Hotter than July is one of my favorite Stevie Wonder albums! It’s impossible not to feel some kind of spiritual ascension while listening to his music! And that goes for any Stevie Wonder album whether it be Talking Book or The Secret life of plants! My go to jam track however is Master Blaster! That songs got an undeniable groove!
If any of you youngsters ever get to see Stevie live in concert, don't think, do it. He is one of the few great musicians who's music is better live. If you can imagine it! Stevie is now in his latter 60s, but still has all of his creative mastery at in his control. I first saw him live in 1969 when I was 9 at a free street concert in Harlem. I remember My Cherie Amour was the summer groove then. That hot, steamy day still has made an impression on me. He may retire from preforming live in the near future.
Thank goodness he didn't retire from performing. At the time of writing this comment he's seventy-four years old and it feels like he'll be around forever. Although we all know that one day he'll retire I think we should be grateful that we're lucky enough to live in an era that we can experience such a singular talent as he possesses.
So you think most other singers write down their lyrics, and look at a piece of paper on stage? Yeah, maybe someday they will come up with a way for blind people to read lyrics. Oh yeah, that day happened in the 1800s.
Wow I'm 31 and just now really taking the time to see what stevie was all about... he is so handsome and his vibe is heart touching. Be blessed stevie wonder.
Awesome video im from London, my uncle remembers the day Stevie was at the Abbey road studio he was 17ys old at the time he seen when Steive left n all the people n TV cameras.
God had Stevie wonder life story written before he was even thought of such a great legendary artists he is certainly a onces in a lifetime type of artists i absolutely love Stevie and i always and forever will🥲🥲❤️
My parents knew people they went to school with that played on hotter than July. This was the first album that I really fell in love with music. I’m dropping a tribute instrumental album dedicated to Stevie, my family, and the album that changed my life. We had paintings of this album cover in our house that we took with us from nj to sc. This album from happy birthday to all I do is me in audio form. I ain’t gonna stand for it could be a country song fr.
Stevie Wonder is simply one of the most gifted artists of all time! Period. People like Stevie and Michael (Michael Jackson) made music what it is today!
Thank you, bother; I'm your age and, you always inspire me; both in your involution and open-ness. Thanks, again for your contributions. Dave, in Cleveland
This video is a treasure.The song is nice. I never watched Stewie without his glasses and it is a bit weird because he looks up and his eyes move constantly but his smile is radiant.He had a wonderful smile!
Proud to say I saw him at the concord pavilion here in northern cali.even more proud to say my daughter was there 13 years ago with me in her mommy's belly.pure perfection.
Well it’s notable that he’s blind because it is a disability. It doesn’t affect him as a musician but it does affect him as a person moving through the world. He made it to superstardom dispite his disability.
Lovely gentle foresighted Stevie wonder recording a pattern, into not just any old bloops and farts drum machine: Oh no, he's using the fantastic Roger linn invented Linn drum sample playback drum computer no less! The cery first proper Digital drum unit to utilize brilliantly sampoed percussion and drums. Amazing to see things like that existed by then, stevie programmed a lovely funky rythim into the linn, and he just played and sang beautifully effortlessly it would seem. That was a man ahead of his time. The Human league uk band, would go on to have the first no.1 in the world utilizing the Linndrum in december 1981 with their hit in the uk charts " Don't you want me" then tight fit with the lion sleeps tonight were the second outfit in feb 82 using the linny to be no1 using this stuff, and to think Mr wonder gave us a taste of the new cut and paste drums in 1980 whilst performing so naturally and beatifully. Wow!! Cool guy.
I Absolutely, Am Inspired By This Amazing, Talented, Humble Man And Artist! This Song Came Out When I Was Only ... Ten! My Mom And Daddy Were Huge, Music 🎵🎶 Fans! Well, I Was Born Into A Family Of Singers , Everyone Played Guitar 🎸, 🪕 Banjo! 8 Played Flute! But I Was Told I Could Sing! My Aunt Janice Was And Is An Accomplished... Piano Player! Just Hand Her The Music! I Sang She Played! Then We Went On The Road! I Thank God Jesus! For Having Music In My Blood! Amazing! Memories! 🇺🇸#steviewonder 🥰
Just coming hear to comment that! That hats, snare and kick are everything on the Linn. Good enough for Prince and Stevie... good enough for the world!
