High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Hotter than July is the nineteenth album by Stevie Wonder, originally released on Motown`s Tamla label on September 29, 1980. Despite the wide critical acclaim for Wonder`s previous works such as Songs in the Key of Life and Innervisions, Hotter than July was his first album eligible for platinum status, as Motown sales records before 1977 were not audited by the RIAA. This was his most successful album in the UK, peaking at #2 and producing four top ten singles.