"Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You)" is a 1972 soul track by Stevie Wonder. Released as a single, it was the second track on Wonder's Music of My Mind album. In essence a two-part song, there is a coherence in that it tells a story of the singer's relationship with "Mary". The first part covers the her desire to be a star, and to leave behind her old life to become a movie star. The second part covers the narrator's wondering why she hadn't come back as soon as he had hoped.
The song, both in its sound and length, was a change of pace for Wonder, who was trying to establish his own identity outside of the Motown sound. Besides its floaty ambience, it featured the singer as a virtual one-man band, outside of a single guitar part played by Howard "Buzz" Feiten. blank">http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=33:8261mech9f8o
The song reached a peak of #33 on the _Billboard Pop charts.
"Superwoman" was the second single from R&B singer Karyn White's self-titled debut album. It became her second top 10 hit and second #1 hit on the R&B charts.
In 1991, the song was remade by Gladys Knight, with help from Patti LaBelle and Dionne Warwick, and it was featured on her album Good Woman.
