The Woman in Red (soundtrack)

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The Woman in Red
File:Womaninred.jpg
Soundtrack album by Stevie Wonder
Released August 28, 1984
Recorded 1983–84
Genre R&B, soul, funk, pop
Length 41:19
Label Motown
Producer Stevie Wonder, Gary Olazabal
Stevie Wonder chronology
Hotter than July
(1980)Hotter than July1980		 The Woman in Red
(1984)		 In Square Circle
(1985)In Square Circle1985

The Woman in Red: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the second soundtrack album released by American musician Stevie Wonder on the Motown label. Also featuring Dionne Warwick, the LP was released in 1984 for the film of the same name. It featured Wonder's biggest hit, "I Just Called to Say I Love You", which hit #1 internationally and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, and also featured the follow-up hit, "Love Light in Flight" (a US top 20 hit) and "Don't Drive Drunk", the song and the accompanying music video for which were used in the Ad Council and the US Department of Transportation's Drunk Driving Prevention public service announcement the following year.

The album reached number four on the US Billboard 200 chart, #1 on the R&B Albums chart (for four weeks) and #2 on the UK Albums Chart, where it was kept off the top spot by the albums Now That's What I Call Music 3 and David Bowie's Tonight. After Songs in the Key of Life and Hotter Than July, Wonder reached #2 in the UK charts failing to achieve a #1 album, a milestone that he never was able to achieve. However, "I Just Called to Say I Love You" was a massive hit in the UK, reaching #1, becoming the second best-selling single of 1984 (only behind Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?") and the third most successful single of the entire 1980s there. (With 1.775 million copies sold only in the UK, the single is actually the thirteenth most successful ever in Britain).

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars[1]
Robert Christgau B+[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide 3.5/5 stars[3]

Track listing

All songs written by Stevie Wonder, except "It's More Than You" by Ben Bridges.

  1. "The Woman in Red" - 4:39
  2. "It's You" (with Dionne Warwick) - 4:55
  3. "It's More Than You" (Instrumental) - 3:15
  4. "I Just Called to Say I Love You" - 6:16
  5. "Love Light in Flight" - 6:54
  6. "Moments Aren't Moments" (Solo by Dionne Warwick) - 4:32
  7. "Weakness" (with Dionne Warwick) - 4:13
  8. "Don't Drive Drunk" - 6:33
  • Note: Later pressings of the compact disc have the radio edit of "I Just Called to Say I Love You", due to its popularity.

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Canada (Music Canada)[27] 2× Platinum 200,000
Germany (BVMI)[28] Gold 250,000
Japan (Oricon Charts) 286,000[10]
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[29] Gold 50,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[30] Platinum 300,000
United States (RIAA)[31] Platinum 1,000,000

^shipments figures based on certification alone

See also

References

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Preceded by Swedish Chart number-one album
September 28 – November 9, 1984		 Succeeded by
Chess (soundtrack) by Benny Andersson, Tim Rice and Björn Ulvaeus
Preceded by
Midt om natten by Kim Larsen
 Norwegian VG-lista number-one album
39 – 45 / 1984		 Succeeded by
Make It Big by Wham!
Preceded by
Viaggi organizzati by Lucio Dalla
 Italian Chart number-one album
November 5, 1984 – January 4, 1985		 Succeeded by
I miei americani by Adriano Celentano
Preceded by
Amaneciendo En Ti by José Luis Perales
 Spanish Chart number-one album
November 10, 1984 – January 19, 1985		 Succeeded by
En Directo by Joan Manuel Serrat
Preceded by European Top 100 number-one album
September 29 – December 1, 1984		 Succeeded by
Private Dancer by Tina Turner
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