In Square Circle 55
