Let's Go Higher (Johnny Reid song)

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"Let's Go Higher"
LetsGoHigher.jpg
Single by Johnny Reid
from the album A Place Called Love
ReleasedSeptember 20, 2010 (2010-09-20)
Genre Country
Length3:02
Label EMI
Songwriter(s) Brent Maher
Johnny Reid
Producer(s) Brent Maher
Johnny Reid singles chronology
"Today I'm Gonna Try and Change the World"
(2010)
"Let's Go Higher"
(2010)
"Hands of a Working Man"
(2011)

"Let's Go Higher" is a song co-written and recorded by Canadian country music artist Johnny Reid. It was released in September 2010 as the second single from his 2010 album A Place Called Love . The song reached No. 58 on the Canadian Hot 100 in December 2010.

Country music, also known as country and western, and hillbilly music, is a genre of popular music that originated in the southern United States in the early 1920s. It takes its roots from genres such as folk music and blues.

Johnny Reid Canadian singer

John Kirkland Reid is a country music artist who has charted several hit singles in Canada. Reid moved to Canada in July 1988 when he was 13. His father, a diesel mechanic, wanted to give Reid and his brother opportunities he did not think they would have in Scotland. He graduated from Turner Fenton Secondary School in Brampton, Ontario, in 1992. Reid went on to attend Bishop's University in Lennoxville, Quebec, where he met his wife.

<i>A Place Called Love</i> (Johnny Reid album) 2010 studio album by Johnny Reid

A Place Called Love is the sixth studio album by Canadian country music artist Johnny Reid. It was released on August 31, 2010 by EMI Records.

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"Let's Go Higher" was nominated for Single of the Year at the 2012 Juno Awards. [1]

The Juno Award for Single of the Year has been awarded since 1974 for the best single in Canada. It has also been known as Best Single and Best Selling Single. The award goes to the artist.

The Juno Awards of 2012 honoured Canadian music industry achievements in the latter part of 2010 and in most of 2011. The awards were presented in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada during the weekend of 31 March and 1 April 2012. A week of related events began on 26 March 2012.

Music video

The music video was directed by Ante Kovac and premiered in November 2010.

Chart performance

Chart (2010)Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [2] 58
Canada AC ( Billboard ) [3] 8
Canada Country ( Billboard ) [4] 5

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References

  1. "Juno Award contenders include Drake, Feist, Bublé". CBC . February 7, 2012. Retrieved April 3, 2012.
  2. "Johnny Reid Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard.
  3. "Johnny Reid Chart History (Canada AC)". Billboard.
  4. "Johnny Reid Chart History (Canada Country)". Billboard.