High (Peking Duk song)

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"High"
Peking Duk - High.jpg
Single by Peking Duk featuring Nicole Millar
from the EP Songs to Sweat To
Released14 February 2014 [1]
Genre
Length3:48
Label Vicious Recordings
Songwriter(s) Adam Hyde, Reuben Styles, Nicole Millar & Sam Littlemore
Producer(s) Adam Hyde, Reuben Styles
Peking Duk singles chronology
"Mufasa"
(2014)
"High"
(2014)
"Take Me Over"
(2014)

"High" is a song by Australian electronic music duo Peking Duk. The song features vocals from Nicole Millar. It was written and produced by Adam Hyde and Reuben Styles, Nicole Millar & Sam Littlemore. [2] The song was released on 14 February 2014, by Vicious Recordings as the lead single from the duo's debut EP, Songs to Sweat To .

Contents

High reached a peak of #13 on the New Zealand charts and #5 on the Australian ARIA Charts, where the song also received a triple platinum certification by the Australian Recording Industry Association

The song placed at #2 on the Triple J Hottest 100, 2014. It was also included in the soundtrack for the football simulation game Pro Evolution Soccer 2017.

At the AIR Awards of 2014, the song won Best Independent Dance/Electronica or Club Single. [3]

Remixes

A remix single was released on 4 April 2014. [4]

  1. "High" (Funkin Matt remix) – 4:22
  2. "High" (Terace remix) – 5:11
  3. "High" (Jealous Much? remix) – 4:14
  4. "High" (CRNKN remix) – 4:50

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2014)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [5] 5
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [6] 13

Year-end charts

Chart (2014)Position
Australia (ARIA) [7] 35

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [8] 4× Platinum280,000
New Zealand (RMNZ) [9] Gold7,500*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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