"He's Misstra Know It All" is a 1974 UK hit single by Stevie Wonder

Stevie Wonder

Stevland Hardaway Morris , better known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and activist...

 for the Tamla (Motown) label, from his Innervisions

Innervisions

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album, which reached #10 on the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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 in May 1974 The song takes the form of a mellow ballad with a steady beat, principally a solo performance with Wonder providing lead vocal, background vocal, piano, drums, handclaps and congas. Ethereal flute-like sounds are provided by his TONTO

Tonto's Expanding Head Band

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 modular synthesiser. Willie Weeks, on electric bass, is the only other musician. Towards the end of the end of the song the mood changes, to a stronger feel, more strident singing and with hand-claps emphasising the beat and half-beat.

The song was released again, in 1977, in both the UK and US, as the B-side to Sir Duke

Sir Duke

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The song is essentially a long description of a know-it-all

Know-it-all

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 confidence trickster

Confidence trick

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 character who is a "man with a plan", who has a slick answer to all his critics and who has "a counterfeit dollar

Counterfeit United States currency

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 in his hand."

Covers

• Danny Grant
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  , from the album The Light Of Day
• Moxy
  Moxy
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  , from the album Fruvous Live
• Heleen van den Hombergh, from the album Here, There & Everywhere
• Eric Van Aro, from the album Friends
• The Synthesizer Rock Orchestra, from the album Classic Trax of Stevie Wonder