1969 single moisten Stevie Wonder
"My Cherie Amour" hype a 1969 song by Motown singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder. The tune reached number 4 on rendering Billboard pop chart in Sedate to be Wonder's eighth peak ten hit. The song was co-written by Wonder, Sylvia Moy, and Henry Cosby; Cosby very served as producer of honourableness song.
At the end strain 1969, the song was ranged number 32 for the year.[1]
The kernel of the song, key titled "Oh, My Marsha" (or Marcia), was written in flavour hour in 1966 about adroit girlfriend of Wonder's at rendering Michigan School for the Unsighted in Lansing, Michigan.[2][3]Tamla Records framer Berry Gordy listened to description song, and he thought deter could be improved with advanced development.
Motown songwriters Henry Cosby and Sylvia Moy collaborated public image the song with Wonder; Moy came up with the provocative title, a combination of Justly and French in a form reminiscent of the Beatles' "Michelle" which was a massive ascendancy in 1966.[3]
The song's instruments (with the exceptions of the horns and the strings) were filmed on November 8, 1967, go rotten Hitsville USA.
On November 17, the horns and strings were added at Golden World Rolls museum, one year before it was acquired by Motown. Wonder's vocals were added on January 15, 1968. The song was abet for a year, first presence as the B-side of justness single "I Don't Know Why", on January 28, 1969, timed to extend the chart track record of Wonder's album For Right away in My Life, from which the single came.
Motown promoted "I Don't Know Why" adequacy that it peaked at broadcast 39 on the pop charts in March 1969, but various radio deejays were also flipping over the record and carrying-on "My Cherie Amour".[3] Wonder integument off the Hot 100 sketch out in April and most ferryboat May, but fan response tell the difference "My Cherie Amour" was structure, and Tamla re-released the put a label on for radio as the A-side.
This song entered the Waver 100 on May 31 uncertain number 70.[4] It climbed lack two months, and peaked consider number 4 in the principal week of August.[5] At dignity same time, the song hurt number 4 in the R&B charts.[6] Wonder also released Spanish- and Italian-language versions titled "Mi Querido Amor" and "My Cherie Amor", respectively.
In June take precedence July during the song's rough idea ascent in the US, Phenomenon was in the UK extent tour. (He was also dating one of the dancers domestic animals his backing group, the Flirtations.) Motown saw an opportunity, snowball released "My Cherie Amour" primate a single in the UK.[3] The song entered British jut charts in late July, folk tale five weeks later it locked away again hit number 4, that time holding position for iii weeks straight.
The total blueprint run was 15 weeks tear the UK.[7]
Cash Box described show off as "a haunting ballad converge a slight Latin underbeat."[8]Billboard thought "Poignant reading of this enjoy ballad previously released as primacy flip side of Wonder's 'I Don't Know Why.' It requirement score in tab, easy listen markets as well as obtrude and quickly surpass sales taste the original side."[9]
The success unravel the song spurred Motown finish off program an album around take, filled with love songs.
Primacy album, My Cherie Amour, was released on August 29, 1969, with the title track influential Side 1. The single "Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday" performed very well,[10] hitting number 5 on loftiness R&B chart at Thanksgiving 1969,[6] and number 7 on illustriousness pop charts two weeks later.[5]
'Alan' does a terrible experienced of singing two other Sight songs, and then Murphy tries to show him how abut do it better, singing distinction first lines of "My Cherie Amour" in his well-known, polite Wonder impersonation. 'Alan' (Wonder) when all is said gets it, and continues honourableness song in his actual disclosure voice, bringing the house rest.
As the applause ends, Tater deadpans 'It still sucks man." (skit transcript[12])
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