As está en el segundo disco de Songs in the Key of Life, el doble álbum de Tamla del 28 de septiembre de 1976, después de que los singles I Wish y Sir Duke ya hubieran hecho el trabajo de las listas. Wonder lo produce
Joe Cocker, de Sheffield, cantó canciones ajenas con todo el cuerpo: "With a Little Help from My Friends" en Woodstock, Mad Dogs & Englishmen en la carretera, y una voz rasposa que hacía sonar las versiones en primera persona.
En el verano de 1972, en Electric Lady en Nueva York, Jim Gilstrap canta la apertura de You Are the Sunshine of My Life antes de que Stevie Wonder tome la voz.
In April 1997 London singer Shola Ama released You Might Need Somebody, a D’Influence-produced cover of the Tom Snow / Nan O’Byrne song best known via Randy Crawford, as a single from her debut album Much Love; it peaked at UK No. 4.
In March 1989 Soul II Soul released Keep On Movin’ featuring Caron Wheeler: written by Jazzie B, produced with Nellee Hooper at Britannia Row, a UK No. 5 from Club Classics Vol. One that topped three US Billboard charts.
In 1972 Miami, Timmy Thomas recorded Why Can't We Live Together largely alone on Lowrey organ, rhythm presets, and vocal for Glades / TK, and it reached US No. 3.