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That Girl (Stevie Wonder song)

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"That Girl"
Single by Stevie Wonder
from the album Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I
B-side"All I Do"
ReleasedDecember 30, 1981
RecordedFall 1981
StudioWonderland (Los Angeles, California)
GenreElectropop, R&B
Length5:13
LabelTamla
Songwriter(s)Stevie Wonder
Producer(s)Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder singles chronology
"Did I Hear You Say You Love Me"
(1981)
"That Girl"
(1981)
"Do I Do"
(1982)

"That Girl" is a song by American R&B singer and songwriter Stevie Wonder. It was the leading single from Wonder's album-era 1982 greatest-hits compilation, Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I, as one of four new songs from the collection. The song spent nine weeks at number one on the Billboard R&B singles chart, the longest time a Stevie Wonder single spent at the top spot.[1] It also peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 for three consecutive weeks from March 20 to April 3, 1982.[2][3]

In 2024, "That Girl" was ranked #39 on Rolling Stone's list of the best 50 Stevie Wonder songs.[4]

Charts

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Other versions

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The song was sampled into other recordings, most notably:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 636.
  2. ^ Stevie Wonder, Billboard Hot 100 – Billboard.com. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
  3. ^ Billboard Hot 100, Week of April 3, 1982 – Billboard.com. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
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  5. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1982-04-24. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
  6. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1982-05-01. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
  7. ^ Pennanen, Timo (2021). "Stevie Wonder". Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 (PDF) (in Finnish). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 284. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
  8. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  9. ^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, April 3, 1982
  10. ^ Musicoutfitters.com
  11. ^ Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 25, 1982
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