Living for the City

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lyricist and composer:	Stevie Wonder

publisher:	Black Bull Music, Inc. EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) Jobete Music Co., Inc. Stein & Van Stock, Inc. 大洋音楽 (Taiyō Music)

SecondHandSongs:	https://secondhandsongs.com/work/5141 [info]
Wikidata:	Q2342150 [info]

referred to in medleys:	Sympathy for the Devil / Livin’ for the City (order: 2)
later translated versions:	Liikaa stadiin

Recordings

Date	Title	Attributes	Artist	Length
	recordings
1974-04-01 – 1974-04-04	Livin' for the City	cover and instrumental	Maynard Ferguson	4:59
1974-06	Living for the City	cover and instrumental	Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra	4:24
1974-08 – 1974-09	Living for the City	cover and instrumental	Ramsey Lewis	5:20
1975	Living for the City / For the Love of Money (live, 1975: Bailey’s in Leicester, UK; Ferguson, Holiday, Pinkney)	cover, live and medley	The Three Degrees	8:40
1978-08 – 1978-09	Livin' for the City	cover	Airmen of Note	3:14
1986-12-10 – 1986-12-12	Living for the City	cover and instrumental	Stanley Turrentine	4:54
1989	Living for the City (live, 1989: Ritz, Manchester, England)	cover and live	Ian Gillan	4:14
1990-08-24	Living for the City (live, 1990-08-24, Central Studios, Nottingham, England)	cover and live	Ian Gillan	4:48
1990-08-24	Living for the City (live, 1990-08-24, Central Studios, Nottingham, England)	cover and live	Ian Gillan	?:??
1995	Living for the City (live, 1995)	live	Stevie Wonder	4:27
1999	Living for the City	cover	Count Basic	4:40
2006-03-01	Living for the City (live, 2006‐03‐01: Cavern Club, Liverpool, England, UK)	cover and live	Steve Hogarth	6:17
2008	Living for the City / A Man Gotta Do (live, 2008: O2 Arena, London, UK)	live	Stevie Wonder	7:49
2010-12	Living for the City	cover and instrumental	George Colligan	9:07
	Leaving for the City		Peter Lipa	6:43
	Livin' for the City	cover	Ike & Tina Turner	3:34
	Livin' for the City	cover and instrumental	Mark Whitfield	4:09
	Livin' for the City	cover	Ike & Tina Turner	3:25
	Livin' for the City	cover	Ike & Tina Turner	3:34
	Livin' for the City	cover	Ike & Tina Turner	2:13
	Livin' for the City	cover	Ike & Tina Turner	3:31
	Livin' for the City	cover	Ike & Tina Turner	3:28
	Livin’ for the City	cover	The Dirtbombs	3:08
	Livin’ for the City	live	Stevie Wonder	?:??
	Livin’ for the City (live, 2006‐03‐02: The HUBS, Sheffield, England, UK)	cover and live	h	6:05
	Livin’ for the City (live)	cover and live	Texas	7:14
	Living for the City	cover	Ike & Tina Turner	3:37
	Living for the City	cover	Ike & Tina Turner	3:43
	Living for the City	cover	Ike & Tina Turner	3:33
	Living for the City	cover	Ike & Tina Turner	3:41
	Living for the City	cover	Ike & Tina Turner	3:32
	Living for the City	cover	Ike & Tina Turner	3:42
	Living for the City	cover	Ike & Tina Turner	3:39
	Living for the City	cover	Ike & Tina Turner	3:41
	Living for the City	cover	Ike & Tina Turner	3:38
	Living for the City	cover	Ike & Tina Turner	3:40
	Living for the City	cover	Ike & Tina Turner	3:40
	Living for the City	cover	Ike & Tina Turner	3:40
	Living for the City	cover	Ike & Tina Turner	3:33
	Living for the City	cover	Ike & Tina Turner	3:33
	Living for the City	cover	Ike & Tina Turner	3:31
	Living for the City	cover	Ike & Tina Turner	3:34
	Living for the City	cover	Ike & Tina Turner	3:27
	Living for the City	cover	Ike & Tina Turner	?:??
	Living for the City	cover	Ike & Tina Turner	3:25
	Living for the City	cover	Ike & Tina Turner	3:39
	Living for the City	cover	Ike & Tina Turner	3:26
	Living for the City	cover	Ike & Tina Turner	3:27
	Living for the City	cover	Ike & Tina Turner	3:38
	Living for the City	cover	Ike & Tina Turner	3:36
	Living for the City	cover	Ike & Tina Turner	3:34
	Living for the City	cover	Ike & Tina Turner	3:32
	Living for the City	cover	Ike & Tina Turner	3:36
	Living for the City	cover	Ike & Tina Turner	3:32
	Living for the City	live	Stevie Wonder	10:44
	Living for the City		Stevie Wonder feat. DJ Smash	5:19
	Living for the City (live, 1974‐01: London, UK)	live	Stevie Wonder	10:59
	Living for the City		Stevie Wonder	7:24
	Living for the City		Stevie Wonder	7:26
	Living for the City		Stevie Wonder	11:08
	Living for the City		Stevie Wonder	6:55
	Living for the City (live, 1975‐10‐04: National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica)	live	Stevie Wonder & Wonderlove	?:??
	Living for the City		Paul Horn	4:02
	Living for the City (part of a “Summertime, Volume 3” DJ‐mix)		Stevie Wonder	1:23
	Living for the City		Stevie Wonder	11:03
	Living for the City		Stevie Wonder	11:04
	Living for the City	cover	Ultrafunk	?:??
	Living for the City (single edit)	cover	Gillan	4:00
	Living for the City (live, 2025-07-03: Lytham Green, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, UK)	live	Stevie Wonder	5:19
	Living for the City	cover	Gillan	4:28
	Living for the City		Stevie Wonder	7:24
	Living for the City	cover	Bonnie Tyler	3:45
	Living for the City	cover and instrumental	Hugo Montenegro	4:32
	Living for the City	cover and instrumental	Ramsey Lewis	5:21
	Living for the City	cover	Ramsey Lewis	5:31
	Living for the City	cover	Ray Charles	6:07
	Living for the City	cover and instrumental	Ceasar Frazier	6:21
	Living for the City	cover	Sylvester	4:58
	Living for the City	cover	Michael Hill's Blues Mob	4:59
	Living for the City	cover	Toto	5:50
	Living for the City	cover	Michael McDonald	4:59
	Living for the City	cover and instrumental	Canadian Brass	3:16
	Living for the City		Stevie Wonder	3:41
	Living for the City	cover	Ike & Tina Turner	3:39
	Living for the City	cover	Noel Pointer	6:38
	Living for the City	cover and instrumental	Noel Pointer	6:36
	Living for the City	cover	Pete Huttlinger	4:46
	Living for the City	cover	Ike & Tina Turner	3:40
	Living for the City	cover	Tina Turner	3:40
	Living for the City		Bonnie Tyler	3:45
	Living for the City	cover	The BB Band	7:41
	Living for the City	cover	Christopher Manias	3:33
	Living for the City	cover	Pat Rhoden	3:05
	Living for the City	cover	Pat Rhoden	3:01
	Living for the City		The Three Degrees	8:20
	Living for the City		Ike & Tina Turner	3:01
	Living for the City	cover	Ray Charles	6:04
	Living for the City	cover and live	Ray Charles	8:06
	Living for the City	cover	Ray Charles	?:??
	Living for the City		Tina Turner	3:42
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