The Finer Things (song) explained

The Finer Things
Cover:	TheFinerThings.jpg
Caption:	US edition cover
Type:	single
Artist:	Steve Winwood
Album:	Back in the High Life
B-Side:	Night Train (Instrumental)
Genre:	Pop, blue-eyed soul
Length:	4:00 (Edit Version) 5:52 (Album Version)
Label:	Island
Producer:	Steve Winwood, Russ Titelman
Prev Title:	Back in the High Life Again
Prev Year:	1987
Next Title:	Valerie
Next Year:	1987

"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]

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

Notes and References

1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn

   . Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–2001. Joel Whitburn . 2002 . Record Research . 262.

2. December 26, 1987 . 1987 The Year in Music & Video: Top Pop Singles . Billboard . 99 . 52 .