"Pastime Paradise" | |
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Song by Stevie Wonder | |
from the album Songs in the Key of Life | |
Released | 1976 |
Genre | Funk[1] |
Length | 3:27 |
Label | Motown |
Songwriter(s) | Stevie Wonder |
Producer(s) | Stevie Wonder |
Licensed audio | |
"Pastime Paradise" on YouTube |
"Pastime Paradise" is a song by American musician Stevie Wonder, recorded for his 1976 album Songs in the Key of Life. The song was one of the first to use a synthesizer (the Yamaha GX-1) to sound like a full string section.[2] Built initially from synth tracks rather than from a drummer setting the basic rhythm, the song is augmented with rhythm performances from Wonder, Ray Maldonado, and Bobbye Hall, and a persistent "chinging" bell pattern by Hare Krishna musicians. A gospel choir from West Angeles Church of God and Hare Krishna chanting group culminate in a multicultural finale.[3]