Jeff Beck was an admirer of Wonder's music, and Wonder was informed of this prior to the "Talking Book" album sessions. Though at this point he was playing virtually all of the instruments on his songs by himself, Wonder preferred to let other guitarists play on his records, and he liked the idea of a collaboration with Beck. An agreement was quickly made for Beck to become involved in the sessions that became the "Talking Book" album, in return for Wonder writing him a song.