Recording
Superstition
Stevie Wonder
Independently chosen for3 of our lists. Here is what each of them said.
- Released
- 1972
- Label
- Tamla
- On
- Funk, The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred, and The Waxonia Desk — Where the Accent Moved
- Updated
- 2026-08-29
Ranked No. 4 in Funk
A clavinet riff so complete it barely needs the rest of the arrangement. Wonder played almost everything on it himself, which is the point: funk here becomes composition rather than a band's collective accident.
Picked by The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred
A clavinet riff so complete the arrangement is almost optional. One man playing nearly everything, at the exact moment that became possible.
Picked by The Waxonia Desk — Where the Accent Moved
One man playing nearly everything, at a moment when funk was supposed to be a band sport. The studio turned out not to be the enemy of the group after all.