"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.
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Track listing
7": Island / 7-28498 United States
"The Finer Things" - 4:00
"Night Train" (Instrumental) - 4:10
12": Island / 608 876 Europe
"The Finer Things" - 8:25
"The Finer Things" (Instrumental) - 4:35
Personnel
Steve Winwood – lead vocals, keyboards, synth solo, drum machine programming, sequencer programming
Robbie Kilgore – additional keyboards, synthesizer and sequencer programming
Rob Mounsey – additional keyboards
Andrew Thomas – PPG Waveterm synthesizer programming
Paul Pesco – guitar
Jimmy Bralower – additional drum machine programming
John Robinson – drums
Carole Steele – congas
James Ingram – backing vocals
Dan Hartman – backing vocals