Higher Love

**"Higher Love"**

General information

Artists
Kygo, Whitney Houston

Released
June 28, 2019

Recorded
* December 1989 (Houston's vocals)
* December 2018 (Kygo's arrangement)

Genre
Tropical house

Length
3:48

Label
RCA Records

Appears on
* *Sing 2*
* *Sing 2: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack*

Track number
10

Writer(s)
* Steve Winwood
* Will Jennings

Producer(s)
* Kygo
* Narada Michael Walden

 Chronology

**"Higher Love"** is a song written by Steve Winwood (long after his departure from the Spencer Davis Group) and Will Jennings, performed by Whitney Houston, and re-produced after Houston's death by Norwegian record producer and DJ Kygo. Originally, Houston recorded Winwood and Jennings' song in December 1989 with producer Narada Michael Walden; this track was released on the Japanese version of her third album *I'm Your Baby Tonight* (1990). In December 2018, Kygo produced a new arrangement of Houston's cover as the lead single of his third album *Golden Hour* (2020), though Walden remained credited as co-producer.
Upon its debut, the song peaked at number two in the UK Singles Chart, making it Kygo's third top ten single there and first to reach the nation's top five. It is also Houston's eighteenth single and first posthumous release to peak within the UK top ten. It can be found on the Sing 2: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. In Sing 2, the track plays as Buster Moon and the New Moon Theater performers check into the Crystal Tower Hotel and take in its sights.

Lyrics

**[Intro]**
Bring me higher love, love
Bring me higher love

**[Verse 1]**
Think about it, there must be a higher love
Down in the heart or hidden in the stars above
Without it, life is wasted time
Look inside your heart, and I'll look inside mine

**[Pre-Chorus]**
Things look so bad everywhere
In this whole world, what is fair?
We walk the line and try to see
Falling behind in what could be, oh

**[Chorus]**
Bring me a higher love
Bring me a higher love, oh
Bring me a higher love
Where's that higher love I keep thinking of?

**[Post-Chorus]**
Bring me higher love, love
Bring me higher love (Oh)
Bring me higher love, love
Bring me a higher love
Bring me higher love, love
Bring me higher love (Oh)
Bring me higher love, love
Bring me a higher love

**[Verse 2]**
Worlds are turning, and we're just hanging on
Facing our fear, and standing out there alone
A yearning, yeah, and it's real to me
There must be someone who's feeling for me

**[Pre-Chorus]**
Things look so bad everywhere
In this whole world, what is fair?
We walk the line and try to see
Falling behind in what could be, oh

**[Chorus]**
Bring me a higher love (My love)
Bring me a higher love, oh (Oh)
Bring me a higher love (My love)
Where's that higher love I keep thinking of?

**[Post-Chorus]**
Bring me higher love, love
Bring me higher love (Oh)
Bring me higher love, love
Bring me a higher love

**[Chorus]**
Bring me a higher love (Oh, bring me love)
Bring me a higher love, oh (We need a higher love)
Bring me a higher love (Bring me, bring me, yeah)
A higher love I keep thinking of, oh

**[Post-Chorus]**
(Bring me a higher love)
Bring me higher love, love
(Bring me a higher love)
Bring me higher love (Oh)
(Bring me a higher love)
Bring me higher love, love
A higher love I keep thinking of, oh

**[Outro]**
Bring me a higher love
(Bring me higher love, love)
Bring me a higher love, oh
(Bring me higher love)

References

1. ↑ Lewis, Brandon (June 28, 2019). Kygo Does Whitney Houston Justice on "Higher Love" Remix. *When Things Go Pop*. Retrieved on August 13, 2022.
2. ↑ White, Jack. "Whitney Houston's first posthumous release in seven years announced as Kygo collaboration Higher Love", *Official Media Company*, June 28, 2019. Retrieved on August 13, 2022.
3. ↑ Østbø, Stein. "Kygo + Whitney Houston er sant!", *Verdens Gang*, June 27, 2019. Retrieved on August 13, 2022. (in Norwegian)