Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground
- 17 years ago
"Higher Ground" is a R&B song with a rock edge, written by Stevie Wonder and first appearing on his 1973 album Innervisions.
Against a driving, percolating clavinet-based arrangement, the lyric posits that religion and reincarnation can perhaps successfully do battle with the darker sides of human nature.
It reached #4 on the U.S. pop singles chart and #1 on the U.S. black singles chart. Rolling Stone ranked the song #261 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
The album version of this song contains an extra verse and runs 30 seconds longer than the single version.
Against a driving, percolating clavinet-based arrangement, the lyric posits that religion and reincarnation can perhaps successfully do battle with the darker sides of human nature.
It reached #4 on the U.S. pop singles chart and #1 on the U.S. black singles chart. Rolling Stone ranked the song #261 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
The album version of this song contains an extra verse and runs 30 seconds longer than the single version.