In the year 1970, Stevie Wonder left MoTown and recorded two independent albums by himself. Berry Gordy was shocked when Stevie Wonder told him this. Berry Gord accepted Stevie Wonder's request to have more freedom and creative control over all his songs. In 1972 Stevie Wonder returned to MoTown records and signed a 13 million dollar agreement with MoTown Records. The contract entitled Stevie Wonder to a higher royalty rate as well as greater creative control as well as the right to his own songs that very few artists had during that time. Wonder's songs could now discuss controversial issues like poverty,war and drugs. The first album he had made under his new deal with MoTown was, Music Of My Mind in 1972. Talking Book, Stevie Wonder's 1972 album, is a landmark in the history of music. It included Superstition as the number one song.
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