10 Spooky Songs By Black Artists For Your Halloween Playlist

2. Superstition – Stevie Wonder

Many of Stevie Wonder’s hits have uplifting, feel good themes to them, but in 1972 he released a song called Superstition that would earn him his first two Oscar in 1974 for Best Rhythm & Blues Song and Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male. Wonder initially wrote it for his guitarist friend to sing but Berry Gordy convinced Wonder that he should be the one to take on the song. Wonder claims the inspirations behind the song comes from his doubts that superstitions exist. He told NPR in a 2000 interview “I think that the reason that I talked about being superstitious is because I really didn’t believe in it. I didn’t believe in the different things that people say about breaking glasses or the number 13 is bad luck, and all those various things. And to those, I said, ‘When you believe in things you don’t understand, then you suffer.'”

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