Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Stevie Wonder
Harmonica
Alexandra Brown Evans
Background Vocals
Angela Winbush
Background Vocals
Benjamin Bridges
Guitar
Dennis Davis
Drums
Earl DeRouen
Percussion
Hank Redd
Saxophone
Isaiah Sanders
Organ
Larry Gittins
Trumpet
Marva Holcom
Background Vocals
Nathan Watts
Bass
Rick Zunigar
Guitar
Shirley Brewer
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Stevie Wonder
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Stevie Wonder
Producer
Gary Olazabal
Recording Engineer
Bob Harlan
Assistant Engineer
Lou Hyland
Equipment Technician
Mick Parish
Equipment Technician
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Everyone's feeling pretty, it's hotter than July
Though the world's full of problems
They couldn't touch us even if they tried
From the park I hear rhythms, Marley's hot on the box
Tonight there will be a party on the corner at the end of the block
[Chorus]
Didn't know you would be jammin' until the break of dawn
See, nobody ever told you that you
Would be jammin' until the break of dawn
Would be jammin', and jammin', and jammin', and jammin'
[Verse 2]
They want us to join their fighting but our answer today
Is to let all our worries, like the breeze through our fingers, slip away
Peace has come to Zimbabwe, Third World's right on the one (Ah-ah, ah-ah)
Now's the time for celebration 'cause we've only just begun
[Chorus]
You didn't know you would be jammin' until the break of dawn
Bet ya nobody ever told you that you
Would be jammin' until the break of dawn
Bet ya nobody ever told you that you would be jammin' until the break of dawn (We're in the middle of the makings of the master blaster, jammin')
I know nobody told you that you would be jammin' until the break of dawn (We're in the middle of the makings of the master blaster, jammin')
But we're jammin', jammin', jam, jammin'
[Bridge]
Ha-ha
[Verse 3]
You ask me, am I happy? Well, as matter of fact
I can say that I'm ecstatic 'cause we all just made a pact
We've agreed to get together, joined as children in Jah (Ah-ah, ah-ah)
When you're moving in the positive
Your destination is the brightest star
[Chorus]
You didn't know that you would be jammin' until the break of dawn (We're in the middle of the makings of the master blaster, jammin')
Bet ya nobody ever told you that you would be jammin' until the break of dawn (We're in the middle of the makings of the master blaster, jammin')
Ohh-whoa, you would be jammin' until the break of dawn (We're in the middle of the makings of the master blaster, jammin')
Don't you stop the music, oh, no, no, no, breaking, break of dawn, yeah, yeah (We're in the middle of the makings of the master blaster, jammin')
No-no, no-no-no, no-no-nobody, ain't nobody told you, yeah (We're in the middle of the makings of the master blaster, jammin')
Ohh-whoa-oh, oh-oh, you would be jammin' until the break of dawn (We're in the middle of the makings of the master blaster, jammin')
Oh, I bet you if someone approach you yesterday to tell you that you would be jammin' you would not believe them (We're in the middle of the makings of the master blaster, jammin')
Because they never thought that you'd be jammin'
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, do-do, girl, until the break of dawn (We're in the middle of the makings of the master blaster, jammin')
[Outro]
Ohh, you may as well believe what you are feeling because you feel your body jammin' (We're in the middle of the makings of the master blaster, jammin')
And girl, you will be jammin' until the break of dawn (We're in the middle of the makings of the master blaster, jammin')
Oh, oh, hoo, hoo, hoo-hoo, hoo-hoo-hoo, baby, baby, baby (We're in the middle of the makings of the master blaster, jammin')
Baby, do the best that you can, babe (We're in the middle of the makings of the master blaster)
Written by: Stevie Wonder