"You Met Your Match" is a song written by Stevie Wonder, Lula Mae Hardaway, and Don Hunter that was released by Wonder on his 1968 album For Once in My Life. It was also released as a single and reached No. 35 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 2 on the Billboard R&B chart.[1]
"You Met Your Match" | ||||
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Single by Stevie Wonder | ||||
from the album For Once in My Life | ||||
B-side | "My Girl" | |||
Released | July, 1968 | |||
Recorded | 1968 | |||
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Length | 2:42 | |||
Label | Tamla | |||
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Producer(s) | Stevie Wonder, Don Hunter | |||
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Cash Box said that it has a "pounding rhythm and a vocal performance that scours the emotions," calling the single an "exciting drive side."[2] Billboard called it a "pulsating rocker" and a "blockbuster."[3] Wonder biographer Steve Lodder described the song as being "based around blues changes" but said that it "lacks an 'earworm' hook of a melodic line."[4]
"You Met Your Match" was one of the first songs to use a clavinet in a popular music recording.[5][4] It was the first song Wonder produced in the studio.[4]