In the early 90’s i heard a recording on BBC Radio 1 that was first made in I think 1968. Stevie was at a studio where Hendrix was playing, and asked if he could join in on drums, he was only 18 at the time. Would love to hear that again.
Katrina Ewing whew very romantic !!! him recording I ain't gonna stand for it has The Gap Band Uncle Charlie & Ronnie background Charlie Wilson is idol I fuck with The Gap Band too!!! Hotter than July Good Album rate *****( commercial)
I remember so clearly walking out of a ticket office in Leicester Square with two tickets in my hand for the ‘Hotter than July Music Picnic’ at Wembley Arena, I was only 16. After the concert I bought a T-shirt, I wore it 36 years later to his ‘Songs in the Key of Life’ gig at Hyde Park. A guy came up to me at Hyde Park and said ‘I was there at Wembley’.
Is there any way you could add the performance of I ain't gonna stand for it to the title of this video? It would really bring in more viewers. He doesn't have any live performances of that song.
Wow. I didn't even know what he was singing until he got to the chorus. I don't think I have heard that song since I was a child, possibly since the 70s/80s. I'll be checking it out though.
The BBC News Archives..back in 2013. The Site has since been taken down. BBC Motion Gallery. That's why if you stumble upon any Golden clips like that...it's good to take them and put them on RUclips, because you never know when they will be gone. I don't know why T.V Stations and Networks sit on all this stuff. They bury these Gems in a Basement Archive somewhere..never to be seen again. That's why i make it my personal Mission to rescue them if i can. It's a Labor of love for me. You can look for BBC Motion Gallery..it might be back up.
He is blind, yet he has the face expressions. it is so interessting to see, as it means it is a genetic instinct we have, and it is not copied through observation. If you FEEL it, you express it in your face muscles. Face muscles speak the truth. Word's don't.
It's interesting when he says that one of his future plans was to go to college. This was exactly 40 years ago, and since I've never heard of him ever doing this I guess that plan fell through.
It's called a Linn Drum (Linn LM-1). It was (and still is) a great piece of technology that enabled you to punch in and program a drum beat and layer in live time.
Also, made popular, at least the 'sound' of it, by Prince, he used it exclusively in the early recordings and was integral to his 'Prince sound'. I understand that Prince experimented with the de-tuning function of some sounds, hence his rimshot sound that is heard throughout his many hits.
ProjectGenesis ~ At 2:17 you'll see Stevie programming a Linn LM-1 Drum Computer. About 1980, he bought three of them from their inventor, Roger Linn. I currently own one of the three Stevie Wonder Linns. (The LinnDrum is NOT the same thing, contrary to what someone else here said.)
Fast forward to today, we have a white person pretending to be offended on behalf of Stevie Wonder, solely for meaningless online validation from other whites. You call that major progress, I suppose. You know who wasn’t offended? Stevie Wonder.
@@billybobbington - The guy made his point in a mature way. You or I or whomever may not agree, but he definitely doesn't need to grow up. We need more mature, logical, discussion on the internet.
I just thank God he’s always been treated well and has always returned that positivity in this music! One by one my heroes keep falling out Freddie Mercury,Prince,George Michael,Luther Vandross,James Ingram, David Bowie etc etc ...Thank god we’ve still got Stevie! Even the death of Minnie Riperton still feels fresh knowing how golden her legacy is! Sorry to ramble on like that!
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Rare footage. Never seen him without his trademark glasses.
Damn he was so handsome, wat a beautiful black man
Nurse 7Love girl I’d marry him he is such a beautiful man 😍
I can't stop replaying that part he's singing. It's even better than actual album version. Love It.
Ikr! That keyboard is beautiful!
I can’t stop playing the singing part without laughing hard as hell!!! He sounds like major payne...
@@tiffanyhall4978 Smh😂😂😂😂
I'd almost agree, except the studio versions background was done by the Gap Band.
I ain’t gonna stop playin it
Hotter than July is one of my favorite Stevie Wonder albums! It’s impossible not to feel some kind of spiritual ascension while listening to his music! And that goes for any Stevie Wonder album whether it be Talking Book or The Secret life of plants! My go to jam track however is Master Blaster! That songs got an undeniable groove!
