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Episode 156: “I Was Made to Love Her” by Stevie Wonder

A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs

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Stevie Wonder's a Place in the Sun

Blowing in the wind made the top 10 and number one on the R&B chart. Over the next few years Motown would start putting out more political records. A place in the sun was another ambiguously socially aware song, co-written by the only white writer on Motown staff, Ron Miller. The downward trajectory with Paul meant that Wunder was soon working with other producers again.

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