Front Line (song)

"Front Line"
Single by Stevie Wonder
from the album Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I
B-side"Front Line (Instrumental)"
Released1983
GenreR&B, soul
Length5:54
LabelTamla
Songwriter(s)Stevie Wonder
Producer(s)Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder singles chronology
"Used To Be"
(1982) 		"Front Line"
(1983) 		"I Just Called to Say I Love You"
(1984)

"Front Line" is a 1983 release written and produced by American R&B singer and songwriter Stevie Wonder, off his greatest hits compilation Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I (1982).[1]

Critical reception

Robert Palmer of the New York Times described Front Line as "a starkly economical, eloquently anguished portrait of a Vietnam veteran's bitterness and dead-end fatalism, and an exciting mixture of guitar rock in a Cream/Hendrix vein with springy funk."[2]

Personnel

  • Stevie Wonder: vocals, keyboards, drums
  • Benjamin Bridges: electric guitar
  • Nathan Watts: bass[3]

Charts

Chart (1983) Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC)[4] 94

References

  1. ^ Strong, Martin C. (1998). The Great Rock Discography. Edinburgh: Canongate Books. p. 926. ISBN 0-86241-827-5.
  2. ^ Palmer, Robert (June 6, 1982). "Stevie Wonder Takes A Look Back". New York Times. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
  3. ^ Stevie Wonder - Front Line. Tamla Records. 1983.
  4. ^ "Stevie Wonder -Frontline". Official Charts. Retrieved December 16, 2024.