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Can't Put It in the Hands of Fate
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Can't Put It in the Hands of Fate
| cover = Can't Put It In the Hands of Fate single.png
| type = single
| artist = Stevie Wonder featuring Rapsody, Cordae, Chika, Busta Rhymes
| released =
| genre = Funk
| length = 6:42
| label = *So What the Fuss
*Republic
| writer = Stevie Wonder
| producer = Stevie Wonder
| chronology = Stevie Wonder
| prev_title = Where Is Our Love Song
| prev_year = 2020
| misc =
}}
"'Can't Put It in the Hands of Fate'" is a song by American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder, featuring American rappers Rapsody, Chika, Cordae and Busta Rhymes. Released on October 13, 2020, it is a funk track with lyrics addressing institutional racism, and associated issues such as police brutality and the Black Lives Matter movement.
Released in a live-streamed press conference alongside "Where Is Our Love Song", this is Stevie Wonder's first single since "Faith" in 2016, and since he announced a temporary hiatus from performing in 2019 in order to undergo a kidney transplant. In addition, this is the first music he has not released through Motown, marking the end to his career-long association with the record label in favour of his new label, So What the Fuss Music, distributed through Republic Records. Both labels are currently part of the Universal Music Group.
Calling it "a response to systemic racism", Wonder said the song speaks in a time where "Not just Black people or people of colour but young people everywhere are going, 'This is not acceptable.' Change is right now". Busta Rhymes rap references the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd and the killing of Breonna Taylor.
Personnel
* Stevie Wonder main artist, lyrics, vocals, keyboards, harmonica, choir arranger, composer, producer
* Busta Rhymes featured artist
* Rapsody featured artist
* Cordae featured artist
* Chika featured artist
* Allison Semmes backing vocals
* Camille Grigsby backing vocals
* Cory Rooney backing vocals
* George Young backing vocals
* Kimberly Brewer backing vocals
* Phylicia Hill backing vocals
* Traci Nelson backing vocals
* Will Wheaton backing vocals
* Nathan Watts bass
* Munyungo Jackson percussion
* Stanley Randolph drums
* Lamar Mitchell programming
* Femi Jiya recording
* Cristian F. Perez engineering
* Neal Pogue mixing
* David Avetisian assistant mixing
* Mike Bozzi mastering
References
Category:2020 singles
Category:2020 songs
Category:Black Lives Matter art
Category:Stevie Wonder songs
Category:Songs about George Floyd
Category:Songs about police brutality
Category:Songs against racism and xenophobia
Category:Songs written by Stevie Wonder
Category:Busta Rhymes songs
Category:Republic Records singles
Category:Universal Music Group singles
Category:Song recordings produced by Stevie Wonder
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