The Woman in Red (soundtrack)

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 album was released in 1984 for the film of the same name (starring Gene Wilder). It features Wonder's biggest hit, "I Just Called to Say I Love You", which hit number one internationally and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, and also features 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 Woman in Red
Soundtrack album by Stevie Wonder and Dionne Warwick
Released	August 28, 1984
Recorded	1983–1984
Genre	R&B soul funk pop
Length	41:19
Label	Motown
Producer	Stevie Wonder Gary Olazabal
Stevie Wonder and Dionne Warwick chronology
Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I (1982) The Woman in Red (1984) In Square Circle (1985)
Singles from The Woman in Red
"I Just Called to Say I Love You" Released: August 1, 1984 "Love Light in Flight" Released: November 1984

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	B+[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[3]

Track listing

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

Side one

1. "The Woman in Red" – 4:38
2. "It's You" (featuring Dionne Warwick) – 4:56
3. "It's More Than You" – 3:15
4. "I Just Called to Say I Love You" – 6:17

Side two

1. "Love Light in Flight" – 6:54
2. "Moments Aren't Moments" (solo by Dionne Warwick) – 4:33
3. "Weakness" (with Dionne Warwick) – 4:13
4. "Don't Drive Drunk" – 6:33

• Note: Later pressings of the compact disc have the single version of "I Just Called to Say I Love You", due to its popularity.

Personnel

• Stevie Wonder – piano, synthesizers, drums, harmonica, vocoder, lead vocals, backing vocals (1–5, 7–8)
• Dionne Warwick – lead vocals (2, 6–7)
• Nathan Watts – bass guitar (2–3,7)
• James Allen – drums (2,7)
• Isaiah Sanders – piano, synthesizer, drums (3,7)
• Ben Bridges – electric guitar (3)
• Lenny Castro – congas (5)
• Larry Gittens – trumpet (6)
• Bob Malach – saxophone (7)

Commercial performance

The album reached number four on the US Billboard 200 chart, number one on the R&B Albums chart (for four weeks) and number two 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. Wonder's albums Songs in the Key of Life and Hotter than July also reached number two in the UK and to date he has failed to achieve a number-one album there. However, the single "I Just Called to Say I Love You", taken from The Woman in Red, was a massive hit in the UK, reaching number one and 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.

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for The Woman in Red soundtrack Chart (1984–1985) Peak position Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[4] 4 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[5] 2 Canadian Albums (RPM)[6] 4 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[7] 2 Japanese Albums (Oricon)[8] 5 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[9] 4 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[10] 1 Spanish Albums (AFYVE)[11] 1 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[12] 1 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[13] 2 UK Albums (OCC)[14] 2 US Billboard 200[15] 4 West German Albums (Media Control)[16] 3

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for The Woman in Red soundtrack Chart (1984) Position Australian Albums Chart[17] 51 Austrian Albums Chart[18] 24 Canadian Albums Chart[19] 19 Dutch Albums Chart[20] 27 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[21] 48 Spanish Albums Chart[11] 6 UK Albums Chart[22] 30 Chart (1985) Position Canadian Albums Chart[23] 83 Japanese Albums Chart[24] 49 Spanish Albums Chart[11] 5 US Billboard 200[25] 53

Certifications and sales

Certifications and sales for The Woman in Red soundtrack

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[26]	2× Platinum	200,000^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[27]	Platinum	53,626[27]
Germany (BVMI)[28]	Gold	250,000^
Japan (Oricon)	—	286,000[8]
Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong)[29]	Platinum	20,000*
Netherlands (NVPI)[30]	Gold	50,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[31]	Gold	7,500^
Portugal (AFP)[32]	Gold	70,000[32]
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[33]	Gold	300,000[34]
United Kingdom (BPI)[35]	Platinum	300,000^
United States (RIAA)[36]	Platinum	1,000,000^
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Accolades

Award	Category	Song	Recipient	Result	Ref.
Academy Awards	Best Original Song	"I Just Called to Say I Love You"	Stevie Wonder	Won	[37]
British Academy Film Awards	Best Original Song Written for a Film			Nominated	[38]
Golden Globe Awards	Best Original Song			Won	[39]
Grammy Awards	Song of the Year			Nominated	[40]
	Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male			Nominated
	Best Pop Instrumental Performance			Nominated
	Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male	The Woman in Red		Nominated

See also

• List of number-one R&B albums of 1984 (U.S.)