High (Lighthouse Family song)

"High"
Single by Lighthouse Family
from the album Postcards from Heaven
Released 31 December 1997
Format CD, 12"[1]
Recorded Miraval and Sarm West
Genre Soul, Pop
Length 5:13
Label Wildcard / Polydor
Writer(s) Paul Tucker
Producer(s) Mike Peden
Lighthouse Family singles chronology
"Raincloud"
(1997)		 "High"
(1997)		 "Lost in Space"
(1998)
Greatest Hits track listing
"Ocean Drive"
(2)		 "High"
(3)		 "Raincloud"
(4)

"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 on the last day of 1997 and reached No. 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, having reached the top 10 in many countries and may also be known as "Forever You And Me".[2]

Music video

The video clip is in black and white, except when Tunde Baiyewu begins to sing. There are scenes of Paul Tucker getting off the train at Newcastle upon Tyne and exiting the city's Central Station. There are also scenes of Tunde singing in an autumn park and the Tynemouth beach, a girl lying and rolling on the grass while playing with flowers, an abandoned house near Dungeness.

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

Track listing and formats

# Title Length
CD: Polydor / 569 149-2 (UK)[3]
1. "High" (Full Length Version) 5:13
2. "High" (Itaal Shur's Beautiful Urban Mix) 6:32
3. "High" (Full Crew Main Mix) 5:11
4. "High" (Itaal Shur's Beautiful Urban Dreamscape Mix) 6:37
# Title Length
CD: Polydor / 569 151-2 (UK)[4]
1. "High" (Full Length Version) 5:13
2. "High" (Vocal 12") 11:39
3. "High" (Interplanetary Disco Mix) 7:55
4. "High" (E-Dancer Dub) 6:42
5. "High" (Inner City Mix) 8:25
# Title Length
CD: Wild Card/Polydor / 567 505-2 (Australasia)
1. "High" (7" Edit) 4:35
2. "Ocean Drive" (7" Radio Mix) 3:59
3. "High" (Itaal Shur's Beautiful Urban Edit) 3:43
4. "High" (Inner City Mix) 8:24
5. "High" (Interplanetary Disco Mix) 11:36

Charts

Chart (1998) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[5] 1
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[6] 4
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[7] 4
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[8] 20
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[9] 10
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[10] 4
Germany (Media Control Charts)[11] 4
Ireland (IRMA)[12] 3
Italy (FIMI)[13] 2
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[14] 6
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[15] 8
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[16] 18
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[17] 2
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[18] 4
US Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks[19] 23
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[20] 21

End of year charts

End of year chart (1998) Position
Australia ARIA Singles Chart[21] 11
Austrian Singles Chart[22] 39
Belgian Singles Chart (Wallonia)[23] 77
Dutch Top 40[24] 39
Italian Singles Chart[25] 6
German Singles Chart [26] 23
Swedish Singles Chart[27] 82
Swiss Singles Chart [28] 14

References

  1. ↑ Lighthouse Family
  2. ↑ http://www.songteksten.nl/songteksten/57671/lighthouse-family/forever-you-and-me.htm
  3. ↑ Lighthouse Family - High
  4. ↑ Lighthouse Family - High
  5. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Lighthouse Family – High". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  6. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Lighthouse Family – High" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  7. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Lighthouse Family – High" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  8. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Lighthouse Family – High" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  9. ↑ Canadian AC peak
  10. ↑ Eurochart Hot 100 which shows the peak position of Lighthouse Family's "High"
  11. ↑ "Chartverfulgong > Lighthouse Family > High – musicline.de" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
  12. ↑ "Irish Singles Chart – Search for song". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
  13. ↑ "Hit Parade Italia - Indice per Interprete: L". Hit Parade Italia. Retrieved July 6, 2012.
  14. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Lighthouse Family search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40.
  15. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Lighthouse Family – High". Top 40 Singles.
  16. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Lighthouse Family – High". Singles Top 60.
  17. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Lighthouse Family – High". Swiss Singles Chart.
  18. ↑
  19. ↑ U.S. Billboard - chart performance of Lighthouse Family's "High"
  20. ↑ U.S. Billboard - chart performance of Lighthouse Family's "High"
  21. ↑ "ARIA Charts - End of Year Charts - Top 100 Singles 1998". Aria.com.au. Retrieved 2012-08-12.
  22. ↑ http://austriancharts.at/year.asp?id=1998&cat=s
  23. ↑ http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=1998
  24. ↑ http://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1998&cat=s
  25. ↑ http://www.hitparadeitalia.it/hp_yends/hpe1998.htm
  26. ↑ http://ki.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/~topsi/deu1998/deu_1998t.html
  27. ↑ "Årslista Singlar - År 1998" (in Swedish). Retrieved 2012-08-12.
  28. ↑ http://swisscharts.com/year.asp?key=1998

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