"Superstition" is a popular song written, produced, arranged, and performed by Stevie Wonder for Motown Records in 1972, when Wonder was twenty-two years old. It was included on Wonder's Talking Book album and released as a single in many countries. It reached number one in the USA, and number eleven in the UK, in February 1973.
Wonder had actually written this song for Jeff Beck, but at the insistence of his own manager, Wonder himself recorded it first. Read more on Last.fm.
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Superstition Lyrics
“Superstition” was a pivotal shift not only in Stevie Wonder’s career, but also in popular black music. The song in some ways represents the end of the Civil Rights Movement and the “sound of integration”… Read More
[Verse 1]
Very superstitious
Writing's on the wall
Very superstitious
Ladder's 'bout to fall
Thirteen month old baby
Broke the looking glass
Seven years of bad luck
The good things in your past
[Chorus]
When you believe in things
That you don't understand
Then you suffer
Superstition ain't the way, yeah
[Verse 2]
Ooh, very superstitious
Wash your face and hands
Rid me of the problem
Do all that you can
Keep me in a daydream
Keep me going strong
You don't want to save me
Sad is my song
[Chorus]
When you believe in things
That you don't understand
Then you suffer
Superstition ain't the way, yeah
[Verse 3]
Very superstitious
Nothing more to say
Very superstitious
The devil's on his way
Thirteen month old baby
Broke the looking glass
Seven years of bad luck
Good things in your past
[Chorus]
When you believe in things
That you don't understand
Then you suffer
Superstition ain't the way
No, no, no
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