Higher Plane (Kool & the Gang song)

"Higher Plane"
Single by Kool and the Gang
from the album Light of Worlds
B-side Wild Is Love
Released August 17, 1974 (1974-08-17)[1]
Format 7"
Recorded 1974
Genre Funk
Length 3:15
Label De-Lite Records
Writer(s) Kool and the Gang & Ronald Bell
Producer(s) Kool and the Gang
Kool and the Gang singles chronology
"Hollywood Swinging"
(1974)
"Higher Plane"
(1974)
"Rhyme Tyme People"
(1974)

"Higher Plane" is the name of a hit song by R&B/funk band Kool & the Gang and written by Robert Earl Bell, Ronald Nathan Bell, George Melvin Brown, Robert Spike Mickens, Claydes Charles Smith, Dennis Thomas and Rick Westfield. From the album Light of Worlds, the single spent one week at number one on the R&B singles chart in October, 1974. It also peaked at number 37 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.[2] The song was included on the 1975 Kool & the Gang Greatest Hits! record.

Track listing

De-Lite Records - DE-1562:[3]

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Higher Plane" (From the album Light of Worlds)Kool and the Gang & Ronald Bell 3:15
2. "Wild Is Love" (From the compilation album Kool Jazz)George Brown & Robert Mickens 3:22


Preceded by
"Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)" by B.T. Express
Billboard Hot Soul Singles number one single
October 26, 1974
Succeeded by
"Let's Straighten It Out" by Latimore

References

  1. "Higher Plane/Wild Is Love". Rate Your Music. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 332.
  3. "Higher Plane/Wild Is Love". Discogs. Retrieved November 4, 2016.


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