Ebony and Ivory "Billboard" Hot 100 charts. At the simplest level, the song is about the ebony (black) and ivory (white) keys on a piano, but also deals with integration and racial harmony on a deeper, human level. The title was inspired by McCartney hearing Spike Milligan say "black notes, white notes, and you need to play the two to make harmony, folks!". The figure of speech is much older. It was popularised by James Aggrey in the 1920s, inspiring the title of the pan-African journal "The Keys", but was in use from at least the 1840s. Written by McCartney alone, the song
Get It (Stevie Wonder song) on "All I Do" from Wonder's platinum-selling "Hotter than July" album. At the time of the single's release, and their respective albums released in the same year, Wonder again worked with Jackson on his top-selling "Bad" album for the song, "Just Good Friends", this time as a duet. The single was a top five R&B hit (#4), and a top twenty Adult Contemporary hit (#11). It didn't fare well on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 chart, stalling at #80, its peak position. Get It (Stevie Wonder song) "Get It" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder with a