Front Line (song)

"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]

"Front Line"
Single by Stevie Wonder
from the album Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I
B-side	"Front Line (Instrumental)"
Released	1983
Genre	R&B, soul
Length	5:54
Label	Tamla
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)

Critical reception

Robert Palmer of the New York Times described Front Line as "a starkly economical, eloquently anguished portrait of a Vietnam veteran's bitterness and dead-end fatalism, and an exciting mixture of guitar rock in a Cream/Hendrix vein with springy funk."^[2]

Personnel

• Stevie Wonder: vocals, keyboards, drums
• Benjamin Bridges: electric guitar
• Nathan Watts: bass^[3]

Charts

Chart (1983)	Peak position
UK Singles (OCC)[4]	94

References

1. Strong, Martin C. (1998). The Great Rock Discography. Edinburgh: Canongate Books. p. 926. ISBN 0-86241-827-5.
2. Palmer, Robert (June 6, 1982). "Stevie Wonder Takes A Look Back". New York Times. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
3. Stevie Wonder - Front Line. Tamla Records. 1983.
4. "Stevie Wonder -Frontline". Official Charts. Retrieved December 16, 2024.