Ribbon in the Sky
| "Ribbon in the Sky" | ||||
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| Single by Stevie Wonder | ||||
| from the album Original Musiquarium | ||||
| B-side | "Secret Life of Plants" "Black Orchid" |
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| Released | June 13, 1982 | |||
| Format | 7", 12" | |||
| Recorded | October 1981 | |||
| Genre | R&B, Soul, Jazz | |||
| Length | 5:50 | |||
| Label | Tamla | |||
| Writer(s) | Stevie Wonder | |||
| Producer(s) | Stevie Wonder | |||
| Stevie Wonder singles chronology | ||||
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"Ribbon in the Sky" is a hit 1982 R&B single released by Tamla/Motown star and American singer Stevie Wonder. The ballad was first featured on the greatest hits album, Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I, and charted at #54 pop and #10 R&B when it was released. In February 1983, Wonder was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance at the 25th Grammy Awards. Wonder performed a version of the song at Whitney Houston's funeral on February 18, 2012.
It has been covered by Intro, Boyz II Men, Ricardo Machado, 2 Men 4 Soul and Ivete Sangalo, as well as being sampled by Will Smith and featured in Diana Ross's Central Park Concert. The intro is also sampled in Jamal's "Keep it Real".
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