All in Love Is Fair
| "All in Love Is Fair" | |
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1974 Brazil single (White label) | |
| Song by Stevie Wonder | |
| from the album Innervisions | |
| A-side | "Too High" |
| Released | August 3, 1973 |
| Recorded | November 10, 1972-April 4, 1973 |
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| Length | 3:41 |
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| Songwriter(s) | Stevie Wonder |
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"All in Love Is Fair" is a song by American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder recorded for his sixteenth studio album, Innervisions (1973). Written and produced by Wonder, it was released as a 7" single in Brazil in 1974. The song is a pop ballad with lyrics that describe the end of a relationship through the use of clichés. Critical reaction to the song has been varied: Matthew Greenwald of AllMusic wrote that it was among Wonder's "finest ballad statements", but Robert Christgau felt that the singer's performance was "immature". Wonder has included it on several of his greatest hits albums, including the most recent, 2005's The Complete Stevie Wonder.
American vocalist Barbra Streisand released "All in Love Is Fair" as a 1974 single from her The Way We Were studio album. Tommy LiPuma handled the production for the 7" single release by Columbia Records. Among music critics, Greenwald called her version "unforgettable". Commercially, the song peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States at number 63, and Canada's Top Singles chart at number 60. Other notable renditions include artists Brook Benton, Nancy Wilson, and Cleo Laine.