Other Versions
Ike & Tina Turner covered the song.
Etta James recorded a cover of the song in 1989, although it remained unreleased until it appeared on the 2011 box set Heart & Soul: A Retrospective.
Michael McDonald covered this song on his Very Best Of album.
A version was recorded by singer Ellen McIlwaine for her 1975 album The Real Ellen McIlwaine.
A version was also recorded by gospel group The Blind Boys of Alabama for their 2002 album Higher Ground.
Jazz violinist Regina Carter covered the song on her 2000 album Motor City Moments.
Eric Clapton recorded a version of the song on the 2003 album Conception - An Interpretation of Stevie Wonder's Songs.
In 2006, American Idol contestant Chris Daughtry performed it on the show's fifth-season.
Ashley Cleveland covered the song on her 2006 album Before The Daylight's Shot.
At the 2006 Montreux Jazz Festival, bassist Marcus Miller also performed this song. "Higher Ground" was later released on his 2007 album Free.
More recently in the 2007 run of Australian Idol, contestant Ben Mackenzie sung his own version, which was a mixture of a ballad and the hard rock from the version recorded by the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
In 2009, funk/soul group Robert Randolph & The Clark Sisters released a version of the song on the compilation album Oh Happy Day.
In 2012, Franky Perez performed a version of the song for the fifth-season soundtrack of Sons of Anarchy, along with the Sons of Anarchy house band, The Forest Rangers.
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