Which Stevie Wonder album contains the song “Part-Time Lover”?

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In Square Circle contains Stevie Wonder’s song “Part-Time Lover.”

Released in 1985, In Square Circle was Wonder’s twenty-first studio album. It included a mixture of pop, soul, R&B, electronic production, and socially conscious material. “Part-Time Lover” became the album’s biggest commercial success and reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100.

The song also topped charts in the United Kingdom, Canada, and several other countries. Its polished electronic sound reflected the production style of mid-1980s pop while retaining Wonder’s melodic and vocal identity. The album won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male.

Listeners can confuse the album with Characters because both are 1980s Wonder releases with prominent synthesizer-based production. Characters was released in 1987 and contains “Skeletons,” whereas “Part-Time Lover” belongs to the earlier In Square Circle.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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