Higher (Creed song)

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"Higher"
Single by Creed
from the album Human Clay
Released August 24, 1999 (1999-08-24)
Format CD
Recorded 1999
Genre Hard rock, post-grunge
Length 5:16 (album version)
4:44 (radio edit)
Label Wind-up
Writer(s) Scott Stapp, Mark Tremonti
Producer(s) John Kurzweg
Creed singles chronology

"One"
(1999)		 "Higher"
(1999)		 "What If"
(2000)

"Higher" is the first single released from Creed's 1999 album, Human Clay. Vocalist Scott Stapp wrote the song about the power of lucid dreaming.[1] "Higher" was Creed's major breakthrough hit which helped to place them firmly in the American mainstream music scene. It peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 on the issue dated July 22, 2000, and spent 57 weeks upon the survey, which is the longest stay for any Creed song on the Hot 100. Furthermore, it topped both the Modern Rock and Mainstream Rock tallies in the process, setting a then-record of 17 weeks for longest stay at the top of the Mainstream Rock chart. It also charted in the top five on the Adult Top 40 chart.

Background

The song was written after Stapp used Lucid Dreaming 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 left 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 right and escape the gunman. Stapp stated that after he wrote the lyrics, he never had the dream again.

Legacy

"Higher" placed at #95 on VH1's "100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs" in 2009.[2]

In popular culture

  • "Higher" is featured in many of the theatrical trailers for the 2000 film, Titan A.E. However, the song itself does not appear either in the actual film or its accompanying soundtrack.
  • "Higher" is featured in the 2000 film, The Skulls.
  • "Higher" was released as downloadable content for the musical video game, Rock Band 2, in July 2010.

Chart performance

Peak positions

Chart (1999-2000) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 7
U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks 1
U.S. Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks 1
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks 5
U.S. Billboard Pop Songs 4
Australian ARIA Singles Chart 36
Canadian RPM Rock/Alternative Chart 2
Netherlands Singles Chart 64
UK Singles Chart 47

Year-end charts

Chart (2000) Position
US Billboard Hot 100[3] 11

See also

References

  1. ↑ Edwards, Gavin (September 2000), "Sea of Fire", Spin (magazine) 
  2. ↑ "spreadit.org". Retrieved February 4, 2009. 
  3. ↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 2000". Retrieved 2010-08-31. 

External links

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Compilations
Concert films
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