Higher (Creed song)

"Higher" is a song by American rock band Creed. It was released on August 24, 1999, as the lead single from their second studio album, Human Clay. Vocalist Scott Stapp and long-time friend Steven Harang wrote the song about the power of lucid dreaming.[2] "Higher" was Creed's major breakthrough hit; it peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 on the issue dated July 22, 2000, and spent 57 weeks upon the survey, which is the longest stay for any Creed song on the Hot 100. Furthermore, it topped both the Modern Rock and Mainstream Rock tallies in the process, setting a then-record of 17 weeks for longest stay at the top of the Mainstream Rock chart. It also charted in the top five on the Adult Top 40 chart.

"Higher"
Single by Creed
from the album Human Clay
ReleasedAugust 24, 1999 (1999-08-24)
Recorded1999
Genre
Length
  • 5:16 (album version)
  • 4:44 (radio edit)
LabelWind-up
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)John Kurzweg
Creed singles chronology
"One"
(1998)		 "Higher"
(1999)		 "What If"
(2000)

Background

According to an interview with Loudwire, in an episode of "Wikipedia: Fact Or Fiction", Mark Tremonti revealed that the song was a culmination of improvising live onstage. During their earliest shows, vocalist Scott Stapp would placate the audience by goading his bandmates to come up with a song live on the spot. Scott was the first to begin playing the drum set piece, with Mark later entering the chord progression associated with the song. After reviewing the tapes of the show, as they had always recorded their performances for later review, they decided that the song was worth working out in the studio.[3] Later on, in another episode of Loudwire's "Wikipedia: Fact Or Fiction?" Stapp stated that the inspiration for the song came from a recurring dream that he had. In the endlessly present nightmare, Stapp would be hunted down and killed by an unknown assailant brandishing a firearm. Once he took up studying lucid dreaming, he was able to escape the gunman, and subsequently wrote the song as a memento towards the dream.[4]

Higher EP
Higher
EP by
Creed
Released1999
GenrePost-grunge
Length20:42
LabelWind-up, Epic
ProducerJohn Kurzweg
Creed chronology
Human Clay
(1999)		 Higher
(1999)		 Weathered
(2001)

All tracks are written by Scott Stapp except "Roadhouse Blues" by Jim Morrison.

No.TitleLength
1."Higher"5:18
2."To Whom It May Concern"5:10
3."Roadhouse Blues" (The Doors cover; live at Woodstock 1999)5:52
4."What's This Life For" (Acoustic version)4:22
Total length:20:42

Legacy

"Higher" placed at number 95 on VH1's "100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs" in 2009.[5]

  • "Higher" appeared in the films The Skulls and 22 Jump Street.[6] The song had also appeared in some of the official trailers for Titan A.E..[7]
  • The book The Ishbane Conspiracy mentions the song.
  • The song was released as downloadable content for the music video game Rock Band 2.
  • In the film Neighbors, the fraternity boys of Delta Psi sang the first sentence from the chorus during the meeting after reciting their version of Sigma Nu's creed.

Charts

See also

References
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  2. Edwards, Gavin (September 2000), "Sea of Fire", Spin, archived from the original on September 28, 2007
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  4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNTO2orJs3I
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  7. Mendelson, Scott (February 16, 2016). "Terrific New 'Alice Through The Looking Glass' TV Spot Will Give You Pink Eye". Forbes. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
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