Uptight (Everything’s Alright) - Stevie Wonder
Okay. I adore this song. I sneak it onto every playlist I make “for my mother.” Those are what we listen to during road trips we take together. I do make them for her, but it is nice that I like 99% of the music that is on them anyway. They’re always filled with such amazing motown and R&B and soul. In fact, I’ll have to review the track listings of some of those CDs so I can be sure to get all the songs on this website!
Sorry. I digress. I just really do adore this song. Anyway! I think this is one of the happiest songs you’ll be able to dig up from just about anywhere. The melody is fun, quick, and cheery and the upbeat lyrics perfectly match the tone set by explosive drum beat, driving bass line, and enthusiastic trumpet playing. Some songs are timeless and I think, even more than forty years later, this is one of them. It is always a joy to hear this song. Good luck not moving around in your seat when this is playing—the song essentially has arms that force your feet to move around.
(Plays: 7)
