Down to Earth (Stevie Wonder album)

This article is about the album recorded by Motown singer Stevie Wonder. For the album recorded by the Motown group The Undisputed Truth, see Down to Earth (The Undisputed Truth album).

Down to Earth
Studio album by Stevie Wonder
Released	November 16, 1966
Recorded	1965–1966
Studio	Hitsville U.S.A., Detroit, Michigan
Genre	Soul
Length	33:13
Label	Tamla (Motown)
Producer	Clarence Paul, Henry Cosby
Stevie Wonder chronology
Up-Tight (1966) Down to Earth (1966) I Was Made to Love Her (1967)
Singles from Down to Earth
"A Place in the Sun" Released: October 24, 1966 "Hey Love" Released: February 9, 1967

Down to Earth is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder, released on November 16, 1966, on the Tamla (Motown) label. The album was a departure from Wonder's earlier, teen pop-driven albums, and, along with its predecessor, Up-Tight, it re-established the sixteen-year-old Wonder, whose voice had recently changed, as a Motown hitmaker.

The album features the hit single "A Place in the Sun". Another single, "Hey Love", became a hit for Detroit soul singer Bettye LaVette in 1969 (released as a B-side to "With a Little Help from My Friends").

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Track listing

Side One

1. "A Place in the Sun" (Ron Miller, Bryan Wells) - 2:52
2. "Bang Bang" (Sonny Bono) - 2:42
3. "Down to Earth" (Miller, Avery Vanderberg) - 2:50
4. "Thank You Love" (Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy, Stevie Wonder) - 2:55
5. "Be Cool, Be Calm (And Keep Yourself Together)" (Cosby, Moy, Wonder) - 2:43
6. "Sylvia" (Cosby, Moy, Wonder) - 2:34

Side Two

1. "My World Is Empty Without You" (Holland-Dozier-Holland) - 2:53
2. "The Lonesome Road" (Gene Austin, Nat Shilkret) - 3:06
3. "Angel Baby (Don't You Ever Leave Me)" (Cosby, Moy) - 2:45
4. "Mr. Tambourine Man" (Bob Dylan) - 2:30
5. "Sixteen Tons" (Merle Travis) - 2:42
6. "Hey Love" (Morris Broadnax, Clarence Paul, Wonder) - 2:41

Personnel

• Stevie Wonder – harmonica, keyboards, drums, percussion, vocals
• The Originals – backing vocals
• The Andantes – backing vocals
• Benny Benjamin – drums
• James Jamerson – bass guitar
• The Funk Brothers – instrumentation
• Clarence Paul and Henry Cosby – producers