Nice to hear someone mention Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants.
He has such beautiful mysterious-looking eyes..and that smile! The whole world lights up when he smiles! I'm in love--what can I say?
i agree
He has his mother’s smile, dimples, and eyes. Except her eyes are grey-blue.
lisa winston I’m in love also 😍 so fine and handsome.
I really don't see how people think Stevie would be faking anything at all yet alone blindness. Such a genuine and uninhibited spirit...
Vintage Elementz Online media is evil with personal lives should be sued for slanders
We can't fathom him doing all that he's done without vision.
If any of you youngsters ever get to see Stevie live in concert, don't think, do it. He is one of the few great musicians who's music is better live. If you can imagine it! Stevie is now in his latter 60s, but still has all of his creative mastery at in his control. I first saw him live in 1969 when I was 9 at a free street concert in Harlem. I remember My Cherie Amour was the summer groove then. That hot, steamy day still has made an impression on me. He may retire from preforming live in the near future.
I saw him back in 2014 and I’m now in my 30’s. I cried because it was such a beautiful experience. Best concert I’ve ever been to PERIOD. 🙌🏾💯
I did get to see him in concert at 9, same age as you (although not the same year). My mum and I saw him in Melbourne in 2008.
Thank goodness he didn't retire from performing. At the time of writing this comment he's seventy-four years old and it feels like he'll be around forever. Although we all know that one day he'll retire I think we should be grateful that we're lucky enough to live in an era that we can experience such a singular talent as he possesses.
He's blind so his memory must be incredible, because he doesn't write those lyrics he remembers it all. Awesome
yeah, except for when he forgets the lyrics to his songs and improvises on the spot... that's pretty funny when he does that.
Andii Rejino He records them on tape recorder.
What are you talking about, there is braille? And Stevie has used it his whole life.
So you think most other singers write down their lyrics, and look at a piece of paper on stage? Yeah, maybe someday they will come up with a way for blind people to read lyrics. Oh yeah, that day happened in the 1800s.
Andii Rejino he records ever thing that comes out and plus he has ppl that write down different lyrics
my whole life, ive always seen him as this kind and genuine person.
Wow I'm 31 and just now really taking the time to see what stevie was all about... he is so handsome and his vibe is heart touching. Be blessed stevie wonder.
Stevie is like, lowkey fine in this interview lol
yes. Hes so naturally musical. Amazingly good.!
babygyrl2891 ha! You right!
babygyrl2891 He has always been handsome. Just picked up a couple of pounds 😜
Do people not realize how ridiculous they sound when saying "low key"???
Dearly young-one, Stevie WAS fine. Unfortunately age takes it's toll (unless we aren't true to ourselves and get plastic surgery)
I loveee '' I Ain't Gonna Stand for it' !!!
Esther The Gap Band singing background On album" Uncle Charlie" with the exception of Baby bro Robert
Awesome video im from London, my uncle remembers the day Stevie was at the Abbey road studio he was 17ys old at the time he seen when Steive left n all the people n TV cameras.
Did you show him this Vid?? He would appreciate it.
There it is, the legend on the original Linn LM-1 Drum Computer ! Amazing!
So great to see Steve singing "I Ain't Gonna Stand For It" live. I've looked for it on RUclips and never found it until now. Thanks!
ruclips.net/video/Wfr28bc_Ld0/видео.html
God had Stevie wonder life story written before he was even thought of such a great legendary artists he is certainly a onces in a lifetime type of artists i absolutely love Stevie and i always and forever will🥲🥲❤️
Wow. He is that kind of person that tells you, just because you have a disability, doesn't mean you can't fulfill your dreams
for real more like a asshole
That is mean, Stevie is a wonderful person. You don't have the right to say that and next time use proper grammar DAIL MCDAVID
me too i met his great nephew in Saginaw michigan
his "disability" probably made him a better musician
Exactly and that strange influence grew on to many singers Like Charlie Wilson Aaron hall Guy r Kelly and Prince James Taylor of Kool and the Gang Etc
My parents knew people they went to school with that played on hotter than July. This was the first album that I really fell in love with music. I’m dropping a tribute instrumental album dedicated to Stevie, my family, and the album that changed my life. We had paintings of this album cover in our house that we took with us from nj to sc. This album from happy birthday to all I do is me in audio form. I ain’t gonna stand for it could be a country song fr.
