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Tue Jan 6, 2026, 10:52 PM Tuesday

⭐ Stevie Wonder HIGHER GROUND 🎹


Wiki, ed. - "Higher Ground" is a song written by Stevie Wonder which first appeared on his 1973 album Innervisions. The song reached no. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 & no. 1 on the US Hot R&B Singles chart. Wonder wrote and recorded the song in a 3-hour burst of creativity in May 1973.

On Aug. 21, 2024, Wonder performed "Higher Ground" at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in support of Vice President Kamala Harris and her campaign to become the next President of the United States in the 2024 United States presidential election. 📀

Critical reception. In its contemporary review, Cash Box said the song "is further evidence of [Wonder's] inner genius." Record World called it a "chunky item that has all the feel and finesse of 'Superstition.'" In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked the song no. 261 on its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, was re-ranked at no. 265 in 2010, and re-ranked at no. 113 in 2021, adding: "'Higher Ground' was recorded just before Wonder was involved in a near-fatal accident in Aug. 1973 that left him in a coma. Early in Wonder's recovery, his road manager sang the song's melody into the singer's ear; Wonder responded by moving his fingers with the music."...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higher_Ground_(Stevie_Wonder_song)
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