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"Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" is a soul single by Stevie Wonder, recorded for Motown's Tamla label. Released in June 1970, the song spent six weeks at number one on the U.S. R&B chart and peaked at number three on the U.S. Pop chart. In the same year, the song was also released on the album ''Signed, Sealed & Delivered''. The song was a series of firsts for the 20-year-old Wonder: "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" was the first single Wonder produced on his own, and was also the first to feature his female backup singing group composed of Lynda Tucker Laurence (who went on to become a member of The Supremes), Syreeta Wright (who also co-wrote the song), and Venetta Fields. During a 2008 appearance on ''Friday Night with Jonathan Ross'', he credited the song title and chorus "signed, sealed, delivered, I'm yours" to his mother Lula, who exclaimed the words after listening to her son experiment with the melody. This song also marked Wonder's first Grammy nomination. The award went to Ronald Dunbar and General Johnson for writing the Clarence Carter song "Patches". == Covers == Shortly before being signed by Uni Records, Elton John (then performing under his birth name, Reg Dwight) recorded a cover of it for a collection of top hits of the day that were released as discount LP "sound-alike" versions. It was later released on several CD compilations, perhaps the most notable of which was ''Reg Dwight's Piano Goes Pop!'' Elton's (or rather Reg's) version was later included under the end titles of the 2004 romantic comedy film ''Laws of Attraction'' starring Pierce Brosnan and Julianne Moore. In the early 1970s, Bobby Byrd performed an up-tempo cover of this song on a single with other songs performed by James Brown and Lyn Collins. In 1975, The Osmonds covered the song, and it appears on their album ''Around the World, Live in Concert''. In 1977, Peter Frampton recorded the song on his album ''I'm in You''. His version also contains instrumental elements from Wonder's hit "For Once in My Life". Frampton's version was released as a single, reaching #18 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and #13 on the ''Cashbox'' Top 100.〔Joel Whitburn, Top Pop Singles 1955-1999 (Menomonee Falls, WI: Record Research, 2000), 239.〕 His cover also reached #13 in Canada. In 1988, Chaka Khan released her album ''CK'' of which the song was the first track. Wonder played harmonica on Khan's version. Released in 1988, the TV special ''Meet the California Raisins!'' featured the song covered by fictional band "The California Raisins" During the mid-1990s, Mazda released a series of TV commercials that used a rerecorded version of the song, with the lyrics "Here it is/Signed, sealed, delivered/It's yours!" including a Mazda 626 commercial from 1995.〔()〕 In 1995, Kim Wilde performed the track during the last episode of ''Don't Forget Your Toothbrush'' on UK television. Jazz fusion/contemporary jazz group Pieces of a Dream presented their version from the band's album ''Pieces''. In 2003, for his first in a two-volume collection of Motown cover songs, Michael McDonald recorded his own version of the song. Later that same year, Wonder recorded a similar remake with British boy band Blue. The song hit #11 in the UK charts. Human Nature successfully remade the song to feature in their Motown album released in 2006. Lead singer for the band Train, Pat Monahan, covered the hit in 2003. A mostly instrumental version of the song has been released by the James Taylor Quartet. Former adult film star Colton Ford and dance diva Pepper Mashay recorded a club version of this song. This version went to #9 on the Hot Dance Club Play and #25 on the Hot Dance Singles Sales charts. English R&B singer Craig David has covered the song on his fifth studio album, inspired by the same name ''Signed Sealed Delivered''. The television reality show ''The Glee Project'' featured the song as a homework assignment, in the first episode of season one. Also, Becca Tobin as Kitty Wilde covered the song in the Season 4 episode of ''Glee'' "Wonder-ful". British singer Olly Murs covered the song as part of a medley of Stevie Wonder hits in his 2011 theatre tour of the UK. Michael Bolton released a cover of the song in early 2013 on his album ''Ain't No Mountain High Enough: A Tribute to Hitsville. In 2004, Arkells released a version of the song as the A-side to their Record Store Day release entitled ''Arkells Sing Motown''. In movie ''Valentine's Day'' (2010) soundtrack there is a version sung by Anju Ramapriyam. The song was part of a medley of songs in the 2012 film Joyful Noise (film), starring Dolly Parton and Queen Latifah. In 2013, Delvin Choice vs. Josh Kaufman love this song in the Battles, round 2 covered as a duet on sixth season of The Voice. In 2013, Straight No Chaser covered the song with Wonder on their ''Under the Influence'' album. In 2015, Ariana Grande and Babyface covered the song as part of The "Stevie Wonder: Songs In The Key Of Life — An All-Star GRAMMY Salute" at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on February, 16 2015. In 2015, Mark Hood covered the song through the instant save he has eliminated Ninth Season of The Voice. 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「Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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