Back in the High Life Again

"Back in the High Life Again"
Cover art for UK and non-US editions
Single by Steve Winwood
from the album Back in the High Life
B-side"Night Train (instrumental)"
Released22 November 1986
RecordedAutumn 1985
StudioUnique Recording Studio, New York
GenreSoul
Length5:35 (Album Version)
4:20 (Single Version)
LabelIslandIS 303
SongwritersSteve Winwood
Will Jennings
ProducerRuss Titelman
Steve Winwood singles chronology
"Freedom Overspill"
(1986)
"Back in the High Life Again"
(1986)
"The Finer Things"
(1987)
Audio
"Back in the High Life Again" on YouTube

"Back in the High Life Again" is a song with music by the English recording artist Steve Winwood and lyrics by the American songwriter Will Jennings. It was performed by Winwood, and included backing vocals by James Taylor and a prominent mandolin played by Winwood. The song was released in November 1986 as the fifth single from his fourth solo album Back in the High Life. The song was Winwood's second number 1 single on the US Adult Contemporary chart, where it stayed for three weeks. It also reached number 13 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in August 1987. It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 1988.