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"Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing" is a hit single by Stevie Wonder, taken from his 1973 album ''Innervisions;'' it reached number 16 on the ''''Billboard'' Pop Singles'' chart, number 10 on the ''Cash Box'' chart,〔("Cash Box Top 100 Singles. )〕 and number 2 on the R&B chart. The song's lyrics convey a positive message, focusing on taking things in one's stride and accentuating the positive. It begins with a dialogue, partly in mock-Spanish, in which Wonder portrays a slick character trying to impress a woman with his worldliness: "'Cause like I been to, y'know, Paris, Peru, y'know, I mean, uh, Iraq, Iran, Eurasia... y'know I speak very, very, um fluent Spanish ... um, 'Todo 'stá bien chévere' .... you got that?" The tune is in E minor, starting with a Latin piano intro. The song's second chorus begins with Stevie taking the vocals up an octave with two vocal overdubs singing the same line. He also sings two other background overdub vocals, mimicking a horn line with the Spanish phrase "''Todo 'stá bien chévere''", which, loosely translated, means "Everything's really cool." ==Covers== In 1974 it was covered by Roy Ayers in his "Change Up the Groove" and in the same year by The Main Ingredient on their LP Euphrates River. In 1975 it was covered, in Swedish, as a duet between Lill-Babs and Marie Bergman on the LP ''Det våras för Barbro''. Also in 1975 it was covered by American soul jazz alto saxophonist, Hank Crawford, who used it as the title track for his album ''Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing'' In 1992, it was covered by British acid jazz band Incognito, who took it to number 19 in the UK Singles Chart. Also in 1992, it was covered by the group First Call on their album ''Human Song''. In 1995 Al Jarreau covered it live at various evenings of Night of the Proms, in Belgium as well as in the Netherlands. This version was recorded twice for a CD release in both countries. In 1997, it was covered by Hiram Bullock on his ''Carrasco'' CD. In 2005 it was covered by John Legend, produced by will.i.am of The Black Eyed Peas. The same year American smooth jazz saxophonist Nelson Rangell released a rendition on his album ''My American Songbook, Vol. 1.''〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nelson Rangell - My American Songbook (Vol. 1) )〕 In 2013, multi-instrumentalist and singer Jacob Collier uploaded a vocal and instrumental arrangement of the song to YouTube, singing and playing all parts himself. 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「Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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