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Uploaded: December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm
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The title track from Steve Winwood's 1986 Award winning album "Back In The High Life".-According to co-writer Will Jennings.. "We wrote those songs in the fall of '84, and it was a long spell before he got in the studio in New York. We had 'Higher Love' and several other songs, including 'The Finer Things.' And then it was toward the end of my stay over there and we still needed some other songs. I had 'Back in the High Life Again' in this book that I carry with me of titles. I pulled that out and I suddenly found the rest of the song, and I wrote that in about 30 minutes, and left it with Steve to put a melody to. So this is in '84. And then I went back to California, and it was a year, I guess, before he went in the studio, sometime in '85. I called one day and talked to Russ Titelman who was producing the album. They were doing it in New York. I asked him how it was going, and he said, 'Oh it's going great.' He said 'Higher Love' came out great and 'The Finer Things.' I asked him how 'Back In The High Life' would come out. There was this little pause, and he said, 'Steve hasn't shown me that song.' So turns out that Steve had not written the music to it yet and he at that time was going through a divorce. And because of the divorce, his wife got everything in the house, this big house in England. So he came up from London and went out to this house, which he still lives in and he had for years before he was married, and everything was gone, except there was a mandolin over in the corner of the living room. It was winter and it was dreary. He went over and picked up the mandolin, and he already had the words in his head, and that's when he wrote the melody. He went back and not only cut a big hit which still is played so much today, but it was the title track of the album. And if I hadn't asked about it, it would have just gone by, so that's one that was saved at the last minute. You just need to get the feel of what they want to do, where they're coming from and what their life has been. The soulfulness comes into writing the truth of the singer. If you're writing with or particularly for a singer, you try to get inside them." -Singer/ songwriter James Taylor provided background vocal.-The video was shot at the Southern Rail station in Manassas Virginia-The late Warren Zevon did a low-key, acoustic cover of this song on his 2000 album Life'll Kill Ya.For more info check his official sites.. http://www.stevewinwood.com http://www.myspace.com/stevewi... It used to seem to meThat my life ran on too fastAnd I had to take it slowlyJust to make the good parts lastBut when youre born to runIts so hard to just slow downSo dont be surprised to see meBack in that bright part of townIll be back in the high life againAll the doors I closed one time will open up againIll be back in the high life againAll the eyes that watched me once will smile and take me inAnd Ill drink and dance with one hand freeLet the world back into meAnd on Ill be a sight to seeBack in the high life againYou used to be the bestTo make life be life to meAnd I hope that youre still out thereAnd youre like you used to beWell have ourselves a timeAnd well dance til the morning sunAnd well let the good times come inAnd we wont stop til were doneWell be back in the high life againAll the doors I closed one time will open up againWell be back in the high life againAll the eyes that watched us once will smile and take us inAnd well drink and dance with one hand freeAnd have the world so easilyAnd oh well be a sight to seeBack in the high life againWell be back in the high life againAll the doors I closed one time will open up againWell be back in the high life againAll the eyes that watched us once will smile and take us inAnd well drink and dance with one hand freeAnd have the world so easilyAnd oh well be a sight to seeBack in the high life again