Peak
7
Weeks
57
Score
7,515
Chart Year
2000
Scores & Rankings
Chart Performance
Peak Position7
Peak DateJul 22, 2000
Weeks at Peak2
Weeks Charted57
Weeks in Top 4030
Weeks in Top 106
Weeks at #20
Weeks at #10
Scoring
Summary Calc2,434
Weekly Calc5,081
Total Score7,515
Rankings
Year Ranking#10
Decade Ranking#81
Billboard Year#10
Top 5000#346
Details
- Album
- Human Clay
- Label
- Wind-up Records
- Genre
- Post-Grunge
- Composer(s)
- Scott Stapp;Mark Tremonti
- Entered Chart
- Sep 11, 1999
- Peak Date
- Jul 22, 2000
- Released
- August 31, 1999
- Recorded
- Unknown
- Catalog #
- Wind-Up Album Cut
Music Video
The video begins with the band sitting backstage before heading out to perform the song in front of an audience on stage. The video features slow motion and pause scenes of the band and the crowd, along with Stapp hanging in mid-air with his arms out while wearing his signature leather pants. At the end of the video, the camera pans back to the band backstage as they are seen once again walking to the stage to perform as they did at the beginning of the video, leaving the viewer to wonder if the original live performance was a dream or not. Director Ramaa Mosley, who also directed the video for "What's This Life For", recalls coming up with the idea after listening to the song with the record label. The first idea she had was of an epic performance that is later questioned to have ever happened. It was the only idea she pitched for the video.[11] The music video was shot in Orlando, Florida, at the Hard Rock Cafe.[12] According to Mosley, filming the video was a "creative struggle", as Creed had only a short time to shoot the video before they went on tour in Japan. Over 300 extras were used in the video as members of the audience as well as the people seen with the band backstage. For the pause scenes, Mosley had the band and the audience freeze while the camera rotated around them, and also used multiple cameras set up around the band that were then joined with hovering objects added later in post-production. Cables were also used for scenes where Stapp is hovering over the audience. For the final scene, a 360 degree photography spin technique is used, a relatively new technique at the time, which required an array of cameras and sophisticated software to interpolate the still images into what appears to be one continuous shot of Stapp and the band backstage before heading off to play on stage.[11] Stapp himself has stated that he is embarrassed by the video and that it has not aged well. During a 2017 interview with GQ, Stapp said in regard to the video that "Sometimes I cringe when I see it. Like, 'What was I thinking? Look at those pants
Notes
"Higher" is a song by American rock band Creed. It was released on August 31, 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 7 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. In 2024, the staff of Consequence included the song in their list of "50 Kick-Butt Post-Grunge Songs We Can Get Behind
When dreaming I'm guided to another world Time and time again At sunrise I fight to stay asleep 'Cause I don't wanna leave the comfort of this place 'Cause there's a hunger, a longing to escape From the life I live when I'm awake So let's go there Let's make our escape Come on, let's go there Let's ask, "Can we stay?" Can you take me higher? To a place where blind men see Can you take me higher? To a place with golden streets Although I would like our world to change It helps me to appreciate Those nights and those dreams But, my friend, I'd sacrifice all those nights If I could make the Earth and my dreams the same The only difference is To let love replace all our hate So let's go there Let's make our escape Come on, let's go there Let's ask, "Can we stay?" Can you take me higher? To a place where blind men see Can you take me higher? To a place with golden streets So let's go there Yeah, let's go there Come on, let's go there Let's ask, "Can we stay?" Up high I feel like I'm alive for the very first time Set up high I'm strong enough to take these dreams And make them mine Set up high I'm strong enough to take these dreams And make them mine Can you take me higher? To a place where blind men see Can you take me higher? To a place with golden streets Can you take me higher? To a place where blind men see Can you take me higher? To a place with golden streets
Chart History (57 weeks)
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 11, 1999 | 81 | 45 |
| 2 | Sep 18, 1999 | 77 | 49 |
| 3 | Sep 25, 1999 | 73 | 53 |
| 4 | Oct 2, 1999 | 63 | 63 |
| 5 | Oct 9, 1999 | 61 | 65 |
| 6 | Oct 16, 1999 | 58 | 68 |
| 7 | Oct 23, 1999 | 56 | 70 |
| 8 | Oct 30, 1999 | 52 | 74 |
| 9 | Nov 6, 1999 | 56 | 70 |
| 10 | Nov 13, 1999 | 57 | 69 |
| 11 | Nov 20, 1999 | 57 | 69 |
| 12 | Nov 27, 1999 | 57 | 69 |
| 13 | Dec 4, 1999 | 57 | 69 |
| 14 | Dec 11, 1999 | 57 | 69 |
| 15 | Dec 18, 1999 | 60 | 66 |
| 16 | Dec 25, 1999 | 61 | 65 |
| 17 | Jan 1, 2000 | 61 | 65 |
| 18 | Jan 8, 2000 | 57 | 69 |
| 19 | Jan 15, 2000 | 60 | 66 |
| 20 | Jan 22, 2000 | 61 | 65 |
Weeks 1–20 of 57
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