High Time (song)

For the song by Waylon Jennings, see High Time (You Quit Your Lowdown Ways).

For the song by Grateful Dead, see Workingman's Dead.

"High Time"
Single by Styx
from the album Kilroy Was Here
B-side	"Double Life"
Released	August 1983 (US) [1]
Recorded	1982
Genre	Pop rock
Length	4:28
Label	A&M
Songwriter	Dennis DeYoung
Producer	Styx
Styx singles chronology
"Don't Let It End" (1983) "High Time" (1983) "Music Time" (1984)

"High Time" is the third and final single from the 1983 album, Kilroy Was Here , by Styx. It reached number 48 on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. ^[2]

In a 2009 interview, Dennis DeYoung revealed that A&M Records released "High Time" as the third single at the last minute. An expensive video for "Haven't We Been Here Before?" was created but never was shown on MTV. Instead, Tommy Shaw wanted a live version of "Cold War" to be the third single. A&M Records finally released "High Time" as the single, with little promotion and no video. Its relative poor performance killed momentum on the Kilroy album.

Cash Box called it a "preachy condemnation of morality mongers" and a "strong defense of freedom of expression." ^[3]

References

1. "Styx singles".
2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications)
3. "Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. August 13, 1983. pp. 10–11. Retrieved 2022-07-20.