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Syreeta & Michael Sembello

’Cause We’ve Ended as Lovers

1974 · via Phil Collen

Syreeta & Michael Sembello’s 1974 recording of “’Cause We’ve Ended as Lovers” is the earliest release on file. Stevie Wonder is credited as its writer. Also recorded by Jeff Beck (released 1975), Eric Clapton (released 1982) and Teresa Carpio (released 1976), among 32 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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A Def Leppard guitarist on a Stevie Wonder song sounds like a stretch until you hear Syreeta & Michael Sembello's first recording from 1974. Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton both found their way to it too, so Collen is in good company.

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Credited writer: Stevie Wonder.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1974.

Other recordings on file · first release year

32 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Phil Collen of Def Leppard recorded "’Cause We’ve Ended as Lovers," a song Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton also took on. Who wrote it?Stevie Wonder
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