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Since the early '80s, Stevie Wonder has undoubtedly shifted his music towards a less 'soul' and more 'pop' genre. The sounds are also different compared to the albums of the previous decade. Listening to "In Square Circle," the difference is indeed noticeable compared to Stevie's works from the '70s. This is not necessarily a weakness; it is a sign of a style that has physiologically evolved.
This album arrived in 1985, that is, one year after the tremendous success of the soundtrack for "La Signora in Rosso" ("The Woman in Red"), which with the song that has now become one of the most famous of the last century, "I Just Called To Say I Love You," earned him an Oscar. It's impossible to replicate the sales success of the previous work. "In Square Circle" is an enjoyable album with easy listening that contains 10 tracks, all very catchy. The first is "Part-time Lover," an extremely rhythmic song, one of the most successful on the album. Also noteworthy: the splendid ballad "Overjoyed," the fast-paced "Spiritual Walkers," and the beautiful "Land of LA LA" with lyrics about the music world. There is no need to grasp for elevated musical depth, which, unlike other albums, isn't present here; it remains, however, an album enjoyable even on the first listen.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
06 Spiritual Walkers (05:14)
They knock on your door
You laugh in their face
They tell you it’s time to pray
They give you a book
And tell you to read
And point to the Judgment Day
People say they live dangerously
Walking places they should not be
But they will walk their lives
With a never ending light
They will walk their lives
’til they shine the light
Of truth into your life
They sit on a stump
You run from their sight
To not hear the holy word
They sing and they chant
They preach and they speak
In tongues you have never heard
But people say they live dangerously
Walking places they should not be
But they will walk their lives
With a never ending light
They will walk their lives
’til they shine the light
Of truth into your life
Haven’t you ever encountered the spiritual walkers
They just walk the light through the day through the night
Haven’t you ever encountered the spiritual walkers
They just walk the light through the day through the night
Walk on ...
On corners of streets
And airports of tents
They reach out for you to come in
They have no defense
Except inner sense
And knowing the Almighty Friend
People say they live dangerously
Walking places they should not be
But they will walk their lives
With a never ending light
They will walk their lives
’til they shine the light
Of truth into your life … truth into your life
Haven’t you ever encountered the spiritual walkers
They just walk the light through the day through the night
Haven’t you ever encountered the spiritual walkers
They just walk the light through the day through the night
(repeat)
Come on and shine that light through the day through the night
Haven’t you ever encountered the spiritual walkers
They just walk the light through the day through the night
Even though when they knock on your door
You laugh in their face
You run from their sight
Not to hear the holy word
They have no defense
Except inner sense
Haven’t you
09 Overjoyed (03:42)
Over time
I've been building my castle of love
Just for two
Though you never knew you were my reason
I've gone much too far
For you now to say
That I've got to throw
My castle away
Over dreams
I have picked out a perfect come true
Though you never knew it was of you I've been dreaming
The sandman has come
From too far away
For you to say
Come back some other day
And though you don't believe that they do
They do come true
For did my dreams
Come true when I looked at you
And maybe too if you would believe
You too might be
Overjoyed
Over loved
Over me
Over hearts
I have painfully turned every stone
Just to find
I had found what I've
searched to discover
I've come much too far
For me now to find
The love that I sought
Can never be mine
And though you don't believe that they do
They do come true
For did my dreams
Come true when I looked at you
And maybe too if you would believe
You too might be
Overjoyed
Over loved
Over me
And though the odds say improbable
What do they know
For in romance
All true love needs is a chance
And maybe with a chance you will find
You too like I
Overjoyed
Over loved
Over you
Over you...
10 It's Wrong (Apartheid) (06:53)
The wretchedness of Satan¡¯s wrath
Will come to seize you at last
¡¯cause even he frowns upon the deeds you are doing
And you know deep in your heart
You¡¯ve no covenant with God
¡¯cause he would never countenance people abusing
You know apartheid¡¯s wrong (Qha), wrong (Qha)
Like slavery was wrong (Qha), wrong (Qha)
Like the holocaust was wrong (Qha), wrong (Qha)
Apartheid is wrong (Qha), wrong (Qha), wrong
It¡¯s wrong (Qha), wrong (Qha), wrong (Qha), wrong (Qha)
Wrong (Qha), wrong (Qha), wrong (Qha), wrong (Qha)
The pain you cause in God¡¯s name
Points only to yourself to blame
For the negative karma you will be receiving
¡¯cause when people are oppressed
With atrocities that test
The future of all mankind we, the world won¡¯t stand seeing
You know apartheid¡¯s wrong (Qha), wrong (Qha)
Like slavery was wrong (Qha), wrong (Qha)
Like the holocaust was wrong (Qha), wrong (Qha)
Apartheid is wrong (Qha), it¡¯s wrong (Qha), wrong
It¡¯s wrong (Qha), it¡¯s wrong (Qha), wrong (Qha), wrong (Qha)
Wrong (Qha), wrong (Qha), wrong (Qha), wrong (Qha)
Ubuqaba Babo Bucacile
Woqamba Kuze Kucace
Ngoba Nosathane Uyabugxeka
Lobuqaba
Oh, freedom is coming
(Inkululeko Iyeza)
Say it again
(Inkululeko Iyeza)
Hold on tight, it¡¯s coming
(Qinisani Inkululeko Iyeza)
(Inkululeko Iyeza)
Oh, the whole world is with us
(Qinisani Umhlaba Wonke Unathi)
Say it again
(Umhlaba Wonke Unathi)
Hold on tight, cause we¡¯re with you
(Qinisani Umhlaba Wonke Unathi)
(Umhlaba Wonke Unathi)
Oh, oh, oh, freedom is coming, yeah, yeah, yeah,
(Qinisani Inkululeko Iyeza)
(Inkululeko Iyeza)
Hold on tight, yeah
(Qinisani Inkululeko Iyeza)
Freedom is coming
(Inkululeko Iyeza)
Hold on tight
(Qinisani)
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