(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher
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"(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher" is a 1967 soul and R&B hit single by Jackie Wilson, celebrated for its uplifting lyrics, energetic vocals, and enduring popularity as a classic feel-good anthem.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher | 1 |
| (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher canonical | 1 |
| “(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher” | 1 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
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song ⓘ |
| backingVocalist | The Andantes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 | 6 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSRB | 1 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describedAs |
classic soul hit
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feel-good anthem ⓘ |
| era | 1960s ⓘ |
| genre |
rhythm and blues
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soul ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
backing vocals
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bass guitar ⓘ drums ⓘ horn section ⓘ |
| hasLyricsTheme |
emotional uplift
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love ⓘ optimism ⓘ |
| hasNotableCoverVersionBy |
Bruce Springsteen
NERFINISHED
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Dolly Parton NERFINISHED ⓘ Rita Coolidge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedIn | Jackie Wilson discography ⓘ |
| isRecognizedAs |
R&B classic
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soul standard ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Jackie Wilson vocal performance
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driving rhythm ⓘ uplifting lyrics ⓘ |
| performer |
Jackie Wilson
NERFINISHED
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The Funk Brothers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Carl Davis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Raynard Miner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordingDate | 1967 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Brunswick Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1967-08 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1967 ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | energetic ⓘ |
| writer |
Billy Davis
NERFINISHED
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Carl Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ Gary Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ Raynard Miner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher
this entity surface form:
“(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher”