High High

"High High"
Single by GD & TOP
from the album GD & TOP
Released December 15, 2010
Format
Genre
Length 3:08
Label YG Entertainment
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Teddy
GD & TOP singles chronology
"High High"
(2010)		 ""Oh Yeah!"
(2010)

"High High"
(2010)		 ""Oh Yeah!"
(2010)

"High High" is a song recorded by South Korean duo GD & TOP. It was released on December 15, 2010, by YG Entertainment, as the first single from their self-titled debut album GD & TOP (2010).

Composition

"High High" is a pop-rap[2] and electropop song[1] with references to old-school hip hop.[3] E. Alex Jung from Vulture described the song as a "synth club banger".[4] The track samples the 1985 song 'La Di Da Di" by Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick.[5]

Reception

"High High" received acclaim from music critics. Spin named the single the seventh greatest K-Pop song of all time, commenting that the track "grows gruffer and faster as it buttaflies [sic] higher and higher" and concluding "this is how LMFAO and Far East Movement want to sound."[3] Billboard chose "High High" as one of T.O.P's most memorable songs, with Tamar Herman writing that the "G-H-E-T-T-O E-L-E-C-T-R-O" chant on the track's bridge "remains one of the most catchy and baffling moments of Bigbang's career."[1] Additionally, the single's music video was named by Stereogum the fourth best K-Pop music video of all time, with Tom Breihan writing that the track "does poppy American club-rap better than any American has done it in many years" and that GD & TOP "appear to be having more fun than anyone else on the global pop-music landscape" in the music video.[2]

Charts

Chart (2010–11) Peak
position
South Korea (Gaon Weekly Single Chart)[6] 3
South Korea (Gaon Weekly Download Chart)[7] 3
South Korea (Gaon Weekly Streaming Chart)[8] 3
US World Digital Songs (Billboard)[9] 17

Sales

Chart Sales
South Korea (Gaon Chart) 1,390,163[10]

Music program awards

Song Program Date
"High High"[11] M! Countdown (Mnet) January 6, 2011
Inkigayo (SBS) January 9, 2011

References

  1. 1 2 3 Herman, Tamar (8 February 2017). "BIGBANG's T.O.P's 10 Most Memorable Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-04-22.
  2. 1 2 Breihan, Tom (March 22, 2012). "The 20 Best K-Pop Videos". Stereogum. Retrieved 2017-04-22.
  3. 1 2 Eddy, Chuck (June 1, 2012). "The 21 Greatest K-Pop Songs of All Time". Spin. Retrieved 2017-04-22.
  4. ↑ Jung, E. Alex (August 2, 2017). "G-Dragon's World Tour Marks the End of an Era in K-Pop". Vulture.com. New York Media LLC. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
  5. ↑ "GD&TOP's 'High High' sample of Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick's 'La Di Da Di'". WhoSampled. Retrieved 2017-04-22.
  6. ↑ "Gaon Digital Chart Week 1". Gaon Chart. Gaon Chart. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  7. ↑ "Gaon Download Chart". Gaon Chart. Gaon Chart. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  8. ↑ "Gaon Streaming Chart". Gaon Chart. Gaon Chart. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  9. ↑ "World Digital Songs". Billboard. 22 January 2011.
  10. ↑ Cumulative sales for "High High"
  11. ↑ "Big Bang duo on TV today". Korea Joongang Daily. 13 January 2011.
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