From his 1986 album Back In The High Life, "Higher Love" was the first single. It was his first #1 on the Hot 100, between Madonna’s "Papa Don’t Preach" and Bananarama’s "Venus," and spent four weeks at #1 on the Hot Album Tracks chart. It also reached #1 in Canada and #13 in the UK (his best chart performance there) and earned him two Grammys, for Record of the Year and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. The lovely Chaka Khan provided backup vocals and makes an appearance in the video, so be sure and look for her.
He changed somewhat in the 80s but I still liked him…I guess he had to change to survive in the pop world.
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You do what you have to do. Art is one thing, money is another.
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Yea he had to eat… and he did it tastefully
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Great song. We saw him as an opening act for Tom Petty.
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He really hasn’t lost anything since the ’60’s.
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Hi John – I hadn’t realised he was English … see Willowdot above … I’m amazed it only reached #13 … still I’m enjoying the listen – take care – Hilary
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He was one of the founders of Traffic and also played with the Spencer Davis Group and Blind Faith. Definitely English…
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I listened to a lot of this kind of music in the early 80s, as a young mum at home with young kids… thanks for the memories! 🙂
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No problem!
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Great song , great singer.For an English singer songwriter this has a very American sound for a Brummie lad!
Very different from when he was with Traffic, The Spencer Davis Group, Blind Faith . 💜
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He remade himself in the ’80’s to be more of a pop star, I think. Much different than his previous endevors.
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Yes indeed he did, but I did love traffic 💜
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