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1987 single by Steve Winwood
"Back in the High Life Again " is a song with music by English artist
Steve Winwood and lyrics by American songwriter
Will Jennings . It was performed by Winwood, and included backing vocals by
James Taylor and a prominent
mandolin played by Winwood. The song was released in January 1987 as the fifth single from his fourth studio album
Back in the High Life . The song was Winwood's second number-one single on the US
Adult Contemporary chart, where it stayed for three weeks. It also reached number 13 on the US
Billboard Hot 100 .
[3] It was nominated for the
Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 1988.
Track listing
7": Island / IS 303 United Kingdom
"Back in the High Life Again" - 4:20
"Help Me Angel" - 5:06
7": Island / 7-28472 United States
"Back in the High Life Again" - 4:09
"Night Train" (Instrumental) - 4:10
12": Island / 12 IS 303 United Kingdom
"Back in the High Life Again" - 4:20
"Night Train" (Instrumental) - 4:08
"Help Me Angel" - 5:06
12": Island / PRO-A-2620 United States
"Back in the High Life Again" - 4:20
"Back in the High Life Again" - 5:33
Personnel
Chart history
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
^
"New Singles" (PDF) .
Music Week . 3 January 1987. p. 24. Retrieved 20 August 2022 .
^ Evans, Paul (2004). "Steve Winwood". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.).
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.).
Simon & Schuster . pp. 882–883.
ISBN
0-7432-0169-8 .
^
Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–2001 . Record Research. p. 262.
^
Jimmy Bralower: Web Exclusive | Modern Drummer Magazine
^
Kent, David (1993).
Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 .
St Ives, NSW : Australian Chart Book.
ISBN
0-646-11917-6 .
^ "
Steve Winwood – Back in the High Life Again" (in Dutch).
Ultratop 50 .
^
"Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada" . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . 1987-08-01. Retrieved 2019-12-09 .
^
"Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada" . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . 1987-08-22. Retrieved 2019-12-09 .
^
"Tipparade-lijst van week 13, 1987" (in Dutch).
Dutch Top 40 . Retrieved March 16, 2023 .
^ "
Steve Winwood – Back in the High Life Again" (in Dutch).
Single Top 100 .
^
"Official Singles Chart Top 100" .
Official Charts Company . Retrieved January 26, 2019.
^
"Steve Winwood Chart History (Hot 100)" .
Billboard . Retrieved January 26, 2019.
^
"1987 Year-end Charts - Top Adult Contemporary Singles" .
Billboard . December 31, 1987.
Archived from the original on October 8, 2012. Retrieved December 9, 2019 .
^ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual . Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc.
ISBN
0-89820-142-X .
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