Evil
Stevie Wonder * Track #9 On Music of My Mind
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Evil by Stevie Wonder
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Stevie Wonder ends Music of My Mind with “Evil,” a melancholy track that sees him personifying evil and having a conversation in regard to evil’s motives within society. In a 2018 interview with Okayplayer, Malcolm Cecil, an associate producer and engineer on the album, talked about the creation of...
Evil Lyrics
[Verse]
Evil, why have you engulfed so many hearts? Evil
Evil, why have you destroyed so many minds?
Leaving room for darkness, where lost dreams can hide
Evil, why do you infest our purest thoughts, with hatred?
Evil, why have you stolen so much love?
Leaving everyone's emotions lost and wandering free, yeah-yeah
Evil, why have you taken over God's children's eyes? Evil
Evil, before they could really grow to see
That your way, is not the way, to make, life what it should be
Evil, why have you destroyed, you've destroyed so much of this doggone world?
Evil, hey, evil, oh, why have you broken so many homes?
Leaving sweet love all alone, an outcast of the world
Evil Q&A
Who wrote Evil's ?
Evil was written by Stevie Wonder & Yvonne Wright.
Who produced Evil's ?
Evil was produced by Stevie Wonder.
When did Stevie Wonder release Evil?
Stevie Wonder released Evil on Fri Mar 03 1972.
What did Stevie Wonder say about "Evil"?
I think your surroundings and environment have a great deal to do with what come out of you, how you write. I wrote ‘Evil’ for instance, in the studios the day after Memorial Day which is the same as [the UK’s] Remembrance Day. and did it straight away.
— Stevie Wonder, Sounds, 1972
What was it like recording this song?
According to recording engineer Malcolm Cecil, this was one of the first songs recorded for the album, and also where they realised Stevie would need to play drummer:
We were able to get the great Bernard Purdie. He came in, and we played him the track. He couldn’t play on the track. I kept saying,...