Do I Do

{{Short description|1982 single by Stevie Wonder}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Do I Do

| cover = StevieWonderDoIDo7InchSingleCover.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Stevie Wonder

| album = Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I

| B-side = Rocket Love

| released = February 19, 1982

| format =

| recorded = 1981

| studio =

| genre =

  • Post-disco{{cite web|first= Eric |last= Henderson |title= Stevie Wonder – Innervisions |work= Slant Magazine |url= http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/stevie-wonder-innervisions |date= 23 October 2003 |access-date= 26 October 2014}}
  • funk{{cite magazine|last= Sheffield|first= Rob|date= September 27, 2022|title=100 Best Songs of 1982|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-1982-1234592830/|access-date=September 9, 2023|magazine=Rolling Stone|quote=Do I Do” is just a vamp to close out his 1982 compilation, Original Musiquarium I, but it’s the most blissed-out brunch-funk groove...}}

| length = 5:02 (Single version)
10:30 (Album version)

| label = Tamla

| writer = Stevie Wonder

| producer = Stevie Wonder

| prev_title = That Girl

| prev_year = 1981

| next_title = Ebony and Ivory

| next_year = 1982

| misc = {{Extra album cover

| header = Alternative covers

| type = single

| cover = StevieWonderDoIDoAlternate7InchSingleCover.jpg

| border =

| alt =

| caption = Alternate 7-Inch single cover

}}

}}

"Do I Do" is a song written and performed by American singer and songwriter Stevie Wonder, first released in 1982 on the compilation album, Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I (1982). The single peaked at #2 on the US Billboard soul chart and #13 on the Billboard Hot 100.{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=636}} On the Billboard dance chart, "Do I Do" reached number one for two weeks.{{cite book |title= Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=283}} Overseas, it reached #10 in the UK.{{cite web|title=officialcharts.com|website=Official Charts |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/5543/stevie-wonder/|accessdate=June 16, 2021}}

Background

The album version of the song is ten and a half minutes long and features a rare example of Wonder rapping near the end of the track. Dizzy Gillespie also appears on the track with a trumpet solo. Both of these elements are omitted from the single edit of the song (some longer edits retain the Gillespie solo but exclude the rapping). Wonder audibly counts down at the end of the track, which is not commonly heard at the conclusion of musical singles. The song is noted by bassists for its intricate bassline, played by Nathan Watts.{{cite web | last = Jisi | first = Chris | url = http://www.bassplayer.com/artists/1171/nathan-watts-on-stevie-wonder39s-39do-i-do39/26140 | title = Nathan Watts On Stevie Wonder's 'Do I Do' | date = 1 June 2010 | access-date = 3 February 2017}} A commercial success, it received three Grammy Award nominations including for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance and Best R&B Song. The song became the basis for Ja Rule's "Livin it Up."

Personnel

  • Stevie Wonder – lead vocals, piano, harmonica (uncredited in initial liner notes; credited in 2000 reissue),Stevie Wonder - Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium (original 1982 vinyl release) back cover.Stevie Wonder - Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium (2000 reissue). horn arrangements
  • Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet
  • Nathan Lamar Watts – bass
  • Dennis Davis – drums
  • Earl DeRouen – percussion
  • Rick Zunigar, Benjamin Bridges – guitars
  • Isaiah Sanders – Fender Rhodes
  • Windy Barnes, Melody McCullough, Shirley Brewer, Alexandra Brown – background vocals
  • Eugene Ghee, Janice Robinson, Britt Woodman, Virgil Jones, Anthony Tooley, Victor Paz, Clifton Anderson, Earl McIntyre, Frank Wess, Robert Rutledge, Lorenzo Wyche, J. D. Parran, Robert Eldridge, Alfred Wilson, Larry Gittens – horns
  • Paul Riser – string arrangements

Stevie Wonder - At the Close of a Century (1999) compilation album liner notes.

Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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!Chart (1982–83)

!Peak
position

Finland (Suomen virallinen lista){{cite book|url=https://musiikkiarkisto.fi/oa/_tiedostot/julkaisut/sisaltaa-hitin.pdf#page=284|first=Timo|last=Pennanen|year=2021|title=Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021|section=Stevie Wonder|page=284|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava|location=Helsinki|access-date=July 14, 2022|language=fi}}

|align="center"|11

{{single chart|Ireland2|8|song=Do I Do|access-date=February 20, 2019}}
UK Singles (OCC)

|align="center"|10

US Billboard Hot 100

|align="center"|13

US Hot Dance Club Play (Billboard)

|align="center"|1

US Hot Black Singles (Billboard)

|align="center"|2

US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)

|align="center"|25

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=Year-end charts=

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Chart (1982)Rank
US Top Pop Singles (Billboard){{cite magazine |date=December 25, 1982 |title=Talent in Action : Top Pop Singles |page=TIA-20 |magazine=Billboard |volume=94 |issue=51 }}

|align="center"|95

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See also

References