The Finer Things (song)

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Genre Pop "The Finer Things"(1987) "Valerie"(1987)		Label Island
Released February 1987 (February 1987) Length 4:08 (7" version)5:52 (album version) Writer(s) Steve Winwood, Will Jennings

"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.

Personnel

Steve Winwood – vocals, keyboards, synth solo, drum machine programming, sequencer programming

Jimmy Bralower – additional drum machine programming

Robbie Kilgore – additional keyboards, synthesizer and sequencer programming

Rob Mounsey – additional keyboards

Andrew Thomas – PPG Wave Term synthesizer programming

Paul Pesco – guitar

John Robinson – drums

Carole Steele – congas

James Ingram – backing vocals

Dan Hartman – backing vocals

References

The Finer Things (song) Wikipedia

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