Английская Википедия:I Just Called to Say I Love You

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox song "I Just Called to Say I Love You" is a ballad written, produced, and performed by American R&B singer and songwriter Stevie Wonder. It was a major international hit, and remains Wonder's best-selling single to date, having topped a record 19 charts.

The song was the lead single from the 1984 soundtrack album The Woman in Red, along with two other songs by Wonder, and scored number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks from October 13 to 27, 1984. It also became his tenth number-one on the R&B chart, and his fourth on the adult contemporary chart; it spent three weeks at the top of both charts, and for the same weeks as on the Hot 100. The song also became Wonder's only solo UK number-one success, staying at the top for six weeks, in the process also becoming Motown Records' biggest-selling single in the UK, a distinction it still held Шаблон:As of. In addition, the song won both a Golden Globe and an Academy Award for Best Original Song. The song also received three nominations at the 27th Grammy Awards for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, Song of the Year, and Best Pop Instrumental Performance.

The song's lyrics have Wonder surprising his love interest with an unexpected telephone call. Throughout the song, Wonder lists events in a yearly calendar that might prompt someone to call a loved one. Yet he explains no special annual event such as New Year's Day or Halloween spurred the call. He simply wants to tell her he loves her from the bottom of his heart. Cash Box described the song as "a tender and romantic love letter which captures the ever-present and Wonderous feeling of love and optimism."

There was a dispute among Wonder, his former writing partner Lee Garrett, and Lloyd Chiate as to who actually wrote the song. Chiate claimed in a lawsuit that he and Garrett wrote the song years before its 1984 release. However, a jury ultimately sided with Wonder.

Personnel

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Mixing at Frank Farian's FAR STUDIOS in Germany, 1984

• Stevie Wonder – lead and backing vocals, synthesizers, programming, Roland VP-330, Linn 9000, and Oberheim DMX

Music video

A music video of the song has Wonder, during a concert, singing into a telephone receiver while seated at a piano. By the end of the song, he and the audience are standing and swaying to the music. The video features concert footage recorded in Rotterdam Ahoy, in the Netherlands, on August 10, 1984.

Charts

Weekly charts

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Weekly chart performance for "I Just Called to Say I Love You"

Chart (1984–1985)	Peak position
Argentina (CAPIF)	2
Australia (Kent Music Report)	1
Denmark (Hitlisten)	1
Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)	1
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)	1
France (IFOP)	1
Greece (Pop & Rock)	1
Iceland (RÚV)	2
Israel (IBA)	2
Japan (Oricon)	35
Portugal (AFP)	1
South Africa (Springbok)	1
Spain (AFYVE)	1
Uruguay (CUD)	1
US Cash Box Top 100	1
Zimbabwe (ZIMA)	1

2019–20 chart performance for "I Just Called to Say I Love You"

Chart (2019–20)	Peak position
Slovenia (SloTop50)	43

Year-end charts

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1984 year-end chart performance for "I Just Called to Say I Love You"

Chart (1984)	Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)	6
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)	9
Belgium (Ultratop)	1
Brazil (Brazilian Top 100)	3
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)	1
Netherlands (Single Top 100)	4
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)	2
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)	11
UK Singles (OCC)	2
US Billboard Hot 100	25
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)	23
West Germany (Official German Charts)	6

1985 year-end chart performance for "I Just Called to Say I Love You"

Chart (1985)	Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)	63

Decade-end charts

Decade-end chart performance for "I Just Called to Say I Love You"

Chart (1980–1989)	Position
Australian Singles Chart	5
UK Singles Chart	3
US Billboard Hot 100	73

All-time charts

All-time chart performance for "I Just Called to Say I Love You"

Chart	Position
UK Singles (OCC)	13
US Billboard Hot 100 (1958-2018)	370

See also

• List of number-one singles in Australia during the 1980s
• List of RPM number-one singles of 1984
• List of European number-one hits of 1984
• List of number-one hits of 1984 (France)
• List of number-one hits of 1984 (Germany)
• List of number-one singles of 1984 (Ireland)
• List of Dutch Top 40 number-one singles of 1984
• List of number-one singles in 1984 (New Zealand)
• List of number-one hits in Norway
• List of number-one hits (Sweden)
• List of number-one hits of 1984 (Switzerland)
• List of number-one singles from the 1980s (UK)
• List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1984 (U.S.)
• List of number-one R&B singles of 1984 (U.S.)
• List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1984 (U.S.)