Fingertips - Part 2
Stevie Wonder
1963
Annual listening-list association, not an original-release-date field. Original release year reconciled with reviewed recording-specific Artist Essentials evidence in v3.6.
Release: 1963
Release: 1963Source checked
V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. Motown explicitly dates the live Fingertips 45 to May 1963 and identifies Part 2 as the hit. The earlier studio Fingertips and the separately retained Part 1 are different selections; a venue label's session year is not used as the release date.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
Stevie Wonder - Motown recording and career history
The label history distinguishes the early Little Stevie Wonder credit, the live Fingertips single released in 1963, Uptight in 1965, later solo album development, the Paul McCartney duet and the new 2005 A Time to Love album. Promotional award/chart superlatives and medical claims are not used.
The Definitive Collection - original single and live version catalog
The label catalog explicitly identifies live Fingertips Part 2, Sunshine with horns and the shorter Do I Do single version. Its 2002 compilation dates do not date the original recordings; the year embedded in the Fingertips venue label is not treated as a independently verified session date.
Inspiration and background
Researched recording background
The hit comes from the live performance released on The 12 Year Old Genius. Its onstage energy, rather than a conventional studio ballad arrangement, was central to the young performer's breakthrough.
Evidence scope: New 1.7 source-specific paraphrase; not a claim of complete song-history review.
Sources for this information
Stevie Wonder - Classic Motown
Only the recording/background facts in this paragraph; reviewed 2026-10-12.
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Original release date and exact pressing/version are not independently established.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Billboard year-end 1963 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata.
Browse by year
1960-2025. Each year contains 150 selections.