Stevie Wonder that Wonder wrote and sang in the first person, and "Ribbon in the Sky", one of his many classic compositions. He also gained a No. 1 hit that year in collaboration with Paul McCartney in their paean to racial harmony, "Ebony and Ivory". In 1983, Wonder performed the song "Stay Gold", the theme to Francis Ford Coppola's film adaptation of S. E. Hinton's novel "The Outsiders". Wonder wrote the lyrics. In 1983, he scheduled an album to be entitled "People Work, Human Play". The album never surfaced and instead 1984 saw the release of Wonder's soundtrack album for "The Woman
Here Today (Paul McCartney song) Here Today (Paul McCartney song) "Here Today" is a song by Paul McCartney from his 1982 album "Tug of War". McCartney wrote the song about his relationship with and love for John Lennon, who had been murdered less than two years before. He stated the song was composed in the form of an imaginary conversation the pair might have had. The song was produced by The Beatles' producer George Martin. Although not released as a single, the song reached #46 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock charts. When the song was written Lennon had not yet been dead for a year.