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Recording Industry Association of America.

^ 'American certifications – Jodeci – Lately'.

^ a b 'allmusic ((( Jodeci > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))'.

List of number-one R&B singles of 1993 (U.S.).

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. Chart performance Stevie Wonder Chart (1981) They performed this version on The Arsenio Hall Show, with Stevie Wonder making a guest appearance and performing the song with Jodeci.

It is slightly longer than the Uptown MTV Unplugged version and features an additional outro. The group also recorded an alternate studio version of the song, produced by group leader DeVante Swing. This version also appears on Back to the Future: The Very Best of Jodeci, a greatest hits album from the group, released by Universal Records in 2005. It sold 900,000 copies and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. It was also Jodeci's highest peaking pop hit, reaching number four on the Billboard Hot 100 in August 1993. The group's version of the song was released as a promotional single, claiming the number one spot on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks charts as the group's fourth R&B number one hit.

Executive producer Andre Harrell referred to it as their 'End of the Road', analogous to the chart-topping single for Boyz II Men. 'Lately' was notably covered by R&B group Jodeci for the Uptown MTV Unplugged release in 1993.

Stevie Wonder – lead vocals, bass synthesizer, piano.

Of the song's emotional power itself Elias stated, 'it's enough to make a listener fall prey to an old-fashioned cry.' Personnel Jason Elias at Allmusic retrospectively praised the song, believing that unlike some of Wonder's similar material, 'Lately' in particular hit all the perfect emotional and musical notes. Record World called it a 'touching ballad is perhaps his most beautiful, revealing work yet.' The song reached number three in the United Kingdom, and was later covered by R&B group Jodeci and released as a promotional single for the live album Uptown MTV Unplugged in June 1993, which reached number one on the R&B charts and the top 5 on the Billboard Hot 100. ' Lately' is a song by American singer Stevie Wonder recorded for his album Hotter than July (1980).

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