That Girl (Stevie Wonder song)
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| "That Girl" | ||||
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| Single by Stevie Wonder | ||||
| from the album Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I | ||||
| B-side | "All I Do" | |||
| Released | December 30, 1981 | |||
| Recorded | Fall 1981 | |||
| Studio | Wonderland (Los Angeles, California) | |||
| Genre | R&B | |||
| Length | 5:13 | |||
| Label | Tamla | |||
| Songwriter | Stevie Wonder | |||
| Producer | Stevie Wonder | |||
| Stevie Wonder singles chronology | ||||
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"That Girl" is a song by American R&B singer and songwriter Stevie Wonder. It was the leading single from Wonder's 1982 greatest-hits compilation, Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I, as one of four new songs from the collection. The song spent nine weeks at number one on the Billboard R&B singles chart, the longest time a Stevie Wonder single spent at the top spot.[1] It also peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 for three consecutive weeks from March 20 to April 3, 1982.[2][3]
In 2024, "That Girl" was ranked #39 on Rolling Stone's list of the 50 best Stevie Wonder songs.[4]
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Other versions
The song was covered by Peter Sprague and Leonard Patton on their "Dreamwalkin'" album. The song was sampled into other recordings, most notably:
- Jade - "Don't Walk Away"
- Tupac Shakur - "So Many Tears"
- Queen Latifah - "Let Her Live"
