History Music / SongsInTheKeyOfLife

--->''For there's Basie,[[note]]Count Basie[[/note]] [[Music/GlennMiller Miller]], [[Music/LouisArmstrong Satchmo]], and the king of all [[Music/DukeEllington Sir Duke]].''\\

* LongTitle: "Ngiculela - Es Una Historia - I Am Singing."

* DistinctDoubleAlbum: ''Plus'' "A Something's Extra:" An 7-inch EP with 4 songs that didn't fit on the album -- literally or figuratively.[[note]]Early CD reissues stick each side of the EP to the end of each disc, while CD releases from 2000 onward fit the entire EP onto the end of disc two.[[/note]]

''Songs in the Key of Life'' is a double album released in 1976 by Music/StevieWonder. It was his 18th solo release and one of the best selling albums of his career. It debuted at #1 in the Billboard Pop Albums Chart where it spent another 12 weeks, and was awarded ''Album of the Year'' at the 1977 UsefulNotes/{{Grammy Award}}s. It spawned hits such as: "Sir Duke," "I Wish," "As," "Isn't She Lovely?", and "Pastime Paradise."

# "Isn't She Lovely?" (6:34)

* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: "Isn't She Lovely?" about Wonder's baby daughter.

* EpicRocking: "Isn't She Lovely?", "As," "Another Star," "Black Man," "Joy Inside My Tears," and "Ordinary Pain."

* GodIsLoveSong: "Have a Talk with God."

* ThePowerOfLove: "Love's in Need of Love Today," "Knocks Me Off My Feet," "Another Star," "As," "Isn't She Lovely?", and ""Ngiculela - Es Una Historia - I Am Singing," which has the following lines:

* SpokenWord: The baby noises of Wonder playing with his daughter in "Isn't She Lovely?" and the call and response outro to "Black Man."

The album title is so well known that Wiki/TVTropes has none less than two PunBasedTitle articles based on it: SongsInTheKeyOfPanic and SongsInTheKeyOfLock.

--->''For there's Basie,[[note]]Count Basie[[/note]] [[Music/GlennMiller Miller]], [[Music/LouisArmstrong Satchmo]], and the king of all [[Music/DukeEllington Sir Duke]].''
--->''And with a voice like Music/{{Ella|Fitzgerald}}'s ringing out, there's no way the band could lose.''

** The album title has been referenced several times:
*** Irwin Chusid's book about OutsiderMusic: ''Songs in the Key of 'Z.'''
*** ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''' soundtrack album: ''Songs in the Key of Springfield.''
*** Another soundtrack album. ''Songs in the Key of X: Music from and Inspired by ''Series/TheXFiles.''''

''A Something's Extra'' EP:

* DistinctDoubleAlbum: ''Plus'' "A Something's Extra:" An 7-inch EP with 4 songs that didn't fit on the album -- literally or figuratively. [[note]] On the CD reissue, this was included on the second disc. [[/note]]

''Songs in the Key of Life'' is an highly acclaimed music double album released in 1976 by Music/StevieWonder. It was his 18th solo release and one of the best selling albums of his career. It debuted at #1 in the Billboard Pop Albums Chart where it spent another 12 weeks, and was awarded ''Album of the Year'' at the 1977 UsefulNotes/{{Grammy Award}}s. It spawned hits such as: "Sir Duke," "I Wish," "As," "Isn't She Lovely?", and "Pastime Paradise."

In 2005 it was inducted in the UsefulNotes/NationalRecordingRegistry for being culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant. Magazine/TimeMagazine included the album in their [[TimeAllTime100Albums 2006 list of 100 timeless and essential albums.]] It was listed at #57 in Magazine/RollingStone's [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time.]] It was also subject of an episode of the TV music documentary series ''Series/ClassicAlbums.''

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* ArtisticLicenseAstronomy: "Saturn," apart from Stevie's rather casual plan of planning to live there he has a rather unrealistic idea of life on this planet: