Ebony and Ivory McCartney filmed a promotional interview for the "Tug of War" album. The b-side of the single, the song "Rainclouds", is written by Paul McCartney and Denny Laine, though on early pressings of the single the song was credited only to McCartney. "Ebony and Ivory" spent seven weeks at No. 1 on the "Billboard" Hot 100, and was the fourth-biggest hit of 1982. For McCartney, the song's run atop the chart was the longest of any of his post-Beatles works, and second longest career-wise (behind "Hey Jude" with The Beatles); for Wonder, it was his longest-running chart-topper. It marked the first
Higher Ground (Stevie Wonder song) Higher Ground (Stevie Wonder song) "Higher Ground" is a funk song written by Stevie Wonder which first appeared on his 1973 album "Innervisions". The song reached number 4 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and number 1 on the US Hot R&B Singles chart. Wonder wrote and recorded the song in a three-hour burst of creativity in May 1973. The album version of the song contains an extra verse and runs 30 seconds longer than the single version. The unique wah-clavinet sound in the song was achieved with a Mu-Tron III envelope filter pedal. The bass line is provided by a