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"Boogie On Reggae Woman" is a 1974 funk single by American Motown artist Stevie Wonder, from his album ''Fulfillingness' First Finale''. Despite the song's title, its style is firmly funk/R&B and neither boogie nor reggae. It continued Wonder's successful Top Ten streak on the pop charts, reaching number three and also spent two weeks at number one on the soul charts. ''Billboard'' ranked it as the No. 25 song for 1975.〔Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1975〕 It features Wonder's distinctive harmonica, although not his usual chromatic type but instead a diatonic A-flat "blues harp".〔http://www.harpsurgery.com/boogie-on-reggae-woman-harmonica/〕 The song is also notable for Wonder's pulsating Moog synthesizer bassline. The lyrics are designed as a dialogue between "nice" and "naughty" intent, including the introduction to his harmonica break, which incorporates Wonder's casual but repeated question "Can I play?" Following conclusion of the vocal, the harmonica is reprised for the remaining seventy seconds, and concluding thirty bars of the tune, to the fade. Writing for AllMusic, Ed Hogan said, "'Boogie on Reggae Woman' was light and bouncy, strutting along on a funky, percolating pulse. Johnny Nash's 1972 number one pop gold single 'I Can See Clearly Now' had primed the mainstream audience for the reggae sound that Wonder employed on the cut."〔(AllMusic - ''Boogie on Reggae Woman'' (Stevie Wonder) )〕 ==Personnel== * Stevie Wonder – lead vocal, Fender Rhodes, piano, harmonica, drums, Moog bass * Rocky Dzidzornu – congas 〔(Discogs - ''Fulfillingness' First Finale'' vinyl-LP, 1974-July-22nd, Tamla (T6-332S1) US )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Boogie On Reggae Woman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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