Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You)

Single infobox
Name = Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You)


Artist = Stevie Wonder
from Album = Music of My Mind
B-side = "I Love Every Little Thing About You"
Released = 1972
Format = 7" single
Recorded = 1972
Genre = R&B
Length = 8:04
Label = Tamla
Writer = Stevie Wonder
Producer = Stevie Wonder
Certification =
Chart position =

#33 (U.S. Pop)

#13 (U.S. R&B)

Last single = "If You Really Love Me"
(1971)
This single = "Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You"
(1972)
Next single = "Keep on Running"
(1972)

"Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You)" is a 1972 soul track by Stevie Wonder. Released as a single, it was the second track on Wonder's "Music of My Mind" album. In essence a two-part song, there is a coherence in that it tells a story of the singer's relationship with "Mary". The first part covers her desire to be a star, and to leave behind her old life to become a movie star. The second part covers the narrator's wondering why she hadn't come back as soon as he had hoped. The second part of the song is also a reworking of the song "Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer" off of the 1971 album "Where I'm Coming From".

The song, both in its sound and length, was a change of pace for Wonder, who was trying to establish his own identity outside of the Motown sound. Besides its floaty ambience, it featured the singer as a virtual one-man band, outside of a single guitar part played by Howard "Buzz" Feiten. [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=33:8261mech9f8o]

The song reached a peak of #33 on the Billboard Pop charts.

This song was featured in the movie Poetic Justice that starred Janet Jackson and the late rapper Tupac Shakur.