Evil (Earth, Wind &amp; Fire song)Evil (Earth, Wind &amp; Fire song) Evil (Earth, Wind & Fire song) "Evil" is a single by the band Earth, Wind & Fire which was issued in June 1973 by Columbia Records. The song peaked at No. 19 on the "Billboard" Easy Listening chart and No. 25 on the Hot Soul Singles chart. Overview. Evil was produced by Joe Wissert and written by EWF bandleader Maurice White with Philip Bailey. The b-side of this single was a song called Clover. Both Evil and Clover came off the band's 1973 studio album, "Head to the Sky". Critical reception. Robert Christgau of the Village Voice described Evil as  having a "catchy title" with "sweet clear harmonies and sinuous beat". Alex Henderson of Allmusic also called the tune "latin influenced". Samples. "Evil" was sampled by Deee-Lite on the track Say Ahhh... off their 1994 album Dewdrops in the Garden and by Amerie feat. Carl Thomas on the track Can We Go off her 2005 album "Touch". Evil (Earth, Wind & Fire song) "Evil" is a single by the band Earth, Wind & Fire which was issued in June 1973 by Columbia Records. The song peaked at No. 19 on the "Billboard" Easy Listening chart and No. 25 on the Hot