Do I Do

"Do I Do" is a song written and performed by American singer and songwriter Stevie Wonder, first released in 1982 on the compilation album, Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I (1982). The single peaked at #2 on the US Billboard soul chart and #13 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[3] On the Billboard dance chart, "Do I Do" reached number one for two weeks.^[4] Overseas, it reached #10 in the UK.^[5]

"Do I Do"
Single by Stevie Wonder
from the album Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I
B-side	"Rocket Love"
Released	February 19, 1982
Recorded	1981
Genre	Post-disco[1] funk[2]
Length	5:02 (Single version) 10:30 (Album version)
Label	Tamla
Songwriter(s)	Stevie Wonder
Producer(s)	Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder singles chronology
"That Girl" (1981) "Do I Do" (1982) "Ebony and Ivory" (1982)
Alternative covers
Alternate 7-Inch single cover

Background

The album version of the song is ten and a half minutes long and features a rare example of Wonder rapping near the end of the track. Dizzy Gillespie also appears on the track with a trumpet solo. Both of these elements are omitted from the single edit of the song (some longer edits retain the Gillespie solo but exclude the rapping). Wonder audibly counts down at the end of the track, which is not commonly heard at the conclusion of musical singles. The song is noted by bassists for its intricate bassline, played by Nathan Watts.^[6] A commercial success, it received three Grammy Award nominations including for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance and Best R&B Song. The song became the basis for Ja Rule's "Livin it Up."

Personnel

• Stevie Wonder – lead vocals, piano, harmonica (uncredited in initial liner notes; credited in 2000 reissue),^[7][8] horn arrangements
• Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet
• Nathan Lamar Watts – bass
• Dennis Davis – drums
• Earl DeRouen – percussion
• Rick Zunigar, Benjamin Bridges – guitars
• Isaiah Sanders – Fender Rhodes
• Windy Barnes, Melody McCullough, Shirley Brewer, Alexandra Brown – background vocals
• Eugene Ghee, Janice Robinson, Britt Woodman, Virgil Jones, Anthony Tooley, Victor Paz, Clifton Anderson, Earl McIntyre, Frank Wess, Robert Rutledge, Lorenzo Wyche, J. D. Parran, Robert Eldridge, Alfred Wilson, Larry Gittens – horns
• Paul Riser – string arrangements

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Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1982–83) Peak position Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[10] 11 Ireland (IRMA)[11] 8 UK Singles (OCC) 10 US Billboard Hot 100 13 US Hot Dance Club Play (Billboard) 1 US Hot Black Singles (Billboard) 2 US Adult Contemporary (Billboard) 25

Year-end charts Chart (1982) Rank US Top Pop Singles (Billboard)[12] 95

See also

• List of number-one dance singles of 1982 (U.S.)
• List of post-disco artists and songs