"You Met Your Match" is a song written by Stevie Wonder,

Lula Mae Hardaway Lula Mae Hardaway (January 11, 1930 – May 31, 2006) was an American songwriter and the mother of soul musician Stevie Wonder. She spent her early adult life in Saginaw, Michigan, but from 1975 until her death in 2006, lived in Los Angeles, Cal ...

, and Don Hunter that was released by Wonder on his 1968 album ''

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''. It was the first song Wonder produced in the studio. "You Mey Your Match" was released as a single where it reached No. 35 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and No. 2 on the ''Billboard''

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Background

'' Cash Box'' said that it has a "pounding rhythm and a vocal performance that scours the emotions," calling the single an "exciting drive side." '' Billboard'' called it a "pulsating rocker" and a "blockbuster." Wonder biographer Steve Lodder described the song as being "based around blues changes" but said that it "lacks an 'earworm'

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of a melodic line." "You Met Your Match" was one of the first songs to use a clavinet in a popular music recording.

Chart performance

References

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