Have A Talk With God (track)
by Stevie Wonder
Year: 1976
From the album Songs In The Key Of Life (track #2)
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Have A Talk With God appears on the following album(s) by Stevie Wonder:
- Songs In The Key Of Life (track #2) (this album) (1976)
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| ! | 10/07/2026 01:19 | emiro | 1,762 | 89/100 |
| ! | 09/26/2026 10:52 | Johnnyo | 45,742 | 80/100 |
| ! | 09/22/2026 14:34 |  swed | 3,742 | 88/100 |
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AAL2014 TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/22/2020 17:03 | #250360
I've always loved the boldness of this track, mainly its positioning as the album's second track. Following the lush and lovely Love's In Need of Love Today, Stevie knew he'd have the listener engaged and what is Songs In the Key of Life without arguably Stevie's most omnipresent force of love and life itself? His God. Although this isn't one of the true highlights of Songs.. an album sewn with the seeds of masterful song crafting, the record would be incomplete without it.
Capping off the track with a lovely, "Thank you... thank you very muchhh..." , Stevie shows appreciation to the listener for bringing down their walls of preconceived religious notions and cultural practices just for the 3 minutes it took to prioritize one of the pillars in his life. (Edited)
Sounds a little to much like a commercial jingle, but it's got a good message, and good lyrics.
Did you know Stevie does all of the instruments?
The lyrics to this song do not speak to me (I am not religious at all) but if they speak to you, I’m cool with that. Clearly, they mean a lot to Stevie. Feels like he’s writing from the heart here.
As a piece of music, I really like this track. Funky with a great groove. It’s actually one of my favourite tracks musically on the album
neilgee 09/11/2015 16:28 | #149497
A great second track of the album that has the same qualities I loved on 'Smile Please' and 'Ten Zillion' off the previous album. SW at his very best.
tgarritsen 03/10/2015 17:16 | #136501
Very groovy beat and great eye for details in the song.
