High (David Hallyday song)

Infobox Single
Name = High


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Artist = David Hallyday
Album = True Cool
A-side =
B-side = "True Cool" "Vertigo" (12")
Released = November 1988
Format = 7" single, 12" maxi
Recorded = 1987
Genre = Pop-rock
Length = 4:05
Label = Scotti Brothers
Writer = Lisa Catherine Cohen David Hallyday
Producer = Richie Wis
Audio sample? =
Certification =
Last single = "He's My Girl" (1988)
This single = "High" (1988)
Next single = "Wanna Take My Time" (1989)
Misc = Extra album cover
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Background = khaki


Lower caption = UK release

"High" is a 1988 song recorded by French artist David Hallyday. It was the second of the four singles from his debut studio album "True Cool". Released in November 1988, the song was a hit in France, becoming David Hallyday's first number-one single.

ong information

The song was composed by Lisa Catherine Cohen and the music composed by the singer himself. As for the rest of the album, lyrics are in English-language. The music video was shot in a church, Hallyday playing the organ, while a chorus composed of women chanted 'high' during the refrains. With this vigorous song, Hallyday presents "a musical style at the joint of Californian rock and pop". [Elia Habib, "Muz hit. tubes", p. 148 (ISBN 2-9518832-0-X)]

In France, the single debuted on the singles chart at #45 on November 19, 1988, climbed quickly and entered the top ten in its fourth week. It topped the chart for five consecutive weeks, then almost didn't stop to drop on the chart and totaled 15 weeks in the top ten and 23 weeks in the top 50."High", French Single Chart [http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?key=252809&cat=s Lescharts.com] (Retrieved October 10, 2008)] Although it was not certified by the SNEP, the French certificator, its sales made the song the 440th best-selling single of all time in France.Best-selling singles of all time in France [http://www.infodisc.fr/S_ToutTemps.php?debut=400 Infodisc.fr] (Retrieved October 10, 2008)] The song was the most successful from the album "True Cool" and the second one in Hallyday's career, behing "Tu ne m'as pas laissé le temps".

The song was also released in UK with another cover single, but failed to reach the chart.

Track listings

; 7" single
# "High" — 4:05
# "True Cool" — 3:29

; 12" maxi
# "High" — 4:05
# "True Cool" — 3:29
# "Vertigo" — 4:08

Certifications and sales

Charts

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