"Higher Plane" is the name of a hit song by R&B/funk band Kool & the Gang and written by Robert Earl Bell, Ronald Nathan Bell, George Melvin Brown, Robert Spike Mickens, Claydes Charles Smith, Dennis Thomas and Rick Westfield. From the album Light of Worlds, the single spent one week at number one on the R&B singles chart in October, 1974. It also peaked at number 37 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.[2] The song was included on the 1975 Kool & the Gang Greatest Hits! record.

"Higher Plane"
Single by Kool and the Gang
from the album Light of Worlds
B-side"Wild Is Love"
ReleasedAugust 17, 1974 (1974-08-17)[1]
Recorded1974
GenreFunk
Length3:15
LabelDe-Lite Records
Songwriter(s)Kool and the Gang & Ronald Bell
Producer(s)Kool and the Gang
Kool and the Gang singles chronology
"Hollywood Swinging"
(1974)
"Higher Plane"
(1974)
"Rhyme Tyme People"
(1974)

Record World said that it has an "elevated dance groove."[3]

Track listing

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De-Lite Records – DE-1562:[4]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Higher Plane" (From the album Light of Worlds)Kool and the Gang & Ronald Bell3:15
2."Wild Is Love" (From the compilation album Kool Jazz)George Brown & Robert Mickens3:22

References

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  1. ^ "Higher Plane/Wild Is Love". Rate Your Music. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 332.
  3. ^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. August 17, 1974. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
  4. ^ "Higher Plane/Wild Is Love". Discogs. Retrieved November 4, 2016.