Pastime Paradise (track) by Stevie Wonder
Year: 1976
From the album Songs In The Key Of Life (track #8)


Pastime Paradise appears on the following album(s) by Stevie Wonder:
- Songs In The Key Of Life (track #8) (this album) (1976)
- At The Close Of A Century (track #44) (compilation) (1999)
- Natural Wonder (track #9) (1995)
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95/100 ![]() | 09/05/2023 05:39 | radio-head | ![]() | 84/100 |
100/100 ![]() | 08/27/2023 06:49 | SUPERJEFF6 | ![]() | 89/100 |
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This is kinda like the George Harrison track of Key of Life.
I like all of what goes on here and it’s catchy in a non-traditional way. However, I don’t think Pastime Paradise (currently 86/100) is a better song than Knocks Me Off My Feet or Summer Soft (currently both 84/100), the songs that surround it in the track-listing.

Shows how lazy of a song “Gangsta’s Paradise” really is. It’s literally just this whole song sampled lmao.

It's true, They've been spending most their lives living in a pastime paradise. The music fits very nice with the lyrics.
Now I know why Gangster Paradise actually sounded good.
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