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theatlantic.com:Midway through Stevie Wonder’s 1973 hit “Living for the City,” the music stops for a skit in which a black man arrives in New York City and is promptly arrested while crossing the street and sentenced to 10 years in prison. That passage, recorded more than four decades ago, speaks to some of the deeply entrenched problems that Colin Kaepernick - and, as of this past weekend, hundreds of other athletes - protests by kneeling during the national anthem. So it’s not surprising that Wonder was among the first to bring Kaepernick’s gesture into the music world. At the Global Citizen Festival in Central Park on Saturday, the 67-year-old Wonder, helped by his son Kwame Morris, bent both knees - one for America and one, he said, for the world.

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variety.com:Wonder led off his headlining set by “taking a knee for America,” but then tore into a crowd-pleasing set filled with songs suited for the day’s purpose and messages. “Higher Ground,” “Don’t You Worry About a Thing,” “Living for the City,” “Superstition” along with other lights like “Boogie on Reggae Woman,” “Sir Duke” and “My Cherie Amour.” He was joined by Pharrell Williams late in the set for a romp through “We Are the World,” Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky” and even Pharrell’s own “Happy,” interpolated with some of John Lennon’s “Imagine.” “I can’t believe what just happened,” Williams said toward the end of the set.

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Disc 1

01. introduction 4:58

02. Master Blaster (Jammin’) 4:08

03. Higher Ground 4:52

04. As If You Read My Mind 4:48

05. Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours 3:06

06. Overjoyed 2:42

07. I Just Called to Say I Love You 2:40

08. Don’t You Worry ‘bout a Thing 7:47

09. Living for the City 3:07

10. Isn’t She Lovely 5:22

44 mins

Disc 2

01. Sir Duke 5:40

02. My Cherie Amour 3:32

03. We Are the World 4:43

04. Get Lucky 4:12

05. Superstition 8:21

06. Happy (Daft Punk cover

with Pharrell Williams) 5:47

07. Imagine (John Lennon) 4:54

08. Happy (reprise) 3:25

09. I Wish 4:41

46 mins