Stevie Wonder: Superstition Meaning

Song Released: 1972

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Superstition Lyrics

Very superstitious, writings on the wall,
Very superstitious, ladders bout to fall,
Thirteen month old baby, broke the lookin glass
Seven years of bad luck, the good things in your past.

When you believe in things that you dont...

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   anonymous

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   Jun 5th 2012, 10:24 report

   
   

   Not very much "hidden meaning" here. It's all in the chorus, "When you believe in things that you don't understand, then you suffer"
   
   It isn't just religion versus superstitions, it's anything. If you believe in your car but don't really understand how it works, it's going to break down at the worst possible moment. If you believe in the reliability of your job/the economy but don't really understand how business works, you're going to be downsized at some point when you least expect it. If you believe in the government but don't really understand how it works, you're going to become a slave. If you believe in money but don't understand it, you're not going to have any. If you believe in your relationship with your spouse but don't understand it or them, you're in for a nasty surprise one day.

   
   
   
   

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   anonymous

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   Mar 19th 2012, 17:20 report

   
   

   To me this song means that you shouldn’t let the smallest of details get in your way, it isn’t worth it. Since this song was written in an era when being superstitious was “in,” Wonder was trying to get a point across by saying just relax, it doesn’t matter if you walk under a ladder or break a mirror. Superstitions are meant to be for fun, you shouldn’t take them very seriously.

   
   
   
   

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   anonymous

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   Feb 5th 2010, 11:32 report

   
   

   Not very much "hidden meaning" here. It's all in the chorus, "When you believe in things that you don't understand, then you suffer"
   
   It isn't just religion versus superstitions, it's anything. If you believe in your car but don't really understand how it works, it's going to break down at the worst possible moment. If you believe in the reliability of your job/the economy but don't really understand how business works, you're going to be downsized at some point when you least expect it. If you believe in the government but don't really understand how it works, you're going to become a slave. If you believe in money but don't understand it, you're not going to have any. If you believe in your relationship with your spouse but don't understand it or them, you're in for a nasty surprise one day.

   
   
   
   

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   anonymous

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   May 13th 2008, 15:20 report

   
   

   The first interpretation is true! I am a huge Stevie fan and I know he totally wrote the song so there.

   
   
   
   

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   BUGSYSON

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   Jul 15th 2006, 15:34 report

   
   

   I beleive this song was originally done by Jeff Beck. He performed it a few times with his band called bba but didn't see it as a good rock song and passed it along to Stevie Wonder, at least that's what it says on the inner notes of the bba album.

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   kamododude

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   Jul 1st 2006, 21:56 report

   
   

   I will say in laymen terms what stevie said through his song: don't be so stupid and get worked up over superstitous beleifs you dontt understand, most likely they're not true, so shut up and don't believe in things you don't understand.