"Higher Ground" is a song by American funk musician Stevie Wonder , the first single from the Innervisions album. The song reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and reached the top of USA Hot R&B [1] . Wonder composed and recorded the song during a three-hour creative impulse - in May 1973 [2] . The album version contains an additional verse and lasts 30 seconds longer than the single version. The unique sound of the song was achieved due to the keyboard passed through the pedal wow effect of Mu-tron . As a bass, a Moog synthesizer was used in the song. Through consistent instrumentation, Wonder himself played all the instruments, including the drums.
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| Side B | "Too High" | ||||||
| Released | July 1973 | ||||||
| Format | 7 " , 45" | ||||||
| Genre | Funk | ||||||
| Duration | 3:10 (single version) 3:42 (landscape version) | ||||||
| Producer | Stevie Wonder | ||||||
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| Songwriter | Stevie Wonder | ||||||
| Label | Motown records | ||||||
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| R s | Position No. 265 in the list. 500 greatest songs of all time according to Rolling Stone magazine |
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Criticism Reviews
In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine put the song on 265th place in its list of “ 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ”, writing: “The song was recorded shortly before the accident, which almost became fatal for Wonder - the singer was in a car accident and was in a coma within a few days. When Wonder came to his senses, the musician’s travel manager sang the melody of this song in his ear; Wonder replied by moving his fingers to the music. ” [3]
Charts
| Hit Parade (1973) | Higher position |
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| Kent Music Report [4] | 62 |
| RPM 100 Singles [5] | 9 |
| RPM Pop Music Playlist [6] | 73 |
| FIMI [7] | 22 |
| Netherlands ( Dutch Top 40 ) [8] | 33 |
| Netherlands ( Single Top 100 ) [9] | 28 |
| Great Britain ( UK Singles Chart ) [10] | 29th |
| Billboard Hot 100 [11] | four |
| Billboard Hot R&B Singles [11] | one |
Cover version of Red Hot Chili Peppers
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| Side B | Millionaires Against Hunger | ||||||
| Released | April 8, 1989 | ||||||
| Format | 7 " , 12", compact disc , compact cassette | ||||||
| Recorded by | 1989 | ||||||
| Genre | Funk Metal [12] | ||||||
| Duration | 3:21 | ||||||
| Producer | Michael Bayhorn | ||||||
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| Songwriter | Stevie Wonder | ||||||
| Label | Emi america | ||||||
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“Higher Ground” is the song of the American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers , the first single from Mother's Milk album [13] .
This version of the song was nominated for the MTV Video Award .
The song entered the soundtracks for the following films: Passenger 57 (1992), Powerful Morphs: Power Rangers (1995), Upstage (2000), Walking Wide (2004), All or Nothing (2005), Karate Kid (2010) and I Want How you (2011). Also, she sounds in one of the episodes of the television series Prince of Beverly Hills (1991).
Higher Ground has been featured in the following video games: Guitar Hero , Rocksmith, and SSX3
In one of the episodes of the television series Beavis and Butt-head , the main characters discuss the music video of this song.
The British magazine Total Guitar , put the song in second place among the best cover versions of all time [14] .
As part of the “Year of a Million Desires,” the Space Mountain ride at Disneyland , California , used this song as its title topic for 16 weeks: from January 3 to April 26, 2007.
The single contains the Millionaires Against Hunger b-side , which was recorded during sessions for the Freaky Styley album.
Charts
| Hit Parade (1989-1990) | Higher position |
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| Australia ( ARIA ) [15] | 45 |
| Netherlands ( Single Top 100 ) [16] | 38 |
| New Zealand ( Recorded Music NZ ) [17] | 15 |
| Official Charts Company [18] | 54 |
| Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks [19] | 26 |
| Modern Rock Tracks [11] | eleven |
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Notes
- ↑ Joel Whitburn . Top R & B / Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. - Record Research, 2004. - P. 635.
- ↑ Power in the Darkness (link unavailable) . Micasamm.com Date of treatment July 30, 2013. Archived on May 2, 2014.
- ↑ 500 Greatest Songs of All Time - 265 - Stevie Wonder, 'Higher Ground' . Rolling stone . Jann S. Wenner . Date of treatment July 30, 2013.
- ↑ bulion. Forum - ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts - CHART POSITIONS PRE 1989 . ARIA . Australian-charts.com. Date of treatment July 30, 2013.
- ↑ Top Singles - Volume 20, No. 11, October 27, 1973 (unreachable link) . Library and Archives Canada. Date of treatment July 30, 2013. Archived February 17, 2015.
- ↑ Adult Contemporary - Volume 20, No. 9, October 13, 1973 (unreachable link) . Library and Archives Canada. Date of treatment July 30, 2013. Archived February 17, 2015.
- ↑ I singoli più venduti del 1973 (Italian) . HitParadeItalia . Creative Commons. Date of treatment July 30, 2013.
100. Higher ground - Stevie Wonder [# 22] - ↑ " Nederlandse Top 40 - Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground" (nid.) . Dutch Top 40 . Retrieved July 30, 2013.
- ↑ " Dutchcharts.nl - Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground" (nid.) . Single Top 100 . Retrieved July 30, 2013.
- ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100" . Official Charts Company . Retrieved July 30, 2013.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Innervisions awards at Allmusic . Allmusic . Rovi Corporation . Date of treatment July 30, 2013.
- ↑ Christopher Knowles. The Secret History of Rock 'n' Roll / Viva Editions. - 2010 .-- ISBN 978-1573445641 . "Milk gave the band much-needed hits with“ Knock Me Down ”and a cover of Stevie Wonder's“ Higher Ground, ”both of which worked the funk-metal vein."
- ↑ RHCP Timeline Archived February 6, 2015.
- ↑ The Best Cover Versions Ever, Future Publishing (August 2000).
- ↑ " Australian-charts.com - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Higher Ground" . ARIA Top 50 Singles . Retrieved July 30, 2013.
- ↑ " Dutchcharts.nl - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Higher Ground" (nid.) . Single Top 100 . Retrieved July 30, 2013.
- ↑ " Charts.nz - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Higher Ground . " Top 40 Singles . Retrieved July 30, 2013.
- ↑ Red Hot Chili Peppers . Official Charts Company . Date of treatment July 1, 2013.
- ↑ Red Hot Chili Peppers awards at Allmusic . Allmusic . Rovi Corporation . Date of treatment July 1, 2013.
- ↑ Red Hot Chili Peppers - Higher Ground at Discogs
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