Which Stevie Wonder song became Motown’s first million-selling single?

“Fingertips” became Motown’s first million-selling single. Stevie Wonder’s live performance, issued in 1963, was an unusually large commercial success for both the young performer and the label.

The record was taken from Wonder’s live album The 12 Year Old Genius. Its exciting harmonica playing, shouted cues, and audience energy helped distinguish it from the polished studio singles common at the time. The recording was released in two parts, with “Fingertips—Part 2” becoming the best-known charting section.

The million-selling achievement is sometimes confused with Wonder’s later milestones, including his first number-one studio single, “You Are the Sunshine of My Life,” or the breakthrough of the album Music of My Mind. “Fingertips” belongs to the early 1960s and helped establish Motown’s ability to market a teenage instrumentalist as a national pop star.