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Uptight (Everything's Alright)

Uptight (Everythings Alright)
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NameUptight (Everything's Alright)
ArtistStevie Wonder
AlbumUp-Tight
B-sidePurple Rain Drops
ReleasedNovember 22, 1965
Format7" single
GenreSoul, Rock & Roll
LabelTamla
SongwriterStevie Wonder, Sylvia Moy, Henry Cosby
ProducerMickey Stevenson, Clarence Paul

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"Uptight (Everything's Alright)" is a 1966 hit single recorded by Stevie Wonder for the Tamla (Motown) label. One of his most popular early singles, "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" was the first Stevie Wonder single to be co-written by the artist.

The single was a watershed in Wonder's career for several reasons. Aside from the number-one hit "Fingertips", only two of Wonder's singles had reached the Top 40 of Billboard's Pop Singles chart, ("Workout, Stevie Workout" reached # 33 in late 1963 and "Hey Harmonica Man" reached # 29 Pop in the Summer of 1964) and the fifteen-year-old artist was in danger of being let go. In addition, Wonder's voice had begun to change, and Motown CEO Berry Gordy was worried that he would no longer be a commercially viable artist. As it turned out, however, producer Clarence Paul found it easier to work with Wonder's now-mature tenor voice, Sylvia Moy and Henry Cosby set about writing a new song for the artist, based upon an instrumental riff Wonder had devised. On the day of the recording, Moy had the lyrics, but didn't have them in braille for Wonder to read, and so sang the song to him as he was recording it. She sang a line ahead of him and he simply repeated the lines as he heard them. In 2008, Moy commented that "he never missed a beat" during the recording.

The resulting song, "Uptight (Everything's Alright)", features lyrics which depict a poor young man's appreciation for a rich girl's seeing beyond his poverty to his true worth. A notable success, "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" peaked at number-three on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in early 1966, at the same time reaching the top of the Billboard R&B Singles chart for five weeks.. An accompanying album, Up-Tight, was rushed into production to capitalize on the single's success.

"Uptight (Everything's Alright)" continues to be popular on oldies radio.

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Stevie Wonder. Uptight (Everything's Alright) Live (1965)
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Live performance of 'Uptight (Everything's Alright)' at the Shoreline Amphitheatre. Watch in High Quality!
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This is a segment from TV's "Where The Action Is". I believe this episode is from 1967. Love the comb-Kazoo. Pretty good cover version of this Stevie Wonder Classic.
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Another hypothetical 12" version from Ricky "D", achieved with two CD players and a mixer.
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Live at 'Moon and Stars', Locarno Switzerland 2010
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Midway thru the show, the band played this Stevie Wonder hit. It went into Oteil's bass solo and then a drum jam before segueing into Jimi's Manic Depression [the 2nd part of the drum jam into Manic Depression is also posted] *Check out images from this show and others featuring these artists at: www.marcmillmanphotos.com/music
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Lake Forester--knowledge that pilots are the most -uptight- passengers aboard commercial airliners. The reason for this is that the pilots feel trapped, confined to a tube, ... - Date : Thu, 13 Jan 2011 10:05:36 GMT+00:00

Preceded by
"A Sweet Woman Like You" by Joe Tex
Billboard Hot R&B Singles number-one single
January 22, 1966 - February 19, 1966 (five weeks)
Succeeded by
"Baby Scratch My Back" by Slim Harpo

Stevie Wonder

Studio albumsThe 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
Live albumsRecorded Live: The 12 Year Old Genius * Stevie Wonder Live * Natural Wonder
SoundtracksJourney through the Secret Life of Plants * The Woman in Red * Jungle Fever
CompilationsLooking Back * Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium * At the Close of a Century * 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" * "Lately" * "Happy Birthday" * "That Girl" * "Do I Do" * "Ebony and Ivory" * "Ribbon in the Sky" * "I Just Called to Say I Love You" * "Part-Time Lover" * "That's What Friends Are For" * "Go Home"
Collaborations"We Are the World"
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