Who Did It Better

Stevie OR Chaka?

Stevie Wonder Stevie Wonder 1972

Superstition

Written by Stevie Wonder

Very superstitious, writings on the wall
Very superstitious, ladder's 'bout to fall

What's this song about ↓

"Superstition" is Stevie Wonder cataloguing the ways people talk themselves into fear. Written in 1972, the song lists superstitions one after another -- broken mirrors, ladders, bad luck, voodoo -- building a catalogue of irrational belief until the groove makes you dance right through the dread. Stevie is not mocking the superstitious. He is watching them. The song observes the rituals people invent to control what they cannot predict. The funk makes the fear bearable. The laughter keeps the darkness at arm's length.

Chaka Khan Chaka Khan 1978

Variation A — side column

Stevie Wonder 1972
Chaka Khan 1978

I already know

Play me a sample

Stevie Chaka

I need to be convinced

Variation B — left & right edges

Stevie Wonder 1972

I already know

Play me a sample

Stevie Chaka

I need to be convinced

Chaka Khan 1978

Variation C — filled color-coded buttons

Stevie Wonder 1972
Chaka Khan 1978

I already know

Play me a sample

Stevie Chaka

I need to be convinced

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Who Did It Better

Stevie OR Chaka?

Stevie Wonder Stevie Wonder 1972
Chaka Khan Chaka Khan 1978

Superstition

Written by Stevie Wonder

Very superstitious, writings on the wall
Very superstitious, ladder's 'bout to fall

What's this song about ↓

"Superstition" is Stevie Wonder cataloguing the ways people talk themselves into fear. Written in 1972, the song lists superstitions one after another -- broken mirrors, ladders, bad luck, voodoo -- building a catalogue of irrational belief until the groove makes you dance right through the dread. Stevie is not mocking the superstitious. He is watching them. The song observes the rituals people invent to control what they cannot predict. The funk makes the fear bearable. The laughter keeps the darkness at arm's length.

Variation A — side column

Stevie Wonder 1972
Chaka Khan 1978

I already know

Play me a sample

Stevie Chaka

I need to be convinced

Variation B — left & right edges

Stevie Wonder 1972

I already know

Play me a sample

Stevie Chaka

I need to be convinced

Chaka Khan 1978

Variation C — filled color-coded buttons

Stevie Wonder 1972
Chaka Khan 1978

I already know

Play me a sample

Stevie Chaka

I need to be convinced

The Sunday Drop
One song. One story. Every Sunday.

No algorithms. No trending sections. Just a song someone loved and the story behind it. Delivered Sunday morning.

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