As Winwood's co-writer, Will Jennings, later told Songfacts, "I called one day and talked to Russ Titelman, who was producing the album. The online version of the Collins Dictionary has just been updated again, with another batch of new words and meanings inspired by the events of the summer. Boris Johnson is currently considering asking 4,500,000 at-risk people to stay at home or take tailored advice to protect themselves, the Sunday Telegraph reports. All Years It didn't work, so he smoked a cigarette, which is when he realized his addictive personality could be a problem. It comes as the R number, the amount of people that one coronavirus carrier infects, is at 1.7. The amount of people told to shield in March could double in a second coronavirus wave, as cases once again increased by more than 3,000. ), "'Back in the High Life' was not written to predict what I would be doing but because of what I actually was doing," Winwood later mused. Winwood played on a number of hits in the '60s and '70s as a session musician and as a member of Traffic, The Spencer Davis Group and Blind Faith. View usage for: But you don't need to wait to hear that plaintive mandolin -- just scroll up to the video above, hit play, turn up the volume and let the weekend start ... now. Space Week falls at this calendar juncture because this first October week is bookended by two key dates. A leaked Department of Health memo has also revealed that the virus is spreading in care homes again, the Telegraph reported. Jimmy Bralower: Web Exclusive | Modern Drummer Magazine, "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada", "1987 Year-end Charts - Top Adult Contemporary Singles", Revolutions – The Very Best of Steve Winwood, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Back_in_the_High_Life_Again&oldid=980708829, Billboard Adult Contemporary number-one singles, Song recordings produced by Russ Titelman, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Jimmy Bralower – additional drum machine programming, This page was last edited on 28 September 2020, at 00:12. And there’s no better time for that than Friday evening, when we pick up our paycheck, punch out of work and enjoy a couple days of much-needed rest and relaxation. Visit our live blog for the latest updates Coronavirus news live. The resulting production, while definitely slick enough for mid-'80s radio playlists, was more expansive and varied than Winwood's recent solo efforts. There are some words that seem to be of perennial interest, so if you compare the list of words that were looked up most often in March with the words that were looked up most often in September, you will find a lot of words appearing on both lists. Says Jennings, "You just need to get the feel of what they want to do, where they're coming from and what their life has been. Elton John and his lyricist Bernie Taupin got the name "Levon" from Levon Helm, who was the drummer in The Band. There was this little pause, and he said, 'Steve hasn't shown me that song. Elton John's #1 hit "Island Girl" is about a prostitute. If you're writing with or particularly for a singer, you try to get inside them." The UK estimates of R and growth rate are averages over very different epidemiological situations and should be regarded as a guide to the general trend rather than a description of the epidemic state. The UK only came out of lockdown in July after the R number went below one, which experts deemed a safe level for some aspects of normal life to resume. I asked him how 'Back in the High Life' would come out. As it turned out, fate was simply waiting to intervene. But 'Back in the High Life Again' almost didn't make the record. And although his brand of cleanly produced blue-eyed soul would quickly become synonymous with beer commercials and adult-contemporary radio, the emotions that fueled 'Back in the High Life Again' remain as resonant as ever. "I was in danger of becoming arty in isolation and really missed playing with other musicians. I finally decided, 'No, I might as well pursue my career as a solo artist and put everything into it.' "And because of the divorce, his wife got everything in the house, this big house in England. So he came up from London and went out to this house -- which he still lives in and he had for years before he was married -- and everything was gone, except there was a mandolin over in the corner of the living room.