Let’s go back to 1966, a 16-year-old Stevie Wonder got together with Henry ‘Hank’ Cosby to create this magical instrumental. They take a recording to the Motown Christmas Party where they present it to Smokey Robinson. He likes the tune enough to put words to it, Smokey had a grand vision, connecting images of Pagliacci, the tragic clown from opera, with the broken-hearted lover of the song.
Like a clown I pretend to be glad (sad, sad, sad, sad)
Now there’s some sad things known to man
But ain’t too much sadder than the tears of a clown
When there’s no one around, mm
Oh yeah, baby
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