Single:
Higher Ground entered the Australian singles chart* on 24 September 1973 and peaked at #62.
Album:
The song is on Innervisions which entered the Australian albums chart* on 1 October 1973 and peaked at #26.
Songwriter:
Stevie Wonder
Producer:
Stevie Wonder
Record label of Australian release:
Tamla Mowtown
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Stevie Wonder and Sting perform Higher Ground at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary Concert in October 2009:
Songfacts:
The lyrics deal with getting a second chance (“So darn glad he let me try it again”) and making the most of it. Strangely, Wonder recorded it three months before he was almost killed on his way to a benefit concert in North Carolina.
Guided by a mix of Christian morality and astrological mysticism, Wonder believed he was writing a “special song” whose lyrics suggested a coming day of judgment. “I did the whole thing in three hours” he told Q magazine. It was almost as if I had to get it done. I felt something was going to happen. I didn’t know what or when, but I felt something.”
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/stevie-wonder/higher-ground
Lyrics:
People keep on learning
Soldiers keep on warring
World keep on turning
‘Cause it won’t be too long
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