"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.
The song is featured on the soundtrack for the 2006 romantic comedy "It's a Boy/Girl Thing".
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 and Germany after being used in an advertising campaign for Vodafone, while in the U.S. it was featured in a Hilton Hotels commercial, as well as an episode of Grey's Anatomy
"High" was the fourth single and the last from British rock band Feeder's Polythene album of 1997. Originally this wasn't on the album until it was re-issued in October of the same year.
It was the first Feeder single to be playlisted on BBC Radio 1 getting extensive blanket radio play, making the B-list and charted at #24 in the UK giving them their first top 40. Grant was once quoted saying that the song is about friendship.
It also is regarded as the song that kept the band in the USA for 11 months during 1998, touring with Everclear.
The track was featured on the film "Can't Hardly Wait" in 1998, and reached #24 on the US rock chart. Because of Billboard chart rules at the time, the song did not chart on the U.S. Hot 100 because a commercial single was not issued.
The soundtrack album of "Can't Hardly Wait" was however cerified Gold in the US by the RIAA for 500,000 units shipped, and "High" was one of the most requested tracks on US college radio during the summer of 1998. Hole In My Head inactive fansite
"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 in the fact that this single went to the top 10 in various countries.
High was the Norwegian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, performed in English by Knut Anders Sørum.
The song is a dramatic ballad, with Sørum expressing his desire to bring an unnamed person "high". The lyrics suggest that this person has been beset by problems, and that Sørum believes he can go some way to curing them.
As Norway had finished the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 in the top 10, the song was pre-qualified for the final. Here, it was performed third (following Austria's Tie Break with Du bist and preceding France's Jonatan Cerrada with À Chaque Pas). At the close of voting, it had received 3 points, placing 24th (last) in a field of 24, thus requiring Norway to qualify through the semi-final at the next Contest. The low score, and long wait before Norway scored any points at all, led Australian commentator Des Mangan to jokingly offer money for anyone prepared to vote for the country. Initially, this was "a thousand bucks", later climbing to "ten thousand bucks and my house". Mangan explained during this commentary that he did not want Norway to further extend its unwanted record of failing to record a point on the most occasions.
The song was succeeded as Norwegian representative at the 2005 Contest by Wig Wam with In My Dreams.
