This song is one of my most proud and lucky musical moments. I was asleep – and when I sleep I’m often quite conscious. I often dream of everyday things. I’m often aware that I’m asleep – sounds strange but it’s how it is. Anyway I was asleep many years ago and in this dream Stevie Wonder was singing this song. I woke up (fortunately with the melody still in my head) and quickly went through all the Stevie Wonder songs I knew. I then realised that it was none of them. Sometimes when this type of inspiration happens you’ve got to be careful that somehow someone elses actual work hasn’t meant that you’ve copied their song. Anyway having do0ne these two quick checks within my self I quickly recorded it onto my tape recorder. I later found some chords, and developed them with my piano teacher at the time. By the way I can’t really play the piano but I can fortunately always just find the chords that I need to write the song.
Some years later I decided to record it. And John Hamilton from EQ Studios who I worked with on virtually all the Songs from the Soul songs did an amazing job on this musically. He captured it beautifully. In my head I can still hear Stevie sing it in a higher key. Trust me when I hear that he absolutely delivers this. It would be a dream to hear him sing and record this. So if you know anyone who knows him please pass it on to him and thank him for the inspiration.