( Your Love Keeps Lifting Me ) Higher and Higher - wikipedia ( Your Love Keeps Lifting Me ) Higher and Higher For songs of a similar title, see Higher and Higher ( disambiguation ). This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( March 2010 ) `` ( Your Love Keeps Lifting Me ) Higher and Higher '' Artwork for French release Single by Jackie Wilson from the album Higher and Higher B - side `` I 'm the One to Do It '' Released August 1967 ( original version ) June 17, 1998 ( digitally remastered Dolby Surround re-release version ) Format 7 '' single cassette single Recorded July 6, 1967 Columbia Studios, Chicago, Illinois Genre Chicago soul Length 2 : 59 Label Brunswick Records 55336 Songwriter ( s ) Gary Jackson Carl Smith R. Miner Raynard Miner Producer ( s ) Carl Davis Jackie Wilson singles chronology `` I 've Lost You '' ( 1967 ) `` ( Your Love Keeps Lifting Me ) Higher and Higher '' ( 1967 ) `` Since You Showed Me How to Be Happy '' ( 1967 ) `` I 've Lost You '' ( 1967 ) `` ( Your Love Keeps Lifting Me ) Higher and Higher '' ( 1967 ) `` Since You Showed Me How to Be Happy '' ( 1967 ) `` ( Your Love Keeps Lifting Me ) Higher and Higher '' is an R&B song written by Gary Jackson, Carl Smith, R. Miner and Raynard Miner, and produced by Carl Davis. It was originally performed and made a Top 10 Pop, number 1 R&B hit by Jackie Wilson in 1967. Contents 1 Overview 2 Release 3 Cover versions 3.1 Rita Coolidge version 4 Chart performance 4.1 Weekly singles charts 4.2 Year - end charts 5 References Overview As the song was originally used as a backing track for Wilson to use later, it was recorded on July 6, 1967, at Columbia 's studios in Chicago. Produced by Carl Davis, the session, arranged by Sonny Sanders, featured bassist James Jamerson, drummer Richard `` Pistol '' Allen, guitarist Robert White, and keyboardist Johnny Griffith ; these four musicians were all members of the Motown Records house band The Funk Brothers who often moonlighted on sessions for Davis to augment the wages paid by Motown. According to Carl Davis, the Funk Brothers `` used to come over on the weekends from Detroit. They 'd load up in the van and come over to Chicago, and I would pay ' em double scale, and I 'd pay ' em in cash. '' Similarly two of Motown 's house session singers The Andantes, Jackie Hicks and Marlene Barrow, along with Pat Lewis ( who was filling in for Andante Louvain Demps ), performed on the session for `` Higher and Higher ''. The song was originally written by Chess Records ' in - house writers and producers, Carl Smith and Raynard Miner, and initially recorded by The Dells for the label but not released. Another writer, Gary Jackson made some changes to the song and pitched it to Davis at Brunswick. When the singer recorded his vocal track, Davis recalls, Wilson originally sang the song `` like a soul ballad. I said that 's totally wrong. You have to jump and go with the percussion... If he did n't want to sing it that way, I would put my voice on the record and sell millions. '' After hearing Davis 's advice, Wilson cut the lead vocal for `` Higher and Higher '' in a single take. A publishing deal for the song was reached with Brunswick after Chess producer / A&R head, Billy Davis intervened. Writing credits were agreed with Smith, Miner, Jackson and Billy Davis all named. Later, Davis removed his credit and BMI now lists the song as by the three other writers. The Dells ' version appeared on their album, `` There Is '' for Chess subsidiary, Cadet the same year. Release Released in August 1967, the song reached number 1 in the US Billboard R&B chart and, in November, peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 6. In the UK Singles Chart, Wilson 's version was a hit in 1969 ( No. 11 ), 1975 ( No. 25 ), and 1987 ( No. 15 ). Brunswick Records then released an album titled Higher and Higher in November 1967. Its chart peak was No. 163 ( Billboard 200 ) and No. 28 ( Billboard R&B Albums chart. ) The track was ranked No. 246 on Rolling Stone 's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999. Cover versions The Dells included the song on their 1968 hit album There Is ; their version, recorded in 1967, is reputed to have been the original version, and was recorded with slightly different lyrics