1973 single by Stevie Wonder 'Living for the City'byfrom the album'Visions'ReleasedNovember 1973 ( 1973-11)FormatLength. 7: 21 (full-length version). 3:41 Stevie WonderStevie Wondersingles chronology'(1973)' Living for the City'(1973)'(1974)' Living for the City' is a 1973 single by from his album. It reached number 8 on the chart and number 1 on the chart. Ranked the song number 105 on their list of the '.Wonder played all the instruments on the song and was assisted by and for and programming. It was one of the first songs to deal explicitly with systemic racism and to use everyday sounds of the street like traffic, voices and sirens which were combined with the music recorded in the studio.The song has won two: one at the 1974 Grammy Awards for, and the second for at the 1975 Grammy Awards for ' recording on his album Renaissance.

Contents.Synopsis Born into a poor family in, a young black man experiences discrimination in looking for work and eventually seeks to escape to (alluding to the ) in hopes of finding a new life. Through a series of background noises and spoken dialogue, the man reaches New York by bus, but is then promptly framed for a crime, arrested, convicted and sentenced to ten years in prison.Personnel. Stevie Wonder – lead vocal, background vocals, drums, handclaps Chart performance.

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Nov 12, 2007  1973 Motown Time Capsule Video featuring the song Living for the City by Stevie Wonder. 1973 Motown Time Capsule Video featuring the song Living for the City by Stevie Wonder. Skip navigation. And I mean REALLY F.&EN CREEPY) Throw on your break lights We're in the city of wonder Ain't gonna play nice(You can hallucinate during it, hence, city of wonder.) Watch out, you might just go under(I might just be thinking too literally here, but some people also report feeling like they're being pulled under their bed.).

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