What a beautiful soul.
I've been revisiting his Innervisions album. An absolute groundbreaking masterpiece
Stevie eating that good ass chicken like fuck yall im hungry LOL
I see it like they didn't give him time to eat in peace, so I feel sorry for that
Stevie Wonder is simply one of the most gifted artists of all time! Period. People like Stevie and Michael (Michael Jackson) made music what it is today!
Mike was inspired by Stevie we must always remember that without Stevie wonder there would be no Michael Jackson
That's my boy. Love Stevie. Been a huge fan for years and many more years to come as well.
gotta love this man! What a dude...just hearing him sing makes me shiver with happiness inside
Did not know he was black and blind, thanks for that.
Geri Jernigans 😂😂😂👌🏻
lol😂😂😂😂
ohh😢😢😢
CHOP IT UP LMFAO
😂
First time seeing Stevie Wonder without his shades. Great video!
2:29-2:33-sounds like the intro to "happy birthday " the song he wrote to commemorate Dr. King's legacy. Beautiful...😊♥️
To get people to fight for Dr. King's holiday too! People said "We have too many holidays already" grrrrrrrrr...
@@splendidcakes And so January 15th became that national holiday.
Thank you, bother; I'm your age and, you always inspire me; both in your involution and open-ness. Thanks, again for your contributions.
Dave, in Cleveland
Thank you for this incredible snippet. Saw him twice on this tour as a kid alone and it changed my life.
This video is a treasure.The song is nice. I never watched Stewie without his glasses and it is a bit weird because he looks up and his eyes move constantly but his smile is radiant.He had a wonderful smile!
I was just about to comment on how this is the first time ever that Stevie has no shades on.
Stewie? AHAHAHAHAHAH nice spelling buddy!
greatest singer songwriter and musician period
That live rendition is *banging* !
stevie goes country and baby it was pure magic
I grew up listening to Stevie Wonder, Good Music for sure!!!
When he was eating the chicken 😂😂😂
so adorable
Proud to say I saw him at the concord pavilion here in northern cali.even more proud to say my daughter was there 13 years ago with me in her mommy's belly.pure perfection.
"And later, Stevie will perform a duet with Elton John, the white British superstar, who has sight." They never put it that way, do they?
You're right. It's very prejudice. Aggghhh and that's what's wrong with this world.
Well it’s notable that he’s blind because it is a disability. It doesn’t affect him as a musician but it does affect him as a person moving through the world. He made it to superstardom dispite his disability.
Elliot Björksdóttir - No, of course, because it’s very common to have sight, so not an interesting fact. It’s significant that he’s blind.
everything he does is completely effortless - it's so much fun to watch
Happy 70th birthday Stevie
Lovely gentle foresighted Stevie wonder recording a pattern, into not just any old bloops and farts drum machine: Oh no, he's using the fantastic Roger linn invented Linn drum sample playback drum computer no less! The cery first proper Digital drum unit to utilize brilliantly sampoed percussion and drums.
Amazing to see things like that existed by then, stevie programmed a lovely funky rythim into the linn, and he just played and sang beautifully effortlessly it would seem.
That was a man ahead of his time.
The Human league uk band, would go on to have the first no.1 in the world utilizing the Linndrum in december 1981 with their hit in the uk charts " Don't you want me" then tight fit with the lion sleeps tonight were the second outfit in feb 82 using the linny to be no1 using this stuff, and to think Mr wonder gave us a taste of the new cut and paste drums in 1980 whilst performing so naturally and beatifully.
Wow!!
Cool guy.
Starting at around 2:35: I actually like his on-the-spot rendition of 'I Ain't Gonna Stand For It' more than the album version.
I find myself watching this video at least 2 or 3 times a year.
I Absolutely, Am Inspired By This Amazing, Talented, Humble Man And Artist! This Song Came Out When I Was Only ... Ten! My Mom And Daddy Were Huge, Music 🎵🎶 Fans! Well, I Was Born Into A Family Of Singers , Everyone Played Guitar 🎸, 🪕 Banjo! 8 Played Flute! But I Was Told I Could Sing! My Aunt Janice Was And Is An Accomplished... Piano Player! Just Hand Her The Music! I Sang She Played! Then We Went On The Road! I Thank God Jesus! For Having Music In My Blood! Amazing! Memories! 🇺🇸#steviewonder 🥰
Thank you Stevie
Stevie is the ish😍🤤
God's gift to music. Amen to Stevie Wonder. The best ever.
