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
I Wish (Stevie Wonder song) I Wish (Stevie Wonder song) "I Wish" is a hit song by Stevie Wonder. It was released in 1976 as a single and included on the album "Songs in the Key of Life". Written and produced by Wonder, the song focuses on his childhood from the 1950s into the early 1960s. The single hit number one on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and soul singles chart. For the television series "Classic Albums", Wonder recreated a small section from the song to demonstrate how he composed and arranged it. He played the keyboards and drums himself, and used most of the musicians