| Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You) | |
| Cover: | Swonderswoman.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Stevie Wonder |
| Album: | Music of My Mind |
| B-Side: | I Love Every Little Thing About You |
| Released: | April 25, 1972 |
| Recorded: | 1972 |
| Genre: | Progressive soul |
| Length: |
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| Label: | Tamla |
| Producer: | Stevie Wonder |
| Prev Title: | If You Really Love Me |
| Prev Year: | 1971 |
| Next Title: | Keep on Running |
| Next Year: | 1972 |
"Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You)" is a 1972 soul track by Stevie Wonder. It was the second track on Wonder's Music of My Mind album, and was also released as the first single. The song reached a peak of number 33 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
In essence a two-part song, there is a coherence in that it tells a story of the singer's relationship with "Mary". The first part covers her desire to be a star, and to leave her old life behind to become a movie star. The second part covers the narrator's wondering why she had not come back as soon as he had hoped. The second part of the song is also a reworking of the song "Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer" from the 1971 album Where I'm Coming From.
The song, both in its sound and length, was a change of pace for Wonder, who was trying to establish his own identity outside of the Motown sound. Besides its floaty ambience, it featured the singer as a virtual one-man band.[1]
Cash Box said of the song "Superwoman, superproduction, supersong, superhit: AM and FM, pop/soul and MOR."[2]
| Chart (1972) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| US Billboard Hot 100[3] | 33 | |
| US Billboard Best Selling Soul Singles[4] | 13 |
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