High (The Cure song)

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"High"
High s.jpg
Single by the Cure
from the album Wish
B-side
  • "This Twilight Garden"
  • "Play"
Released16 March 1992 (1992-03-16)
Genre Alternative pop [1]
Length3:34
Label Fiction
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
The Cure singles chronology
"Close to Me" (remix)
(1990)		"High"
(1992)		"Friday I'm in Love"
(1992)

"High" is a song by English rock band the Cure, released as the lead single from their ninth album, Wish (1992), on 16 March 1992. The track received mostly positive reviews and was commercially successful, reaching number one on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, number six on the Irish Singles Chart, and number eight on the UK Singles Chart. It charted within the top five in Portugal, where it peaked at number two, and in Australasia, reaching number five in Australia and number four in New Zealand; it is the band's highest-charting single in both countries.

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Critical reception

An article published by Evening Standard ranked "High" as the 11th-best Cure song, calling its lyrics "dexterous and playful" and describing the song in its entirety as a "lovable thing". [2] Larry Flick of Billboard also gave the song a positive review, calling it "subtle but infectious". [3] Conversely, Michael Gallucci of Diffuser described the song as "kinda blah". [4]

Track listings

7-inch single [5]

A. "High" – 3:34
B. "This Twilight Garden" – 4:43

12-inch single [6]

A1. "High" (Higher mix)
B1. "This Twilight Garden"
B2. "Play"

Maxi-CD single [5]

  1. "High" (single mix)
  2. "This Twilight Garden"
  3. "Play"
  4. "High" (Higher mix)

US CD single [7]

  1. "High" (single mix) – 3:34
  2. "Open" – 6:51

Personnel

Charts

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref(s).
United Kingdom16 March 1992
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
 Fiction [31]
United States
 [32] [33]
Japan25 April 1992CDFiction [34]

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