With a Child's Heart

"With a Child's Heart" is a song by the singer Stevie Wonder, from his album Up-Tight. The song was released as the b-side to the single "Nothing's Too Good for My Baby".

Dionne Bromfield covered this song on her debut album Introducing Dionne Bromfield in 2009.

Stevie Wonder version

Stevie's original version of With a Child's Heart was released in 1966, as the "B" side to his hit, "Nothing's Too Good For My Baby". Both songs were taken from his successful album, Up-Tight. Although this version completely missed the Billboard Hot 100, it was a huge R&B hit, reaching the Top 10 of Billboard's R&B Chart, peaking at #8, making this Stevie's first-ever two-sided hit single.

Michael Jackson version

"With a Child's Heart"
Single by Michael Jackson
from the album Music and Me
A-side	"With a Child's Heart"
B-side	"Morning Glow"
Released	May 5, 1973
Format	7", 12"
Recorded	March 1972
Length	3:34
Label	Motown Records
Writer(s)	Sylvia Moy Henry Cosby Vicki Basemore
Producer(s)	Freddie Perren Fonce Mizell
Michael Jackson singles chronology
"Ben" (1972) "With a Child's Heart" (1973) "Morning Glow" (1973)

"With a Child's Heart"
Single by Raven-Symoné
from the album Undeniable
Released	February 20, 1999
Format	CD single, cassette single, 7" single, 12" single
Recorded	1998
Genre	R&B, hip hop
Length	3:53
Label	Crash Records
Writer(s)	Ray Blaze, Jerome Jefferson[1]
Raven-Symoné singles chronology
"Raven Is the Flavor" (1993) "With a Child's Heart" (1999) "Grazing in the Grass" (2004)

The song was later covered by singer Michael Jackson and released as the first single from his 1973 album Music & Me. The song peaked at #50 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart, #14 on the US R&B chart, and #23 on the US adult contemporary chart. Nearly all disc pressings of the Michael Jackson single had a track called "Morning Glow", the ninth track on the album originally written by composer Stephen Schwartz. In a 2003 interview with Martin Bashir, Jackson admitted that he no longer remembered having recorded the song, and could not recall any of the lyrics.^[2]

Charts

Raven-Symoné version

"With a Child's Heart" was later covered by American singer Raven-Symoné, taken from her second studio album, Undeniable. It was released as a single in 1999. Raven toured the United States going to various schools and malls to promote the single, and even went on a tour with *NSYNC. Her version appeared in the reissue version of the Music of the Heart soundtrack.

Three music videos were made for the song: the first one used the original "uptempo version", the second used the "ballad version", and the third used a remix. Despite the music videos and heavy promotion, the single never took off and failed to dent the charts.

CD single

1. "With a Child's Heart" (Uptempo version) – 3:53
2. "With a Child's Heart" (Ballad version) – 5:34
3. "With a Child's Heart" (Bonus Remix Uptempo version) – 3:38
4. "With a Child's Heart" (International Bonus House Mix) – 4:21

References

External links

• Full lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics