Up-Tight

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Up Tight

Studio album by Stevie Wonder

Released

May 4, 1966

Recorded

1965 - 1966

Genre

Soul

Length

33:16

Label

Tamla

Producer

Henry Cosby, William "Mickey" Stevenson, Clarence Paul, Brian Holland & Lamont Dozier

Stevie Wonder chronology

Stevie at the Beach
(1964)

Up Tight
(1966)

Down to Earth
(1966)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Up Tight (shown as Up-Tight Everything's Alright on the cover) is a 1966 album by American singer Stevie Wonder. It was his fifth studio release.

Background

The album was released on May 4, 1966 on Motown Records' Tamla label. The album features the U.S. Top 5 single "Uptight (Everything's Alright)", which Wonder co-wrote with Sylvia Moy and Henry Cosby.^[2] The tracks on Uptight (Everything's Alright) were the beginning of Wonder's development into a mature recording artist, independent of his earlier "Little Stevie Wonder" moniker and his image as a young Ray Charles imitator.

Also included on the album are "Nothing's Too Good For My Baby", another Wonder-cowrite, and a cover of folk star Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind", which made Wonder popular with crossover audiences,and a cover of the standard, Teach Me Tonight, featuring vocals with Levi Stubbs and The Four Tops.

The album reached No.33 on the Billboard Pop Album charts and No.2 on the R&B Albums charts.^[3] On the album, Stevie was backed by the Funk Brothers, the legendary, but uncredited, early period Motown Records studio musicians, creators of the famous, recognisable 60s Motown sound.

Track listing

"Love a Go Go" (Beth Beatty, Ernie Shelby) - 2:46
"Hold Me" (Morris Broadnax, Clarence Paul, Wonder) - 2:36
"Blowin' in the Wind" (Bob Dylan) - 3:46
(additional vocals by Clarence Paul)
"Nothing's Too Good for My Baby" (Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy, Willam "Mickey" Stevenson) - 2:39
"Teach Me Tonight" (Sammy Cahn, Gene De Paul) - 2:39
(additional vocals by The Four Tops)
"Uptight (Everything's Alright)" (Wonder, Moy, Cosby) - 2:54
"Ain't That Asking for Trouble" (Moy, Paul, Wonder) - 2:49
"I Want My Baby Back" (Harvey Fuqua, Cornelius Grant, Eddie Kendricks, Norman Whitfield) - 2:49
"Pretty Little Angel" (Paul, Mike Valvano, Wonder) - 2:12
"Music Talk" (Ted Hull, Paul, Wonder) - 2:52
"Contract on Love" (Janie Bradford, Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland) - 2:06
"With a Child's Heart" (Vicky Basemore, Cosby, Moy) - 3:08

References

v t e Stevie Wonder

Studio albums	The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie Tribute to Uncle Ray With a Song in My Heart Stevie at the Beach Up-Tight Down to Earth I Was Made to Love Her Someday at Christmas Eivets Rednow For Once in My Life My Cherie Amour Signed, Sealed & Delivered Where I'm Coming From Music of My Mind Talking Book Innervisions Fulfillingness' First Finale Songs in the Key of Life Hotter than July In Square Circle Characters Conversation Peace A Time to Love Ten Billion Hearts When The World Began Lula

Live albums	Recorded Live: The 12 Year Old Genius Stevie Wonder Live Live at the Talk of the Town Natural Wonder

Soundtracks	Stevie Wonder's Journey Through "The Secret Life of Plants" The Woman in Red Jungle Fever

Compilations	Looking Back Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I Song Review: A Greatest Hits Collection At the Close of a Century Ballad Collection The Definitive Collection 20th Century Masters The Complete Stevie Wonder

Top ten singles	"Fingertips - Part 2" "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" "Blowin' in the Wind" "A Place in the Sun" "I Was Made to Love Her" "For Once in My Life" "Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day" "My Cherie Amour" "Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday" "Never Had a Dream Come True" "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" "Heaven Help Us All" "If You Really Love Me" "Superstition" "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" "Higher Ground" "Living for the City" "He's Misstra Know-It-All" "You Haven't Done Nothin'" "Boogie On Reggae Woman" "I Wish" "Sir Duke" "Send One Your Love" "Master Blaster (Jammin')" "I Ain't Gonna Stand for It" "Happy Birthday" "That Girl" "Do I Do" "Ebony and Ivory" "I Just Called to Say I Love You" "Part-Time Lover" "That's What Friends Are For" "Go Home"

Other singles	"Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer" "Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You)" "Don't You Worry Bout A Thing" "As" "Another Star" "Lately" "Ribbon in the Sky"

Other songs	"You and I (We Can Conquer the World)" "I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)" "They Won't Go When I Go" "Knocks Me Off My Feet" "Pastime Paradise" "Isn't She Lovely" "Black Man"

Collaborations	"Ebony and Ivory" "We Are the World"

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