Stevie wonder has a r&b voices with a jazz undertone.
Using the legendary Linn Lm-1 hell ya
Just coming hear to comment that!
That hats, snare and kick are everything on the Linn.
Good enough for Prince and Stevie... good enough for the world!
Genius! Monster! Magnificent Stevie!
Wow. Thanks for this footage
A PURE LIVING LEGEND,GOAT'S,THANK YOU!!
I LOVE STEVIE WONDER!!!!
*HE LOOKS WITH YOUR SOUL*
My favorite Stevie song is boogie on reggae woman.
In the early 90’s i heard a recording on BBC Radio 1 that was first made in I think 1968. Stevie was at a studio where Hendrix was playing, and asked if he could join in on drums, he was only 18 at the time. Would love to hear that again.
I can put this channel on auto play and let it just roll.. God bless
J'adore cette version, il a trop la classe,ça ce n'est pas juste un musicien mais un génie de la voix et du son! RIP
RIP???
He ain’t dead lol
I fuck with his music
Katrina Ewing whew very romantic !!! him recording I ain't gonna stand for it has The Gap Band Uncle Charlie & Ronnie background Charlie Wilson is idol I fuck with The Gap Band too!!! Hotter than July Good Album rate *****( commercial)
I’ve got lots of his albums if your interested. . . . . ; ) Boogie on Reggae Woman..
I remember so clearly walking out of a ticket office in Leicester Square with two tickets in my hand for the ‘Hotter than July Music Picnic’ at Wembley Arena, I was only 16. After the concert I bought a T-shirt, I wore it 36 years later to his ‘Songs in the Key of Life’ gig at Hyde Park. A guy came up to me at Hyde Park and said ‘I was there at Wembley’.
WHY HE IS THE GREATEST
HE CAN TAKE A SONG AND PLAYFULLY GROOVE WITH IT AND IT STILL IS BETTER THAN MOST
I love just hearing his voice and the Fender Rhodes. Makes me wonder if the HTJ version is maybe a tad overproduced.
very true, the stripped-down version is damn near close to perfection
A lot of things were then. It sounded "modern" then... 😩😩😩
Brilliant
quality voice
wow the early 80s
That piano melody when the hook comes in is too saucy!
Hotter than July was my favorite!
Is there any way you could add the performance of I ain't gonna stand for it to the title of this video? It would really bring in more viewers. He doesn't have any live performances of that song.
Charlie Wilson and his brother sing. Background on the album 👌
Love u Stevie
One of the best that ever done it!
Wow. I didn't even know what he was singing until he got to the chorus. I don't think I have heard that song since I was a child, possibly since the 70s/80s. I'll be checking it out though.
he the man
Thank you SO much for this man! Where did you find this? Do you have any more of stevie? Pure awesome!
Thank for Watching! I've been sitting on this Gem for at least a Year. Im gonna find more for you if i come across them. I think this is from 1981.
Hezakya Starr Great man! I appreciate that. Where do you find these golden clips tho?
The BBC News Archives..back in 2013. The Site has since been taken down. BBC Motion Gallery. That's why if you stumble upon any Golden clips like that...it's good to take them and put them on RUclips, because you never know when they will be gone. I don't know why T.V Stations and Networks sit on all this stuff. They bury these Gems in a Basement Archive somewhere..never to be seen again. That's why i make it my personal Mission to rescue them if i can. It's a Labor of love for me. You can look for BBC Motion Gallery..it might be back up.
Hezakya Starr
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I wonder what electric piano he's playing Rhodes?
This hits hard circa2024
This man is a genius period.
Cross between an African Prince and a witch doctor? Wow!
Harold Neufville Like what was that all about? Smh
Right! Who (in their right mind) ever said that? Even once? ):-(
@@speechrighter they even got it wrong about him being born blind.
Stevie with the FILA track suit....
