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“Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You)“ is a 1972 soul track by Stevie Wonder. Released as a single, it was the second track on Wonder’s Music of My Mind album. In essence a two-part song, there is a coherence in that it tells a story of the singer’s relationship with “Mary”. The first part covers her desire to be a star, and to leave behind her old life to become a movie star. The second part covers the narrator’s wondering why she hadn’t come back as soon as he had hoped. The second part of the song is also a reworking of the song “Never Dreamed You’d Leave in Summer” off of the 1971 album Where I’m Coming From. The song, both in its sound and length, was a change of pace for Wonder, who was trying to establish his own identity outside of the Motown... Read on...