Never Dreamed You’d Leave in Summer

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"Never Dreamed You’d Leave in Summer" is a soulful, melancholic song by Stevie Wonder reflecting on unexpected loss and heartbreak.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical work ⓘ
song ⓘ
albumArtist Stevie Wonder ⓘ
artist Stevie Wonder ⓘ
composer Stevie Wonder ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
genre R&B ⓘ
ballad ⓘ
soul ⓘ
hasCulturalReputation regarded as one of Stevie Wonder’s most poignant ballads ⓘ
hasInstrumentation bass ⓘ
drums ⓘ
piano ⓘ
strings ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
hasNotableAssociation Motown era ballads ⓘ
Stevie Wonder’s early 1970s creative period ⓘ
hasNotablePerformanceContext performed at funerals and memorial services ⓘ
used in film and television soundtracks ⓘ
intendedListeningContext album listening ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricalContent contrast between hopeful expectations and painful reality ⓘ
reflection on an unexpected departure of a loved one ⓘ
lyricist Syreeta Wright ⓘ
mood melancholic ⓘ
soulful ⓘ
narrativePerspective first person ⓘ
notableCoverArtist Herbie Hancock ⓘ
Joan Baez ⓘ
Josh Groban ⓘ
Lauryn Hill ⓘ
LeAnn Rimes ⓘ
Lenny Kravitz ⓘ
originalAlbum Where I’m Coming From ⓘ
performer Stevie Wonder ⓘ
primaryEmotionExpressed sorrow ⓘ
recordLabel Motown ⓘ
Tamla ⓘ
secondaryEmotionExpressed longing ⓘ
tempo slow ⓘ
theme grief ⓘ
heartbreak ⓘ
loss ⓘ
romantic breakup ⓘ
vocalist Stevie Wonder ⓘ
vocalStyle expressive ⓘ
ornamented ⓘ

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Where I'm Coming From → hasTrack → Never Dreamed You’d Leave in Summer ⓘ
Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You) → hasPart → Never Dreamed You’d Leave in Summer ⓘ
If You Really Love Me → follows → Never Dreamed You’d Leave in Summer ⓘ
Diamonds & Rust → includesSong → Never Dreamed You’d Leave in Summer ⓘ
Greatest Hits Vol. 2 → includesWork → Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer ⓘ
linked to: Never Dreamed You’d Leave in Summer