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"High" | ||||
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Single by James Blunt | ||||
from the album Back to Bedlam | ||||
Released | 18 October 2004 | |||
Length | 4:03 | |||
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Producer(s) | Tom Rothrock | |||
James Blunt singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"High (Official Original Video)" on YouTube [a] |
"High" is the debut single of British singer James Blunt and Ricky Ross for Blunt's debut album, Back to Bedlam . The song was produced by Tom Rothrock and Jimmy Hogarth. It was released in October 2004 and failed to make an impact on the UK Singles Chart,peaking outside the top 75. Following the success of Blunt's second single,"You're Beautiful","High" was re-released in late 2005 and became a top-20 hit worldwide,charting at number three in Italy and at number 16 in the UK.
The single was released initially on two physical formats. CD1 includes an exclusive non-album recording titled "Sugar Coated",which was written by Blunt and Sacha Skarbek. CD2 also includes two exclusive non-album recordings,entitled "This Twilight Garden" and "Play",as well as two remixes of "High". The re-issue of the single was released on three physical formats. CD1 includes a live recording of "In a Little While",a popular song by U2. The recording was made on 5 August 2005 at the BBC Radio 1 Unleashed Music Festival in Cornwall. CD2 includes an exclusive US radio session of "You're Beautiful",plus the video and making-of footage for "High". The 7" Vinyl includes an exclusive track entitled "Butterfly". [1]
On 18 October 2004,"High" was released in the United Kingdom. The song failed to make an impact on the singles chart,peaking at a low 148. It was re-released in the UK on 3 October 2005. The song became Blunt's third top-20 single when it peaked at number 16 on the singles chart,and spent a total of 12 weeks in the top 75. The re-release appeared on the singles chart a week before the physical release was released,backed by the strength of its digital download sales,charting at number 74. The following week it climbed 58 places on the chart,rising to number 16. Outside of the UK,the song was also successful. It reached number three in Italy and became Blunt's first top ten single. "High" also went top ten 20 in Austria,Ireland and Switzerland. In the United States,the song debuted at number 100 on the Billboard Hot 100 and became Blunt's third single to chart within the top 100. In Canada,"High" reached number 66 on the BDS Airplay chart.
Blunt has made two music videos for "High". The first video,which is associated with the first release as a single,shows him buried in a desert and then chasing an illusional girl while drunk ^[a] . In the video for the re-release of "High", Blunt is sitting on a plastic chair in a warehouse-like room, playing the guitar and singing the song; these scenes are intercut with scenes where Blunt is running in a forest. [2]
CD1
CD2
7-inch single
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German CD2
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Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Italy | — | 30,000 [23] |
United Kingdom (BPI) [24] | Silver | 200,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
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