(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher

This was originally recorded by the vocal group The Dells. It was written by the blind songwriter and producer from Chicago, Raynard Minor, who worked on the original version with Billy Davis of Chess Records and producer Carl Smith. Davis allowed another songwriter in the Chess stable, Gary Jackson, to make some changes and pitch the song, with Davis removed from the credits. Jackson got the song to Brunswick Records, and they recorded it with their artist Jackie Wilson before The Dells could release their version. The Dells version is titled "Higher And Higher" and has the refrain, "My love keeps on growing higher and higher."

Wilson recorded this in Chicago with members of The Funk Brothers, who were Motown's house band. As detailed in the documentary Standing In The Shadows Of Motown, these musicians were responsible for the distinctive Motown sound, but they didn't make much money and moonlighted by playing sessions for artists like Wilson. Playing on this track were bassist James Jamerson, drummer Richard "Pistol" Allen, guitarist Robert White, and keyboardist Johnny Griffith.

This song first charted in the UK in 1969, peaking at #11, and then again when it was re-issued in 1975 and 1987.