High (James Blunt song)

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"High"
"High" cover
Single by James Blunt
from the album Back to Bedlam
Released October 2004
October 2005 (re-release)
Format CD single, digital download
Recorded Los Angeles, California
Genre Pop/Rock
Length 4:03
Label Atlantic Records/Custard Records
Writer(s) James Blunt
Ricky Ross
Producer(s) Tom Rothrock
Jimmy Hogarth
Chart positions
James Blunt singles chronology
–


"You're Beautiful"
(2005)		 "High"
(2004)

"High" (re-release)
(2005)		 "Wisemen"
(2005)

"Goodbye My Lover"
(2005)
Alternate cover
Re-release single cover
Re-release single cover

"High" is a pop/rock song written by British singer James Blunt and Ricky Ross (the lead singer of Scottish band Deacon Blue) for Blunt's debut album Back to Bedlam (2004). The song was produced by Tom Rothrock and Jimmy Hogarth and received a mixed reception from music critics. It was released as the first single in the autumn of 2004 and failed to make an impact on the United Kingdom singles chart, peaking well outside the top seventy-five. Following the success of "You're Beautiful", "High" was re-released in the autumn of 2005, and became a top twenty hit worldwide, charting at number three in Italy and at number sixteen in the UK.

Blunt was inspired to write the song after sitting on a clifftop in Devon watching the sun rise up. The single release featured two non-album B-sides. "Sugar Coated" was included on the initial release of the single in 2004 and was written by Blunt and Sacha Skarbek. A cover version of the U2 song "In a Little While" was included on the re-release of the single in 2005. The version of the song was performed by Blunt on Jo Whiley's BBC Radio 1 show live from the Unleashed Music Festival in Newquay, Cornwall on August 5, 2005. A 7" vinyl single was released in the UK and included a special B-side song called "Butterfly" that was written by Blunt.

The song became popular in Italy after being used in an advertising campaign for Vodafone, while in the U.S. it was featured in a Hilton Hotels commercial.

Contents

[edit] Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "High".

CD single
  1. "High" – 4:03
  2. "Sugar-Coated" – 3:48
CD single (re-release)
  1. "High" – 4:03
  2. "In a Little While" – 3:25

[edit] Music video

Blunt has made two music videos for High. The first release shows him buried in a desert and then him chasing an illusional girl while drunk. In the re-release of High, it shows Blunt playing a guitar while he is shown running in a forest from an unseen predator.

[edit] Chart performance

On October 18, 2004, "High" was released in the United Kingdom. The song failed to make an impact on the singles chart, peaking at a low hundred and forty-eight. It was re-released in the UK on October 3, 2005 The song became Blunt's third top twenty single when it peaked at number sixteen on the singles chart, and spent a total of twelve weeks in the top seventy-five. The re-release appeared on the singles chart a week before the physical release was released, backed by the strength of its digital download sales, charting at number seventy-four. The following week it climbed fity-eight places on the chart, rising to number sixteen.

Outside of the UK, the song was also successful. It reached number three in Italy and became Blunt's first top ten single. "High" also went top ten twenty in Austria, Ireland and Switzerland. In the United States, the song debuted at number one-hundred on the Billboard Hot 100 and became Blunt's third single to chart within the top hundred. In Canada, "High" reached number sixty-six on the BDS Airplay chart.

[edit] Charts

Chart (2004) Peak
position
UK Top 75 Singles 148
Chart (2005) Peak
position
Italy Top 50 Singles 3
Austria Top 75 Singles 13
Switzerland Top 100 Singles 15
UK Top 75 Singles 16
Ireland Top 50 Singles 18
Czech IFPI Chart 48
World Chart Show 28
Chart (2006) Peak
position
Japan Tokio Hot 100 13
U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40 13
Germany Top 100 Singles 22
Australia ARIA Top 50 Singles 42
Brazil Hot 100 Singles 66
U.S. Billboard Pop 100 92
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 100
U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40 13
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary 37

[edit] References

[edit] External links

 v • d • e James Blunt
Albums: Back to Bedlam · Chasing Time: The Bedlam Sessions

Singles: "High" · "Wisemen" · "You're Beautiful" · "Goodbye My Lover"

Related: Atlantic Records · Custard Records
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