Nathan Watts' infectious 8-note bassline is one reason why "I Wish" is one of Stevie Wonder's most sampled songs.

I remember singing with my brothers and friends some of those lines - 'you nasty boy' and 'whipping your behind'..we were in a neighborhood with other kids our ages and went out to play every day and got into some trouble..Stevie nailed it describing a lot in our lives growing up. More songs from 2019. The best example is Will Smith's 1999 chart-topper "Wild Wild West," which was the theme song to the film by the same name starring Smith and Kevin Kline. (I Wish I Was in) Dixie's Land Lyrics: Oh, I wish I was in the land of cotton / Old times there are not forgotten / Look away! Look away! And a six four Impala.

It was released in 1976 as a single and included on the album Songs in the Key of Life.Written and produced by Wonder, the song focuses on his childhood from the 1950s into the early 1960s about how he wished he could go back and relive it. Al from Houston I LOVED this song when I was growing up in Beaumont, TX in the 70s. I wish I had a rabbit in a hat with a bat. "I Wish" is an R&B song recorded by American singer-songwriter R. Kelly, from the album TP-2.com. It was released as the album's first single. More songs with relations in the title. More list songs. The song's music video was filmed during a Phenix City show in Green's home state of Alabama. I wish I was a little bit taller, I wish I was a baller. The song is dedicated to his mother as well as friends and other loved ones of his who have died. Comments: 1. send your comment. Look away! More songs from Riley Green. It spent three weeks at number-one on the U.S. R&B chart and peaked at number fourteen on the U.S. Originally issued on his two-record set Songs in the Key of Life, "I Wish" topped both the R&B (for five weeks) and pop charts in early 1977. I wish I had a girl who looked good, I would call her. Hot 100 chart. Lyrics to I Wish Grandpas Never Died. In the lyrics Wonder cleverly ties together playful, common episodes of childhood (playing "nurse") and the teenage years (spending Sunday school money on candy). "I Wish" is a hit song by Stevie Wonder. Songs I Wish I Had Sung the First Time Around was Bing Crosby's fourth album for Decca and his fifth LP, recorded and originally released in 1956 on vinyl as Decca DL 8352..