Higher Than Hope

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"Higher Than Hope"
Higher than Hope by Daryl Braithwaite.jpg
Single by Daryl Braithwaite
from the album Rise
ReleasedMay 24, 1991 (1991-05-24)
Genre Pop
Length4:29
Label CBS
Songwriter(s) Simon Hussey, Daryl Braithwaite
Producer(s) Simon Hussey
Daryl Braithwaite singles chronology
"The Horses"
(1991)
"Higher Than Hope"
(1991)
"Don't Hold Back Your Love"
(1991)

"Higher Than Hope" is the third single released by Daryl Braithwaite from his third studio album, Rise . The single was released in May 1991 and peaked at number 28 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart. The song also peaked at number 47 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 73 on the Canadian RPM Top Singles chart, his only single to chart in these countries. Braithwaite promoted the single in US from 18 June to 31 July 1990 and the music video was filmed in Los Angeles. [1] It is also one of the few songs in Braithwaite's repertoire to feature him playing an instrument in addition to singing.

Contents

At the APRA Music Awards of 1992 the song won Most Performed Australian Work. [2]

Background

According to an interview conducted shortly after the release of the Rise album, Braithwaite titled the song after the Nelson Mandela biography of the same name, [3] based on lyrical ideas from song co-writer and producer Simon Hussey. Hussey had first drawn inspiration for the tune from watching a newscast showing riots in South Africa. Braithwaite felt that the title "Higher Than Hope" was consistent with the message that both he and Hussey were endeavoring to convey with the song, namely the notion of, as Braithwaite describes, going beyond "just wishing about" the resolution of conflict, "like a...I guess, very idealistic [song], in a sense." [4]

Track listing

CD single

  1. "Higher Than Hope" (single edit) – 4:29
  2. "You Will Find a Way" – 4:20

Personnel

[5] [6]

Charts

Chart performance for "Higher Than Hope"
Chart (1991)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [7] 28
Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [8] 73
US Billboard Hot 100 [9] 47

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