With its explosive clavinet riff and thundering groove, Stevie Surprise’s “Superstition” is The most electrifying tracks in audio heritage. Unveiled in 1972 as the lead single from Conversing Book, it signaled a brand new period of Imaginative freedom for Surprise, who wrote, developed, and performed the vast majority of instruments himself.

Irrespective of in no way getting released as just one, it turned Just about the most asked for and performed tracks on FM radio, embedding itself deeply into rock tradition. Each and every ingredient—from John Paul Jones’s recorder intro to John Bonham’s thunderous drumming in the finale—feels meticulously crafted, but organically flowing.