Today’s finger-snapping, groovy song of the day is “Isn’t She Lovely” by one of Motown’s finest—Stevie Wonder! This well-known tune is usually played to celebrate the birth of one’s child.  

Fun Facts:

• Stevie Wonder wrote the song to celebrate the birth of his daughter, Aisha.
• He acknowledges Aisha’s mother, Yolanda Simmons, near the end of the song.
• In 2015, Aisha and Stevie Wonder performed a duet together entitled, “How will I know.”
• Stevie Wonder performed all instruments in the song except the keyboards, which were played by Greg Phillinganes.
• During a television special for Stevie Wonder entitled Songs in the Key of Life, Singer Neyo and Stevie’s daughter Aisha Morris sang the song “Isn’t she lovely” in honor of Stevie Wonder.
• This song was featured in the following movies: The Fighting Temptations, Sea of Roses (1978), Juwanna Mann (2002), and Scrubs.
• This song was also featured in television shows Designing Women, Desperate Housewives, and Doogie Howser.
• The length of the original song was over 6 minutes. It was later cut down to a little over 3 minutes when released in the UK.
• The song entered the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time in May 2011.

Lyrics:

(Musixmatch)

Isn’t she lovely?

Isn’t she wonderful?

Isn’t she precious?

Less than one minute old

I never thought through love we’d be

Making one as lovely as she

But isn’t she lovely made from love?

Isn’t she pretty?

Truly the angel’s best

Boy, I’m so happy

We have been Heaven-blessed

I can’t believe what God has done

Through us, He’s given life to one

But isn’t she lovely made from love?

Isn’t she lovely?

Life and love are the same

Life is Aisha

The meaning of her name

Londie, it could have not been done

Without you who conceived the one

That’s so very lovely made from love

Hey!