High (Feeder song)

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"High"
High single Feeder.jpg
Single by Feeder
from the album Polythene
B-side
  • "Wishing for the Sun"
  • "Women in Towels"
  • "Sweet Sixteen"
Released6 October 1997 (1997-10-06)
Length4:32
Label Echo
Songwriter(s) Grant Nicholas
Producer(s)
Feeder singles chronology
"Crash"
(1997)		"High"
(1997)		"Suffocate"
(1998)
Music video
"High" on YouTube

"High" is a song by Feeder, released as the fourth and final single from their 1997 debut album, Polythene . This track was not included on the album until its re-issue in October of the same year and is seen as a fan anthem.

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Although the single made a low chart position for a "classic of the genre", it's regularly played at Feeder shows including festivals.

Reception

It was the first Feeder single to be playlisted on BBC Radio 1, reaching number 24 on the UK Singles Chart making it their first top 40 hit. It also got extensive radio play, and made the B-list. Frontman Grant Nicholas was once quoted saying that the song is about friendship and the drawbacks of relationships. It's been strongly hinted that the line "I'm going out for a while, so I can get high with my friends" is a reference to marijuana. [1] It also is regarded as the song that kept the band in the United States for 11 months during 1998, touring with Everclear.

The track was featured in the film Can't Hardly Wait in 1998, and reached numbers 24 and 36 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock and Modern Rock Tracks charts, respectively. Because of Billboard chart rules at the time, the song was ineligible to chart on the Hot 100 due to a lack of commercial single release. The soundtrack album of "Can't Hardly Wait", was however certified Gold by the RIAA for 500,000 units shipped, [2] and "High" was one of the most requested tracks on US college radio during the summer of 1998.[ citation needed ]

Before the single's release, Kerrang! rated the single with three out of five stars, saying that "while Feeder probably couldn't write a duff track if their orange jumpsuits depended on it, "High" certainly isn't as shiny or effervescent as the likes of "Cement" or "Tangerine", although they commented that it had a "large and graceful chorus" and that the song "could be the one to finally get them some airplay." [3] By 2005, the magazine's opinion of the song had become much more favourable, including the song in an eight-song list of the band's "Past Glories"−a list of "classic feeder moments" that would provide an alternative to Pushing the Senses . They noted that the song became "their first real taste of success" and said the song was "Today" "by The Smashing Pumpkins done in Brit-style". [4] In 2006, Sputnikmusic said the song is an "uplifting summer anthem" and "a great single with catchy chorus" which "showed early on the potential of Feeder's quieter side". [5]

Legacy

Two days after drummer Jon Lee committed suicide at his home in Miami, on 7 January 2002 BBC Radio 1 DJ Steve Lamacq broadcast a tribute show to him, as part of his then show titled The Evening Session. Many fans earlier on in the day contacted Steve to play "High" as a tribute to Jon at the end of his show, which he did. When the band returned to the live stage in August of that year, all live performances of "High" saw Grant Nicholas play an acoustic guitar instead of an electric guitar as with all performances prior to this. Touring guitarist Dean Tidey played all the electric parts of the song. This was the only year the song was performed with this arrangement. The band's appearance at the Reading and Leeds festivals saw them play the second stage, to reflect the low-key profile to their shows and that Melvin Benn, the festival's organiser had invited them to play the Main Stage as first day headliner, only to turn this down as they did not want to play such a high-profile show too soon after Jon Lee's passing. The second stage to this festival was then called The Evening Session Stage, the same name as Steve Lamacq's show at the time.

The song is still a setlist regular and now has a new line of "Let me see those hands!" in live versions, to encourage audience participation.

Track listings and formats

Charts

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United Kingdom6 October 1997
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • CD
 Echo [16]
Japan17 December 1997CD [17]
United States5 May 1998 Alternative radio Elektra [18]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Home - RIAA".
  3. ↑ http://feederscrapbook.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/kerranghighreview.jpg%5B%5D
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 March 2009. Retrieved 26 February 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ↑ "Feeder - The Singles (album review ) - Sputnikmusic".
  6. ↑ High (UK 7-inch single liner notes). Feeder. Echo. 1997. ECS 44.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. ↑ High (UK CD1 liner notes). Feeder. Echo. 1997. ECSCD 44.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. ↑ High (UK CD2 liner notes). Feeder. Echo. 1997. ECSCX 44.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  9. ↑ High (Japanese EP liner notes). Feeder. Echo. 1997. PCCY-01195.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  10. ↑ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles". Music & Media . Vol. 14, no. 43. 25 October 1997. p. 12.
  11. ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
  12. ↑ "Feeder: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  13. ↑ "Feeder Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  14. ↑ "Feeder Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  15. ↑ "Most Played Modern Rock Songs of 1998". Airplay Monitor . Vol. 6, no. 52. 25 December 1998. p. 36.
  16. ↑ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week . 4 October 1997. p. 37.
  17. ↑ "ハイ | フィーダー" [High | Feeder] (in Japanese). Oricon . Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  18. ↑ "Be on the Lookout". Gavin Report . No. 2204. 1 May 1998. p. 33.
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