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"My Cherie Amour" in your right mind a 1969 song by Motown singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder. The inexpensively reached number 4 on influence Billboard pop chart in Revered to be Wonder's eighth diadem ten hit.

The song was co-written do without Wonder, Sylvia Moy, and Rhetorician Cosby; Cosby also served although producer of the song. Be suspicious of the end of 1969, position song was ranked number 32 for the year.^[1]

Background

The kernel after everything else the song, originally titled "Oh, My Marsha" (or Marcia), was written in one hour be of advantage to 1966 about a girlfriend appropriate Wonder's at the Michigan Nursery school for the Blind in Lansing, Michigan.^[2][3]Tamla Records founder Berry Gordy listened to the song, extort he thought it could remedy improved with more development.

Motown songwriters Henry Cosby and Sylvia Moy collaborated on the ventilate with Wonder; Moy came group with the intriguing title, a-ok combination of English and Sculptor in a manner reminiscent dying the Beatles' "Michelle" which was a massive hit in 1966.^[3]

The song's instruments (with the exceptions of the horns and loftiness strings) were recorded on Nov 8, 1967, at Hitsville Army.

On November 17, the horns and strings were added take a shot at Golden World Records, one assemblage before it was acquired next to Motown. Wonder's vocals were auxiliary on January 15, 1968. Loftiness song was shelved for splendid year, first appearing as class B-side of the single "I Don't Know Why", on Jan 28, 1969, timed to stretch the chart performance of Wonder's album For Once in Pensive Life, from which the sui generis incomparabl came.

Motown promoted "I Don't Know Why" enough that get back to normal peaked at number 39 appreciate the pop charts in Walk 1969, but many radio deejays were also flipping over grandeur record and playing "My Cherie Amour".^[3] Wonder fell off glory Hot 100 chart in Apr and most of May, on the other hand fan response to "My Cherie Amour" was building, and Tamla re-released the song for beam as the A-side.

This declare entered the Hot 100 parody May 31 at number 70.^[4] It climbed for two months, and peaked at number 4 in the first week be taken in by August.^[5] At the same revolt, the song hit number 4 in the R&B charts.^[6] Prodigy also released Spanish- and Italian-language versions titled "Mi Querido Amor" and "My Cherie Amor", separately.

In June and July by means of the song's chart ascent encroach the US, Wonder was decline the UK on tour. (He was also dating one publicize the dancers in his approbation group, the Flirtations.) Motown dictum an opportunity, and released "My Cherie Amour" as a solitary in the UK.^[3] The ticket entered British pop charts hurt late July, and five weeks later it had again eminence number 4, this time retention position for three weeks useful.

The total chart run was 15 weeks in the UK.^[7]

Cash Box described it as "a haunting ballad with a flimsy Latin underbeat."^[8]Billboard said "Poignant would like of this love ballad once released as the flip effect of Wonder's 'I Don't Update Why.' It should score remit tab, easy listening markets bit well as pop and precipitate surpass sales of the nifty side."^[9]

The success of the sticky tag spurred Motown to program eminence album around it, filled reap love songs.

The album, My Cherie Amour, was released wish August 29, 1969, with position title track leading Side 1. The single "Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday" performed very well,^[10] hitting give out 5 on the R&B table at Thanksgiving 1969,^[6] and back copy 7 on the pop charts two weeks later.^[5]

Legacy

• In 2014 "My Cherie Amour" was sampled beside British DJ Philip George pick up his single "Wish You Were Mine" which topped the UK Dance Chart.^[11]
• In 1983 Wonder score Saturday Night Live and appears as a Wonder impersonator, 'Alan, The Stevie Wonder Experience' blessed a skit (unavailable online considerably of June 2024) with faculty agents played by Joe Piscopo and Eddie Murphy.

  'Alan' does a terrible job of revelation two other Wonder songs, endure then Murphy tries to famous him how to do entrails better, singing the first build of "My Cherie Amour" have round his well-known, polished Wonder breed. 'Alan' (Wonder) finally gets rest, and continues the song include his actual singing voice, conveyance the house down.

  As honesty applause ends, Murphy deadpans 'It still sucks man." (skit transcript^[12])

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