i wish

Stevie Wonder brought us all back with this funky nostalgic groove. 'I Wish' was the leadoff single for his landmark album 'Songs in the Key of Life'. The song started with the bassline and Wonder built the rest around it. Bassist Nathan Watts remembers, “‘I Wish’ was a song that he never rehearsed. He wrote the song in one day. I was there with him the whole day and we did nothing that day. I was there until one o’clock in the morning and I told Steve that I was leaving because I was tired. He told me to go ahead and head home. He called me back at 3:30 in the morning and told me to come back to the studio. He said, ‘I got a song and it’s going to be good. You gotta hear it and you have to play on it.’ The next thing I know I was back at the studio and we came up with the song style and that was it. We came up with the bass line and he was playing on the keyboard then I embellished from what I was hearing from him. I finished up my part at five o’clock and went back home. He did the horns and the backgrounds the next two days and it took about three to four days to complete the entire song.” 'I Wish' drove the album to the top of the album chart and went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and the R&B Singles charts.






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Looking back on when I

Was a little nappy headed boy

Then my only worry

Was for Christmas what would be my toy

Even though we sometimes

Would not get a thing

We were happy with the

Joy the day would bring

Sneaking out the back door

To hang out with those hoodlum friends of mine

Greeted at the back door

With "boy thought I told you not to go outside"

Tryin' your best to bring the

Water to your eyes

Thinkin' it might stop her

From woopin' your behind

I wish those days could come back once more

Why did those days ev-er have to go

I wish those days could come back once more

Why did those days ev-er have to go

Cause I love them so

Brother says he's tellin'

'Bout you playin' doctor with that girl

Just don't tell and I'll give you

Anything you want in this whole wide world

Mama gives you money for Sunday school

You trade yours for candy after church is through

Smokin' cigarettes and writing something nasty on the wall (you nasty boy)

Teacher sends you to the principal's office down the hall

You grow up and learn that kinda thing ain't right

But while you were doin'it-it sure felt outta sight

I wish those days could come back once more

Why did those days ev-er have to go

I wish those days could come back once more

Why did those days ev-er have to go