Higher Ground – UB40

UB40 took this track into the UK top 10 for three weeks in 1993.

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Twenty years ago this week, Higher ground by UB40 entered the UK singles chart at its highest position of number 8. The song stayed at its peak position for three weeks and then dropped into the lower top 40 for the final four weeks of its chart life.

Higher ground was released on the DEP International record label and was the sixteenth of seventeen UK top 10 hits for UB40. It was taken from the double-platinum-selling album Promises and lies, which spent seven weeks at the top of the UK albums chart.

More music from UB40

 

UK singles chart for the week ending 21 August 1993

1. Living on my own (remix) – Freddie Mercury

2. The key the secret – Urban Cookie Collective

3. It keeps rainin’ (tears from my eyes) – Bitty McLean

4. The river of dreams – Billy Joel

5. Nuff vibes EP – Apache Indian

6. Mr vain – Culture Beat

7. What’s up – 4 Non Blondes

8. Higher ground – UB40

9. Pray – Take That

10. Tease me – Chaka Demus and Pliers