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"For Your Love"
Single by Stevie Wonder
from the album Conversation Peace
B-side"For Your Love" (instrumental)
ReleasedFebruary 13, 1995 (1995-2-13)[1]
Length
  • 5:18 (CD)
  • 4:04 (7-inch)
LabelMotown
Songwriter(s)Stevie Wonder
Producer(s)Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder singles chronology
"We Didn't Know"
(1991) 		"For Your Love"
(1995) 		"Tomorrow Robins Will Sing"
(1995)

"For Your Love" is a song written, produced and performed by American musician Stevie Wonder, released in February 1995 by Motown as the first single from his 22nd album, Conversation Peace (1995). It peaked at number 23 on the UK Singles Chart and number 53 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The song won two Grammy awards for Best R&B Male Vocal Performance and Best R&B Song at the 38th Grammy Awards. Its music video was directed by Antoine Fuqua.

Critical reception

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Dave Sholin from the Gavin Report said, "The master is still at it. One of his best efforts in a long time should do well at Top 40, urban and A/C."[2] The magazine's Fell and Rufer wrote, "This sounds like the beginning of a Wonder-full year as this is just the tip of a musical iceberg called Conversation Peace".[3] Music & Media commented, "All those shameless imitations by more or less talented acid jazz cats only preluded the comeback of the grandmaster himself, now materialised by the kind of soul ballad patented by Wonder."[4] Dele Fadele from NME viewed it as "a standard love song raised slightly above blandness by its intensity, and no relation to the Yardbirds tune."[5] In a separate review, he said it "dripped with a kind of treacly blandness only an expensive air-conditioned studio could provide."[6]

Music video

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The song's accompanying music video was directed by American film director Antoine Fuqua and produced by Propaganda Films in Los Angeles.[7]

Charts

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References

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  1. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. February 11, 1995. p. 27.
  2. ^ Sholin, Dave (February 10, 1995). "Gavin Picks: Singles" (PDF). Gavin Report. p. 46. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
  3. ^ Fell, Ron; Rufer, Diane (February 10, 1995). "Gavin A/C: New Releases" (PDF). Gavin Report. p. 26. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
  4. ^ "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 12, no. 8. February 25, 1995. p. 12. Retrieved March 14, 2025.
  5. ^ Fadele, Dele (February 11, 1995). "Singles". NME. p. 45. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
  6. ^ Fadele, Dele (March 18, 1995). "Long Play". NME. p. 47. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
  7. ^ "Music Video - Production Notes". Billboard. New York City. April 8, 1995. p. 53. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
  8. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". March 30, 2012. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
  9. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. April 17, 1995. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
  10. ^ "Stevie Wonder – For Your Love" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
  11. ^ "Stevie Wonder – For Your Love" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
  12. ^ "Major Market Airplay: Italy" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 12, no. 9. 4 March 1995. p. 35.
  13. ^ "Tipparade-lijst van week 13, 1995" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
  14. ^ "Stevie Wonder – For Your Love" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
  15. ^ "Stevie Wonder – For Your Love". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
  16. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
  17. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
  18. ^ "Official Hip Hop and R&B Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
  19. ^ "Stevie Wonder Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
  20. ^ "Stevie Wonder Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
  21. ^ "Stevie Wonder Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
  22. ^ "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 1995". Billboard. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
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