High (Lighthouse Family song)

Infobox Single
Name = High


Artist = Lighthouse Family
from Album = Postcards from Heaven
Released = 15 October, 1997
Format = CD, 12" [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20000526052223/www.lighthousefamily.wildcardrecords.co.uk/themusic/high_info.html Lighthouse Family ] ]
Recorded = Miraval and Sarm West
Genre = Soul, Pop
Length = 5:13
Label = Wildcard / Polydor
Writer = Paul Tucker
Producer = Mike Peden
Last single = "Raincloud"
(1997)
This single = "High"
(1997)
Next single = "Lost in Space"
(1998)
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = Greatest Hits
Type = Greatest hits
prev_track = "Ocean Drive
prev_no = 2
this_track = "High"
track_no = 3
next_track = "Raincloud"
next_no = 4Extra album cover
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Background = khaki


Lower caption = Cover of High, with Tunde Baiyewu on the front

"High" is the second pop single written by British duo Lighthouse Family for their second album "Postcards from Heaven" (1997). The song was produced by Mike Peden. It was released in October 1997 and reached #1 in Australia as well as being in the top 10 in Switzerland, Austria, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Europe.

"High" is the most successful single released by the Lighthouse Family so far, for the fact that this single reached the top 10 in various countries.

Music video

The video clip is shown in black and white, except when Tunde Baiyewu begins to sing, it turns into colour. During the clip, there are some scenes shown differently. Including Paul Tucker walking around the city subway, Tunde laying on a bench in a park during autumn, a teenager girl in a dress rolling and lying around grasses, an abandoned house near Dungeness in kent.

Filmed in North East England and kent, the video shows some prominent local landmarks: the Tyne Bridge is shown at the very start, and a number of shots of Baiyewu take place on the Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge, which is also the backdrop for the single covers.

Track listing and formats

Charts

Chart performance

After the release of "High" in Australia, it reached to #1 in the ARIA Singles Chart for one week in September 1998. The song stayed in the charts for 24 weeks and was also #11 on the ARIA End of Year Chart 1998.

"High" was also successful in Europe where it reached to #4 in the Eurochart Hot 100 in June 1998 and stayed in the charts for 33 weeks.

In the UK, "High" reached to #4 in January 1998 and stayed in the charts for 14 weeks. "High" also reached to #4 in Austria and stayed in the charts for 12 weeks.

"High" reached to #2 in Switzerland and stayed in the charts for 30 weeks.

In Sweden, "High" reached to #18 in April 1998 and stayed in the charts for 20 weeks.

"High" also reached to #8 in the Netherlands and in New Zealand, staying in the charts for 31 and 8 weeks respectively.

"High" also had some success in the United States where it reached to #23 in the U.S. "Billboard" Adult Contemproary Chart and to #21 in the U.S. "Billboard" Hot Dance Music/Club Play Chart.

References

External links

*YouTube|59LnsrWkyFM|"High" music video