"Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder) is a song by American R&B/neo soul singer Maxwell, released in July 1996 by Columbia Records as the second single from his debut album, Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite (1996). The song was written by Maxwell and Itaal Shur, and he also produced it. It received favorable reviews from music critics and peaked at number eight on the US Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, numbers 36 and 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Cash Box Top 100. In Europe, the song reached number 28 on the UK Singles Chart. The accompanying music video was directed by Liz Friedlander. The B side of the single is "Lock You Up N' Love Fa Days", which was previously unreleased and also written and produced by Musze.