The Finer Things (song)

"The Finer Things" is a 1987 song written and performed by Steve Winwood. It was released as the fourth single from Winwood's 1986 album Back in the High Life. It went to number one for three weeks on the Adult Contemporary chart in 1987 and peaked at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100.^[1]

"The Finer Things"
US edition cover
Single by Steve Winwood
from the album Back in the High Life
B-side	"Night Train (Instrumental)"
Released	not a number value
Genre	Pop, blue-eyed soul
Length	4:00 (Edit Version) 5:52 (Album Version)
Label	Island
Songwriter(s)	Steve Winwood, Will Jennings
Producer(s)	Steve Winwood, Russ Titelman
Steve Winwood singles chronology
"Back in the High Life Again" (1987) "The Finer Things" (String Module Error: Match not found) "Valerie" (1987)

Track listing

7": Island / 7-28498 United States

1. "The Finer Things" - 4:00
2. "Night Train" (Instrumental) - 4:10

12": Island / 608 876 Europe

1. "The Finer Things" - 8:25
2. "The Finer Things" (Instrumental) - 4:35

Personnel

• Steve Winwood – lead vocals, keyboards, synth solo, drum machine programming, sequencer programming
• Robbie Kilgore – additional keyboards, synthesizer and sequencer programming
• Rob Mounsey – additional keyboards
• Andrew Thomas – PPG Waveterm synthesizer programming
• Paul Pesco – guitar
• Jimmy Bralower – additional drum machine programming
• John Robinson – drums
• Carole Steele – congas
• James Ingram – backing vocals
• Dan Hartman – backing vocals

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1987) Peak position Canada Top Singles (RPM)[2] 25 US Billboard Hot 100[3] 8 US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[4] 1 US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[5] 5

Year-end charts Year-end chart (1987) Position US Top Pop Singles (Billboard)[6] 76

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–2001. Record Research. p. 262.
2. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 0804." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
3. "Steve Winwood Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
4. "Steve Winwood Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
5. "Steve Winwood Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
6. "1987 The Year in Music & Video: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. Vol. 99, no. 52. December 26, 1987.

External links

• "The Finer Things" at Discogs (list of releases)