than the better - known Jackie Wilson hit version, but was not released as a single. In a recorded interview with famed Cleveland / New York Dee - Jay Norm N. Nite, Jackie stated that when he first heard a tape of the song, `` a vocal group was singing it ''. That group was quite probably The Dells. In 1970, the song was recorded under the title `` Higher and Higher '' by Canada Goose, a group from Ottawa who had been discovered by Jerry Ragovoy. This version, with a shared lead vocal by Barbra Bullard and John Matthews, became a hit in Canada ( # 44 ) and reached # 92 on the Record World 100 Pop Chart. In 2008 the song, still known as `` Higher and Higher '', charted in Sweden due to Kevin Borg, the eventual winner of season 8 of Idol, performing it in the competition, and downloads of Borg 's version secured it a # 29 ranking. A live version of the song was released by Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band on their live album HSBC Arena, Buffalo, NY, 11 / 22 / 09. This version was recorded on November 22, 2009. This was the last show where longtime E Street Band saxophonist Clarence Clemons performed with the band before his death. Rita Coolidge version `` ( Your Love Has Lifted Me ) Higher and Higher '' Artwork for U.S., German, and Dutch releases Single by Rita Coolidge from the album Anytime... Anywhere B - side originally `` I Do n't Want to Talk About It '' replaced on later pressings with `` Who 's To Bless And Who 's To Blame '' Released March 1977 Format 7 '' single Length 3 : 30 Label A&M Records Songwriter ( s ) Billy Davis, Gary Jackson, Raynard Miner and Carl Smith Producer ( s ) David Anderle Rita Coolidge singles chronology `` Mean to Me '' ( 1975 ) `` ( Your Love Has Lifted Me ) Higher and Higher '' ( 1977 ) `` We 're All Alone '' ( 1977 ) `` Mean to Me '' ( 1975 ) `` ( Your Love Has Lifted Me ) Higher and Higher '' ( 1977 ) `` We 're All Alone '' ( 1977 ) In 1977 Rita Coolidge remade the song as `` ( Your Love Has Lifted Me ) Higher and Higher '' for her album Anytime... Anywhere. Her version is more mid-tempo than the driving original and largely omits the chorus which is evidenced only in the background vocals sung under the repetition of the first verse with which she closes the song. Coolidge and her sister Priscilla Coolidge had sung background on a version of the song for a prospective album by Priscilla 's husband Booker T. Jones ; when that album was shelved Coolidge asked him if she could cut the song using his arrangement. Released as a single, her version became Coolidge 's first major hit in nine years of recording : the track peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. Cash Box ranked it at No. 1. `` Higher and Higher '' also reached No. 1 in Canada. Both the song and a subsequent release, `` We 're All Alone '', earned Coolidge gold records for each selling a million copies. In the UK it was released as the follow - up single after `` We 're All Alone '' which had reached No. 6, but it only achieved a peak of No. 48 there. Chart performance Weekly singles charts Chart ( 1977 ) Peak position Australia KMR 6 Canada RPM Top Singles Canada RPM Adult Contemporary New Zealand 7 UK 48 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary 5 U.S. Cash Box Top 100 Year - end charts Chart ( 1977 ) Rank Australia 28 Canada 13 New Zealand 22 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 8 U.S. Cash Box 8 Preceded by `` Best of My Love '' by The Emotions Cash Box # 1 on Top 100 Singles chart September 10, 1977 Succeeded by `` Do n't Stop '' by Fleetwood Mac References Jump up ^ `` Record details at 45.cat ''. 45.cat.com. Retrieved January 29, 2014. Jump up ^ `` Various Artists - Cover the World ''. allmusic.com. Retrieved March 4, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Jackie Wilson on Columbia Records ''. Archived from the original on July 20, 2009. Retrieved 2009 - 06 - 30. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). Top R&B / Hip - Hop Singles : 1942 -- 2004. Record Research. p. 630. 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Archived from the original on May 6, 2009. Retrieved May 4, 2009. ^ Jump up to : `` Archived copy ''. Archived from the original on July 29, 2014. Retrieved 2014 - 12 - 23. Jump up ^ Cash Box Magazine ( September 10, 1977 ). `` Cash Box Top 100 9 / 10 / 77 ''. Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on August 14, 2012. Retrieved 2014 - 07 - 17. Jump up ^ `` ( Your Love Has Lifted Me ) Higher and Higher : Full Official Chart History ''. Official Charts. Retrieved 24 July 2017. Jump up ^ `` Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada ''. Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016 - 12 - 20. Jump up ^ `` NZ Top 40 Singles Chart The Official New Zealand Music Chart ''. Nztop40.co.nz. 1977 - 10 - 16. Retrieved 2016 - 09 - 30. Jump up ^ Joel Whitburn 's Top Pop Singles 1955 - 2002 Jump up ^ `` Australian Chart Book ''. Austchartbook.com.au. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved 2016 - 09 - 30. Jump up ^ `` Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada ''. Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 28. Jump up ^ `` Top Selling Singles of 1977 The Official New Zealand Music Chart ''. Nztop40.co.nz. 1977 - 12 - 31. Retrieved 2016 - 09 - 30. Jump up ^ `` Top 100 Hits of 1977 / Top 100 Songs of 1977 ''. Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016 - 09 - 30. Jump up ^ `` Archived copy ''. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved 2015 - 07 - 16. Preceded by `` Funky Broadway '' by Wilson Pickett Billboard Hot R&B Singles number - one single October 7, 1967 Succeeded by `` Soul Man '' by Sam & Dave Jackie Wilson Compilation albums Mr. Excitement ! ( 1992 ) The Very Best of Jackie Wilson ( 1993 ) Singles `` Reet Petite ( The Finest Girl You Ever Want to Meet ) '' ( 1957 ) `` To Be Loved '' ( 1957 ) `` I 'm Wanderin ' '' ( 1958 ) `` We Have Love '' ( 1958 ) `` Lonely Teardrops '' ( 1958 ) `` That 's Why ( I Love You So ) '' ( 1959 ) `` I 'll Be Satisfied '' ( 1959 ) `` You Better Know It '' ( 1959 ) `` ( You Were Made For ) All My Love '' ( 1959 ) `` A Woman, a Lover, a Friend '' ( 1960 ) `` Night '' ( 1960 ) `` Doggin ' Around '' ( 1960 ) `` Am I the Man '' ( 1960 ) `` My Empty Arms '' ( 1960 ) `` The Tear of the Year '' ( 1961 ) `` I 'm Comin ' on Back to You '' `` Baby Workout '' ( 1963 ) `` Shake a Hand '' ( 1963 ) `` Danny Boy '' ( ? ? ? ) `` You 'll Never Walk Alone '' ( 1965 ) `` Whispers ( Gettin ' Louder ) '' ( 1966 ) `` ( Your Love Keeps Lifting Me ) Higher and Higher '' ( 1967 ) `` Chain Gang '' ( 1967 ) `` For Once in My Life '' `` For Your Precious Love '' ( 1967 ) `` I Get the Sweetest Feeling '' ( 1968 ) `` This Love Is for Real ( I Can Feel These Vibrations ) '' ( 1970 ) Tributes `` Jackie Wilson Said ( I 'm in Heaven When You Smile ) '' ( 1972 ) `` Nightshift '' ( 1985 ) Related topics Discography Book : Jackie Wilson Rita Coolidge Studio albums Rita Coolidge Nice Feelin ' The Lady 's Not for Sale Fall into Spring It 's Only Love Anytime... Anywhere Love Me Again Satisfied Heartbreak Radio Never Let You Go Inside the Fire Duet albums Full Moon Breakaway Natural Act Soundtrack albums Lake Freeze -- The Raccoons Songtrack Compilation albums Greatest Hits Singles `` Fever '' `` Loving Arms '' ( with Kris Kristofferson ) `` ( Your Love Has Lifted Me ) Higher and Higher '' `` We 're All Alone '' `` The Way You Do the Things You Do '' `` Words '' `` You '' `` One Fine Day '' `` I 'd Rather Leave While I 'm In Love '' `` The Closer You Get '' `` All Time High '' `` Only You '' Related topics Delaney & Bonnie Kris Kristofferson Walela Book : Rita Coolidge Michael McDonald Studio albums If That 's What It Takes ( 1982 ) No Lookin ' Back ( 1985 ) Take It to Heart ( 1990 ) Blink of an Eye ( 1993 ) Blue Obsession ( 2000 ) Motown ( 2003 ) Motown Two ( 2004 ) Soul Speak ( 2008 ) Wide Open ( 2017 ) Compilation albums Sweet Freedom ( 1986 ) Singles `` I Keep Forgettin ' ( Every Time You 're Near ) '' `` No Lookin ' Back '' `` Sweet Freedom '' `` I Heard It Through the Grapevine '' `` Ai n't No Mountain High Enough '' `` Reach Out, I 'll Be There '' `` Baby I Need Your Lovin ' '' `` Stop, Look, Listen ( To Your Heart ) '' `` Deck the Halls / Jingle Bells '' `` Walk On By '' `` ( Your Love Keeps Lifting Me ) Higher and Higher '' `` Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas ! 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Question: who wrote your love has lifted me higher
Answer: Gary Jackson