Higher (song)

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"Higher"
Single by Creed
from the album Human Clay
Released	1999
Format	CD
Recorded	??
Genre	Post-Grunge
Length	5 min 18 secs
Label	Wind-Up Records
Producer(s)	??
Chart positions
#7 (US)
Creed singles chronology
"One" (1998)	"Higher" (1999)	"What If" (1999)

"Higher" is the first single to be lifted from Creed's 1999 album, Human Clay. Although it is widely believed to be a song about drug-induced hallucinations or a dream of heaven, vocalist Scott Stapp actually wrote the song about the power of lucid dreaming.

The song was written after Stapp used the technique to stop a recurring nightmare he had been experiencing in which he was pursued and killed by a gunman. In the dream, he would turn right at the end of a highway and hide under a bridge, only to be found by his assailant and shot. When he had studied lucid dreaming and tried the technique, he was able to turn left and escape the gunman. Stapp stated that after he wrote the lyrics, he never had the dream again. "Higher" was Creed's major breakthrough hit which helped to place them firmly in the US pop music mainstream. It peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 in mid 2000, and spent a staggering 57 weeks upon the survey, topping both the Modern Rock and Mainstream Rock tallies in the process, as well as charting in the top five on the Adult Top 40.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Higher (Radio Edit)"
2. "My Own Prison"
3. "To Whom It May Concern"
4. "Wrong Way"

Preceded by "Scar Tissue" by Red Hot Chili Peppers	Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number-one single October 16, 1999	Succeeded by "The Chemicals Between Us" by Bush
Preceded by "The Chemicals Between Us" by Bush	Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number-one single November 27, 1999	Succeeded by "The Chemicals Between Us" by Bush
Preceded by "The Chemicals Between Us" by Bush	Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number-one single December 11, 1999	Succeeded by "Re-Arranged" by Limp Bizkit