In Square Circle

In Square Circle is the twentieth studio album by American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder, released in 1985. The album features the hit singles "Part-Time Lover" (No. 1), "Go Home" (No. 10), "Overjoyed" (No. 24), and "Land of La La" (No. 86). The album earned Wonder a Grammy for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance at the 1986 Grammy Awards.

In Square Circle made the top five on the Pop Albums chart, and spent 12 weeks at number one on the Top R&B Albums chart. On the UK Albums Chart, it peaked at number five.

Reception
Spin called the album, "a pleasant muttering packaged as a Major Statement. Where's the energy and comedy of the man who turns into a mercurial mimic on stage? The lights are on, but nobody's home."

Track listing
All songs written, produced and arranged by Stevie Wonder.

Side one
 * 1) "Part-Time Lover" – 4:09
 * 2) "I Love You Too Much" – 5:30
 * 3) "Whereabouts" – 4:17
 * 4) "Stranger on the Shore of Love" – 5:01
 * 5) "Never in Your Sun" – 4:07

Side two
 * 1) "Spiritual Walkers" – 5:12
 * 2) "Land of La La" – 5:14
 * 3) "Go Home" – 5:18
 * 4) "Overjoyed" – 3:43
 * 5) "It's Wrong (Apartheid)" – 3:29

Notes
 * On CD and Streaming editions of the album, "It's Wrong (Apartheid)" runs for 6:52

Personnel
Musicians

"Part-Time Lover" "I Love You Too Much" "Whereabouts" "Stranger on the Shore of Love" "Never in Your Sun" "Spiritual Walkers" "Land of La La" "Go Home" "Overjoyed" "It's Wrong (Apartheid)"
 * Stevie Wonder – lead vocal, synthesizers, drums
 * Luther Vandross – lead vocal, background vocal
 * Syreeta Wright – background vocal
 * Philip Bailey – background vocal
 * Keith John – background vocal
 * Melody McCully, Billy Durham, Peter Byrne, Renee Hardaway, Darryl Phinnessee – background vocal
 * Stevie Wonder – lead vocal, background vocal, synthesizers, drums, percussion
 * Stevie Wonder – lead vocal, synthesizers, drums, percussion
 * Keith John – background vocal
 * Darryl Phinnessee – background vocal
 * Deniece Williams – background vocal
 * Howard Smith – background vocal
 * Stevie Wonder – lead vocal, background vocal, synthesizers, drums, harpsichord, accordion
 * Stevie Wonder – lead vocal, background vocal, synthesizers, drums, percussion, harmonica
 * Stevie Wonder – lead vocal, Yamaha CS-80 synthesizer, drums, percussion
 * Edwin Birdsong – Yamaha CS-80 synthesizer
 * Larry Gittens – trumpet
 * Bob Malach – saxophone
 * Janice Moore, Cheta Akins, Carolyn Garrett, Ruthell Holmes, Kay Gibbs, Valencia Cox – background vocal
 * Stevie Wonder – lead vocal, background vocal, synthesizers, electric piano, percussion, drums
 * Ben Bridges – guitar
 * Rick Zunigar – guitar
 * Renee Hardaway – background vocal
 * Stevie Wonder – lead vocal, background vocal, synthesizers, drums, vocoder
 * Bob Malach – saxophone
 * Larry Gittens – trumpet
 * Stevie Wonder – lead vocal, background vocal, acoustic piano, environmental percussion (incl.: crickets, bird sounds, ocean, pebbles in pond, stone dropped, crushing leaves), Yamaha CS-80 synthesizer
 * Earl Klugh – guitar
 * Paul Riser – string arrangement
 * Stevie Wonder – lead vocal, synthesizers, drums, percussion, kora
 * Musa Dludla, Thandeka Ngono-Raasch, Linda Bottoman-Tshabalala, Muntu Myuyana, Lorraine Mahlangu-Richards, Fana Kekana, Tsepo Mokone – background vocal

Technical personnel
 * Stevie Wonder – producer, performer, writer, composer
 * Bob Bralove, Brad Buxer, Abdoulaye Soumare – synthesizer programming
 * Gary Olazabal – synthesizer programming, recording engineer, associate producer, audio mixing
 * Bobby Holland – photography (album cover/booklet), concept designer (album cover)
 * Renee Hardaway – concept designer (album cover)
 * Johnny Lee – art direction (album cover)

Notable performances
"Go Home" was performed during the 1986 Grammy Awards ceremony as part of a synthesizer jam with Thomas Dolby, Herbie Hancock, and Howard Jones. It was also performed, along with "Overjoyed," on the May 7, 1983, episode of Saturday Night Live, which Wonder hosted.