Higher (Creed song)

"Higher"
Single by Creed
from the album Human Clay
ReleasedAugust 24, 1999 (1999-08-24)
Genre
Length
  • 5:16 (album version)
  • 4:44 (radio edit)
LabelWind-up
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)John Kurzweg
Creed singles chronology
"One"
(1998)
"Higher"
(1999)
"What If"
(2000)
Music video
"Higher" on YouTube

"Higher" is a song by American rock band Creed. It was released on August 24, 1999, as the lead single from their second studio album, Human Clay. The song became the band's breakthrough hit as it was their first song to reach the top ten on the US Billboard Hot 100 where it peaked at number seven in July 2000. It spent a total of 57 weeks upon the survey, the longest stay for any Creed song on the Hot 100. "Higher" also became the band's second chart-topping hit on rock radio as it topped both the Modern Rock and Mainstream Rock charts, for a then-record of 17 weeks.

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