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{{Infobox single
{{Infobox song
| Name = Front Line
| name = Front Line
| Cover = Cover_of_"Front_Line"_single.jpg
| cover = Cover_of_"Front_Line"_single.jpg
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| Artist = [[Stevie Wonder]]
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| Album = [[Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I]]
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| type = single
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| B-side = "Front Line (Instrumental)"
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| artist = [[Stevie Wonder]]
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| Released = 1982
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| album = [[Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I]]
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| Format = 45 rpm single
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| B-side = Front Line (Instrumental)
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| Genre = [[R&B]], [[Soul music|soul]]
| Length = 5:54
| released = 1983
| recorded =
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| Label = [[Motown Records|Tamla]]
| studio =
| Last single = "[[Do I Do]]" <br> (1982)
| venue =
| This single = "'''Front Line'''" <br> (1983)
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| genre = [[R&B]], [[Soul music|soul]]
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| Next single = "[[I Just Called To Say I Love You]]" <br> (1984)
| length = 5:54
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| label = [[Motown Records|Tamla]]
| writer = Stevie Wonder
| producer = Stevie Wonder
| prev_title = Used To Be
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| prev_year = 1982
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| next_title = [[I Just Called to Say I Love You]]
| next_year = 1984
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"'''Front Line'''" is a 1983 release written and produced by American [[R&B music|R&B]] singer and songwriter [[Stevie Wonder]], off his greatest hits compilation ''[[Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I]]'' (1982).<ref name="strong">{{cite book |last=Strong |first=Martin C. |author-link=Martin C. Strong|year=1998 |title=The Great Rock Discography |location=Edinburgh |publisher=[[Canongate Books]] |page=926 |isbn=0-86241-827-5}}</ref>
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"'''Front Line'''" is a 1982 song by Stevie Wonder, off his greatest hits compilation [[Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I]]. The song is sung from the perspective of a [[Vietnam War]] veteran. The song begins with a funky, distorted guitar riff which continues throughout the song. The protagonist tells the story of how he volunteered to go to Vietnam in 1964 at age sixteen, despite being raised to never kill anyone. After losing his leg, he is sent home with a Purple Heart. Now speaking about the present, he talks of how his niece is a prostitute, and his nephew is a drug addict, both of whom insist he has no right to tell them they are wrong in their ways. He reads in the newspaper that another war is on its way, and he remembers the 'many happy families that have been ruined.'

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The song is sung from the perspective of a [[Vietnam War]] veteran. The protagonist tells the story of how he volunteered to go to Vietnam in 1964 at age sixteen, despite being raised to never kill anyone. After losing his leg, he is sent home with a Purple Heart. In the present day, his niece is a prostitute, and his nephew is a drug addict, both of whom insist he has no right to tell them they are wrong in their ways. He reads in the newspaper that another war is on its way, and he remembers the 'many happy families that have been ruined.'{{citation needed|date=September 2018}}

==Personnel==
*Stevie Wonder: vocals, keyboards, drums
*Benjamin Bridges: electric guitar
*[[Nathan Watts]]: bass

{{Stevie Wonder}}

==Sources==
*iTunes

==References==
{{reflist}}

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[[Category:Anti-war songs]]
[[Category:Songs of the Vietnam War]]
[[Category:Songs about Vietnam]]
[[Category:Stevie Wonder songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by Stevie Wonder]]
[[Category:Tamla Records singles]]
[[Category:1983 singles]]
[[Category:1983 songs]]
[[Category:Song recordings produced by Stevie Wonder]]

Latest revision as of 20:11, 29 February 2024

"Front Line"
Single by Stevie Wonder
from the album Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I
B-side"Front Line (Instrumental)"
Released1983
GenreR&B, soul
Length5:54
LabelTamla
Songwriter(s)Stevie Wonder
Producer(s)Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder singles chronology
"Used To Be"
(1982) 		"Front Line"
(1983) 		"I Just Called to Say I Love You"
(1984)

"Front Line" is a 1983 release written and produced by American R&B singer and songwriter Stevie Wonder, off his greatest hits compilation Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I (1982).[1]

The song is sung from the perspective of a Vietnam War veteran. The protagonist tells the story of how he volunteered to go to Vietnam in 1964 at age sixteen, despite being raised to never kill anyone. After losing his leg, he is sent home with a Purple Heart. In the present day, his niece is a prostitute, and his nephew is a drug addict, both of whom insist he has no right to tell them they are wrong in their ways. He reads in the newspaper that another war is on its way, and he remembers the 'many happy families that have been ruined.'[citation needed]

Personnel

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  • Stevie Wonder: vocals, keyboards, drums
  • Benjamin Bridges: electric guitar
  • Nathan Watts: bass

Sources

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  • iTunes

References

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  1. ^ Strong, Martin C. (1998). The Great Rock Discography. Edinburgh: Canongate Books. p. 926. ISBN 0-86241-827-5.
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