Chasing Highs

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"Chasing Highs"
Alma - Chasing Highs.jpg
Single by Alma
Released23 March 2017
Recorded2016
Genre
Length3:15
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Henrik Meinke
  • Jonas Kalisch
  • Ned Siuipys
  • Pascal Reinhardt
  • Alma Miettinen
  • Jeremy Chacon
  • Alexsej Vlasenko
Alma singles chronology
"Dye My Hair"
(2016)
"Chasing Highs"
(2017)
"Phases"
(2017)

"Chasing Highs" is a song performed by Finnish singer-songwriter Alma. The song was released in Finland as a digital download on 23 March 2017 through PME Records. The song peaked at number 10 on the Finnish Singles Chart. The song was written by Henrik Meinke, Jonas Kalisch, Ned Siuipys, Pascal Reinhardt, Alma Miettinen, Jeremy Chacon and Alexsej Vlasenko.

Contents

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Chasing Highs" was first released onto YouTube on 31 March 2017 at a total length of three minutes and twenty-nine seconds. [2] As of July 2022, the song has received 57 million views on YouTube.

Track listing

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Chasing Highs"3:15
"Chasing Highs" — Acoustic Piano Version [3]
No.TitleLength
1."Chasing Highs" (Acoustic Piano Version)4:01
"Chasing Highs" — Le Youth Remix [4]
No.TitleLength
1."Chasing Highs" (Le Youth Remix)3:38

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "Chasing Highs"
Chart (2017)Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [5] 22
Czech Republic (Rádio – Top 100) [6] 15
Finland Radio (Suomen virallinen radiolistasijoitus) [7] 7
Finland Sales (Suomen virallinen singlelista) [7] 2
Finland Streaming (Suomen virallinen striimilistasijoitus) [7] 10
Germany (GfK) [8] 17
Ireland (IRMA) [9] 33
Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100) [10] 46
Scotland (OCC) [11] 20
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100) [12] 15
Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100) [13] 69
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [14] 43
UK Singles (OCC) [15] 18

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "Chasing Highs"
Chart (2017)Position
Germany (Official German Charts) [16] 79
UK Singles (OCC) [17] 96

Certifications

Certifications for "Chasing Highs"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Germany (BVMI) [18] Gold200,000
United Kingdom (BPI) [19] Platinum600,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
Finland23 March 2017 [20] Digital download PME Records

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