Dope producer
Stevie was fine as ever😍😍😍
Wonderful
Perfection
He is blind, yet he has the face expressions. it is so interessting to see, as it means it is a genetic instinct we have, and it is not copied through observation. If you FEEL it, you express it in your face muscles. Face muscles speak the truth. Word's don't.
Well you can fake a smile lol, so they don't necesarilly speak the truth
@@radfid5082 Yeah, but faking a smile that looks convincing and real is reserved only for the best sociopaths. ;)
My hero
It's interesting when he says that one of his future plans was to go to college. This was exactly 40 years ago, and since I've never heard of him ever doing this I guess that plan fell through.
Does anybody know what machine he is using at around 2:20? I'm desperate to find one of those.
It's called a Linn Drum (Linn LM-1). It was (and still is) a great piece of technology that enabled you to punch in and program a drum beat and layer in live time.
ProjectGenesis that is a Linn LM1. Odds are you will never see one. Only about $500 were made. They can go for $6,000 now.
Also, made popular, at least the 'sound' of it, by Prince, he used it exclusively in the early recordings and was integral to his 'Prince sound'. I understand that Prince experimented with the de-tuning function of some sounds, hence his rimshot sound that is heard throughout his many hits.
ProjectGenesis ~ At 2:17 you'll see Stevie programming a Linn LM-1 Drum Computer. About 1980, he bought three of them from their inventor, Roger Linn. I currently own one of the three Stevie Wonder Linns. (The LinnDrum is NOT the same thing, contrary to what someone else here said.)
@@o.b.v.i.u.s um, wow!
Watch him build the beat at 2.45. 😍😍😍😍😍😍
Pure genius....
Witch doctor though? Stevie where did they get that foolishness from? Couldn't he be just an American artist? Smh.
You know 🙄
I think it was meant to mean supernatural but very poorly said... SMDH
They even said he was born blind when it was the oxygen in the incubator he was placed in that caused his blindness. Born 10 weeks premature.
Thanks zack fox
off-the-cuff country classic
this Man is A God
No, he's a man with God Given talent.
Ricky Spicer ,Man of God.❤
We all are gods
THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD!
Greatest artist in history. Witch doctor my arse…. more like an angel sent from above!
Stunningly racist introduction. The establishment was much more overt about it's racism back then.
And that's what's wrong with the world!
They were just talking about his braids.
Fast forward to today, we have a white person pretending to be offended on behalf of Stevie Wonder, solely for meaningless online validation from other whites. You call that major progress, I suppose. You know who wasn’t offended? Stevie Wonder.
jtors5 grow up
@@billybobbington - The guy made his point in a mature way. You or I or whomever may not agree, but he definitely doesn't need to grow up. We need more mature, logical, discussion on the internet.
30 so it must be around 1980
yeah this is when he met Uncle Charlie and Ronnie Wilson THE GAP BAND to sing I aint gonna stand for it BABY!!!! I was 8 good year for R&B music
yes 1980
ewaf88 yes 1980
Exactly
Sometime after his album Hotter Then July was released in September or October of 1980
Who's listen octobre 2024
3:21 that voice crack tho
Damn that chicken looked good!
I think it was a crab leg.
Sir Kayda Wow! I got that one wrong! Lol!
@@jasonwhite7452 - Don't feel bad, I thought it was pizza as I was skimming through the video.
I just thank God he’s always been treated well and has always returned that positivity in this music! One by one my heroes keep falling out Freddie Mercury,Prince,George Michael,Luther Vandross,James Ingram, David Bowie etc etc ...Thank god we’ve still got Stevie! Even the death of Minnie Riperton still feels fresh knowing how golden her legacy is! Sorry to ramble on like that!
@@jasonwhite7452 - Oh, you're not rambling, but if you were I'd say, "Ramble On" to quote Led Zeppelin. You're absolutely right and I agree 100%
A cross between an acrican prince and a witch doctor...? I don't get it.
What he means is Stevie is not unlike Royalty and he has the Power to Manifest Source Energy, (source=sorcery/sorcerer=wizard aka witch doctor=shaman.
I did not get it either. I have never heard these descriptions used before in regards to him.
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Anyone know the drum machine he programs in this?
The Gap Band with the exception of Robert was a part of i aint gonna stand for it .
DAIL MCDAVID ? Really ?
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