- Black Sheep Hit: The Lighter and Softer "I Just Called To Say I Love You" was his biggest chart hit.
- Breaking News Interruption: On December 8, 1980, during a concert in Oakland, California, Wonder announced that John Lennon had been assassinated, to much shock from the audience.
- Creator's Oddball: 1979's Stevie Wonder's Journey Through "The Secret Life of Plants". Despite being billed as a soundtrack for a documentary, the album dipped heavily into New Age and worldbeat music—while simultaneously suffering from "synthesizeritis." It included a nine-minute proto-house track called "Race Babbling." All in all, it was a style he never returned to.
- In 1968 he recorded an album of Easy Listening instrumentals, under the name Eivets Rednow.
- Enforced Method Acting: While recording "Living for the City" from Innervisions, the producers repeatedly stopped the tape mid-take. Wonder becomes increasingly angry as the song progresses.
- What Could Have Been: He was asked to perform at Live Aid, but refused due to the lack of diversity among the acts.
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