I Was Made to Love Her ( song ) - wikipedia I Was Made to Love Her ( song ) For the album, see I Was Made to Love Her ( album ). `` I Was Made to Love Her '' Single by Stevie Wonder from the album I Was Made to Love Her B - side `` Travlin ' Man '' `` Hold Me '' Released June 1967 ( 1967 - 06 ) Recorded 1967 Studio Hitsville U.S.A. ( Studio A ), Detroit, Michigan Genre Soul Length 2 : 37 Label Motown Songwriter ( s ) Stevie Wonder Lula Mae Hardaway Henry Cosby Sylvia Moy Producer ( s ) Henry Cosby Stevie Wonder singles chronology `` Hey Love '' ( 1967 ) `` I Was Made to Love Her '' ( 1967 ) `` I 'm Wondering '' ( 1967 ) `` I Was Made to Love Her '' is a hit single recorded by American soul musician Stevie Wonder for Motown 's Tamla label in 1967. The song was written by Wonder, his mother Lula Mae Hardaway, Sylvia Moy and producer Henry Cosby and included on Wonder 's 1967 album I Was Made to Love Her. Released as a single, `` I Was Made to Love Her '' peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in July 1967. The song was held out of the top spot by `` Light My Fire '' by The Doors and spent four non-consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles chart in the United States. The song reached No. 5 in the UK. When asked in a 1968 interview which of his songs stood out in his mind, Wonder answered `` I Was Made to Love Her because it 's a true song. '' The song features Wonder 's harmonica solo in the introduction. The song also features strings following the bridge section. The song also features the use of an electric sitar in the opening and repeated throughout the verse. The last lyric line `` You know Stevie ai n't gon na leave her, '' ad libbed by Wonder, refers to the singer himself. Contents 1 Personnel 2 Chart performance 2.1 Weekly charts 2.2 Year - end charts 3 References Personnel Stevie Wonder -- lead vocals, harmonica and possible keyboards James Jamerson -- bass Eddie Willis -- electric sitar The Funk Brothers -- other instrumentation Chart performance Weekly charts Chart ( 1967 ) Peak position Australia Go - Set 40 Canada RPM Top Singles 5 UK 5 US Billboard Hot 100 US Billboard R&B Year - end charts Chart ( 1967 ) Rank Canada 56 UK 39 US Billboard Hot 100 14 References Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). Top R&B / Hip - Hop Singles : 1942 - 2004. Record Research. p. 635. ^ Jump up to : Stevie Wonder interviewed on the Pop Chronicles ( 1970 ) Jump up ^ Go - Set National Top 40, 20 September 1967 Jump up ^ `` Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada ''. Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016 - 12 - 20. Jump up ^ `` Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada ''. Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 01. Jump up ^ `` Top 100 1967 - UK Music Charts ''. Uk-charts.top-source.info. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 01. Jump up ^ `` Top 100 Hits of 1967 / Top 100 Songs of 1967 ''. Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 01. Preceded by `` Respect '' by Aretha Franklin `` Make Me Yours '' by Bettye Swann Billboard Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles number - one single July 15, 1967 August 5 -- 19, 1967 Succeeded by `` Make Me Yours '' by Bettye Swann `` Baby I Love You '' by Aretha Franklin Stevie Wonder Studio albums The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie Tribute to Uncle Ray With a Song in My Heart Stevie at the Beach Up - Tight Down to Earth I Was Made to Love Her Someday at Christmas Eivets Rednow For Once in My Life My Cherie Amour Signed, Sealed & Delivered Where I 'm Coming From Music of My Mind Talking Book Innervisions Fulfillingness ' First Finale Songs in the Key of Life Hotter than July In Square Circle Characters Conversation Peace A Time to Love Live albums Recorded Live : The 12 Year Old Genius Stevie Wonder Live Live at the Talk of the Town Natural Wonder Soundtracks Stevie Wonder 's Journey Through `` The Secret Life of Plants '' The Woman in Red Jungle Fever Compilations Looking Back Stevie Wonder 's Original Musiquarium I Song Review : A Greatest Hits Collection At the Close of a Century Ballad Collection The Definitive Collection 20th Century Masters The Complete Stevie Wonder Top ten singles `` Fingertips - Part 2 '' `` Uptight ( Everything 's Alright ) '' `` Blowin ' in the Wind '' `` A Place in the Sun '' `` I Was Made to Love Her '' `` I 'm Wondering '' `` Shoo - Be-Doo - Be-Doo - Da - Day '' `` For Once in My Life '' `` My Cherie Amour '' `` Yester - Me, Yester - You, Yesterday '' `` Never Had a Dream Come True '' `` Signed, Sealed, Delivered I 'm Yours '' `` Heaven Help Us All '' `` If You Really Love Me '' `` Superstition '' `` You Are the Sunshine of My Life '' `` Higher Ground '' `` Living for the City '' `` He 's Misstra Know - It - All '' `` You Have n't Done Nothin ' '' `` Boogie On Reggae Woman '' `` I Wish '' `` Sir Duke '' `` Send One Your Love '' `` Master Blaster ( Jammin ' ) '' `` I Ai n't Gonna Stand for It '' `` Happy Birthday '' `` That Girl '' `` Do I Do '' `` Ebony and Ivory '' `` I Just Called to Say I Love You '' `` Love Light in Flight '' `` Part - Time Lover '' `` That 's What Friends Are For '' `` Go Home '' Other singles `` Hey Harmonica Man '' `` Hey Love '' `` I Do n't Know Why '' `` Never Dreamed You 'd Leave in Summer '' `` Superwoman ( Where Were You When I Needed You ) '' `` Do n't You Worry ' bout a Thing '' `` As '' `` Another Star '' `` Lately '' `` Ribbon in the Sky '' `` Overjoyed '' `` Faith '' Other songs `` You and I ( We Can Conquer the World ) '' `` Golden Lady `` All in Love Is Fair '' `` They Wo n't Go When I Go '' `` Knocks Me Off My Feet '' `` Pastime Paradise '' `` Is n't She Lovely '' `` Black Man '' Collaborations `` Ebony and Ivory '' `` We Are the World '' `` Just Good Friends '' `` California Roll '' Related articles Discography Lula Mae Hardaway Syreeta Wright KJLH Wonderin ' `` Wonder - ful '' Book Wild Honey Songs Side one `` Wild Honey '' `` Are n't You Glad '' `` I Was Made to Love Her '' `` Country Air '' `` A Thing or Two '' Side two `` Darlin ' '' `` I 'd Love Just Once to See You '' `` Here Comes the Night '' `` Let the Wind Blow '' `` How She Boogalooed It '' `` Mama Says '' Outtakes `` Ca n't Wait Too Long '' `` Cool, Cool Water '' `` Game of Love '' `` Honey Get Home '' `` The Letter '' `` Lonely Days '' `` Surf 's Up '' `` Time to Get Alone '' Related articles 1967 -- Sunshine Tomorrow The Beach Boys discography Bedroom Tapes Darlin ' ( French band ) Lei 'd in Hawaii 2017 Wild Honey World Tour Surfin ' Safari Surfin ' U.S.A. 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Question: who sang i was made to love her
Answer: Stevie Wonder