Jamiroquai's "Too Young To Die" - - - any of it lifted from Stevie Wonder?

[KuMBye YamALaWd]

.... I'm talking about the post-chorus "Doo, doo-doo-doooo" part;
Obviously it's a very Stevie-influenced track, but my gf insists that that particular part of the song is lifted directly from a Stevie Wonder tune (but she can't remember which one...how convenient!)...
Can anyone throw any light on this?

[bass12]

I'm not the biggest Stevie aficionado out there but nothing's coming to mind. Then again, I never heard the connection between Stevie and Jamiroquai that so many seem to hear. I'm curious as to whether anyone will able to come up with something on this.

[KuMBye YamALaWd]

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Anyone familiar with that particular Jamiroquai song as well as the Stevie Wonder catalogue?

[Woodchuck]

Never heard that about the particular song. However; many have said that "Music of the Mind" was ripped from Stevie. It was officially released as an instrumental, but I do a bootleg of the vocal. Alot of Jami's stuff pays tribute (I hate the term "rip off") to some of the great American artists like Roy Ayers, Gil Scot Heron, Pleasure, etc.

[Andrew Jones]

Hey,,,If your gonna steal, Steal from the best.




Aj