That Girl
Stevie Wonder
1982
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: 1981
Release: 1981Source checked | Recent carryover
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. The original single retains its 1981 release year in Motown recording metadata, before the 1982 Original Musiquarium compilation and annual appearance. The compilation's four newer songs did not all first appear on its release day.
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.
Owner-supplied release annotations
Reported dates in 1982.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.
That Girl - original Motown song-release metadata
The recording retains its December 1981 single date inside the later Definitive Collection. Only year precision is assigned, before the 1982 Original Musiquarium compilation and annual appearance.
Original Musiquarium - new songs and explicit version distinctions
The original 1982 project introduces Ribbon in the Sky and the full Do I Do with Dizzy Gillespie's trumpet solo. That Girl retains earlier 1981 song metadata. Sunshine is explicitly the single version with horns, distinct from the original Talking Book arrangement; old tracks are not dated 1982.
Inspiration and background
Supplied note - not independently verified
This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.
A love song written by Wonder expressing devotion to a special woman.
Evidence scope: Source-provided note, not an established account of the songwriter's intent
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 1982.html, song-list position 62
Supplied annotation reproduced with attribution; underlying historical claims have NOT been independently verified.
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Textual identity reconciliation, not audio-fingerprint or exact-pressing verification. Version labels are catalog safeguards.
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 1982 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary chart transcription reviewed for title, artist and annual association. Not proof of release date, genre or inspiration.
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