Ebony and Ivory Ebony and Ivory "Ebony and Ivory" is a 1982 number-one single by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder. It was released on March 29 of that year. The song is featured on McCartney's album "Tug of War". A self-empowerment hit that tackles issues of racial equality, the song reached number one on both the UK and the US charts. It reappears on McCartney's "All the Best!" hits compilation (1987), and also on the UK two-disc version of Wonder's "The Definitive Collection" greatest hits compilation (2002). In 2013, Billboard Magazine ranked the song as the 69th biggest hit of all-time on the
Stevie Wonder biggest hits and highest level of fame; he had increased album sales, charity participation, high-profile collaborations, political impact, and television appearances. The 1979 mainly instrumental soundtrack album "Stevie Wonder's Journey Through "The Secret Life of Plants"" was composed using an early music sampler, a Computer Music Melodian. Wonder toured briefly in support of the album, and used a Fairlight CMI sampler on stage. In this year Wonder also wrote and produced the dance hit "Let's Get Serious", performed by Jermaine Jackson and (ranked by "Billboard" as the No. 1 R&B single of 1980). "Hotter than July" (1980) became Wonder's first