High on Life (song)

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"High on Life"
High on Life Martin Garrix song.jpg
Single by Martin Garrix featuring Bonn
Released29 July 2018 (2018-07-29)
Genre Progressive house [1] [2]
Length3:50
Label
Songwriters
Producers
Martin Garrix singles chronology
"Ocean"
(2018)		"High on Life"
(2018)		"Burn Out"
(2018)

"High on Life" is a song by Dutch DJ and record producer Martin Garrix. [4] A progressive house ballad featuring Swedish songwriter and vocalist Kristoffer "Bonn" Fogelmark, [1] it was released via Garrix's STMPD RCRDS label, which is exclusively-licensed to a Sony Music sublabel, Epic Amsterdam. [5] The song's production credits consist of frequent Garrix collaborators Matisse & Sadko, Albin Nedler and established producer Giorgio Tuinfort, who has produced multiple songs with Garrix. [3] [6]

Contents

Background

Garrix's label had announced via Twitter the song would be immediately available for release "the moment (Garrix) plays it at #Tomorrowland" during his headlining closing performance. [7] [8] It was premiered at the Tomorrowland 2018 music festival in Belgium as the closing song on 29 July 2018. [5] It was also released at midnight on the same day. [9]

"High on Life" is one of the two songs announced by Garrix for release since his last single "Ocean" with Khalid, the other being a collaboration with Justin Mylo that would be released in September. [10]

Production

The song has been musically compared to Garrix's previous singles such as "Dragon", "Lions in the Wild" and "Forever", as an "energetic and emotion-filled progressive house track". [2] The song is noted as a "return to his roots" in reference to Garrix's regular crossover musical style of pop music to his typical big room house and progressive house. [11]

Described as an uplifting summer song that is a "synth-heavy festival house tune", the song's production has been compared to the style of late Swedish DJ Avicii, who had worked with Garrix for the song "Waiting for Love". [12] [13]

Music video

The music video for the song has also been released, featuring clips from Garrix's Tomorrowland performance which shows "the most standard and spectacular face of Tomorrowland". [14] [15] It was released to YouTube and streaming platforms five minutes after the performance at Tomorrowland ended. [16] [17]

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. [18]

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [51] 2× Platinum80,000‡
Canada (Music Canada) [52] Gold40,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [53] Gold45,000‡
France (SNEP) [54] Gold100,000‡
Italy (FIMI) [55] Gold25,000‡
Mexico (AMPROFON) [56] Platinum60,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ) [57] Gold15,000‡
Poland (ZPAV) [58] Platinum20,000‡
Portugal (AFP) [59] Gold5,000‡
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [60] Platinum60,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [61] Silver200,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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