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"A Place in the Sun"
Single by Stevie Wonder
from the album Down to Earth
B-side"Sylvia"
ReleasedNovember 1966 (November 1966)
Genre Soul
Length2:59
Label Tamla
Songwriter(s) Ron Miller
Bryan Wells
Producer(s) Henry Cosby
Stevie Wonder singles chronology
" Blowin' in the Wind"
(1966)
"A Place in the Sun"
(1966)
"Someday at Christmas"
(1966)

"A Place in the Sun" is a 1966 soul single by American and Motown musician Stevie Wonder. Written by Ronald Miller and Bryan Wells, it was one of Wonder's first songs to contain social commentary.[ citation needed] "A Place in the Sun" was his third Top Ten hit since 1963, hitting number 9 on the Billboard pop singles chart and number 3 on the R&B charts. [1] Billboard described the song as a "folk-oriented release" to which Wonder gives an "exciting treatment." [2] The Originals and The Andantes sang background vocals on the recording. Stevie Wonder also recorded a version of the song in Italian titled "Il Sole è di Tutti" (The Sun is for Everyone).

Chart positions

Chart (1966) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 9
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening [3] 29
U.S. Billboard R&B Singles 3

Cover versions

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004. Record Research. p. 635.
  2. ^ "Spotlight Singles" (PDF). Billboard. November 5, 1966. p. 18. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–2001. Record Research. p. 262.

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