"Higher Than Hope" is the third single released by Daryl Braithwaite from his third studio album, ''

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''. The single was released in May 1991 and peaked at number 28 on the Australian

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. The song also peaked at number 47 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number 73 on the Canadian ''

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'' Top Singles chart, his only single to chart in these countries. Braithwaite promoted the single in US from 18 June to 31 July 1990 and the music video was filmed in

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. It is also one of the few songs in Braithwaite's repertoire to feature him playing an instrument in addition to singing. At the APRA Music Awards of 1992 the song won Most Performed Australian Work.

Background

According to an interview conducted shortly after the release of the ''Rise'' album, Braithwaite titled the song after the

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biography of the same name, based on lyrical ideas from song co-writer and producer Simon Hussey. Hussey had first drawn inspiration for the tune from watching a newscast showing riots in

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. Braithwaite felt that the title "Higher Than Hope" was consistent with the message that both he and Hussey were endeavoring to convey with the song, namely the notion of, as Braithwaite describes, going beyond "just wishing about" the resolution of conflict, "like a...I guess, very idealistic ong in a sense."

Track listing

CD single # "Higher Than Hope" (single edit) – 4:29 # "You Will Find a Way" – 4:20

Personnel

* Daryl Braithwaite – lead vocals,

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Leslie organ * Simon Hussey – keyboards, Hammond organ,

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, drum machine, brass arrangements *Jef Scott – electric guitar, acoustic guitar *Andy Cichon – bass guitar *John Watson – drums *"The Brasstards": **Mark Dennison – saxophone **Kevin Dubber – trumpet *

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Charts

References

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