Mile High (song)

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"Mile High"
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Single by James Blake featuring Travis Scott and Metro Boomin
from the album Assume Form
Released17 January 2019
Genre Trap
Length3:13
Label Polydor
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
James Blake singles chronology
"Don't Miss It"
(2018)
"Mile High"
(2019)
"Lullaby for My Insomniac"
(2019)
Travis Scott singles chronology
"Yosemite"
(2018)
"Mile High"
(2019)
"First Off"
(2019)

Benee version

On 31 January 2020, New Zealand singer Benee featured on Australian youth broadcaster Triple J's segment Like a Version , where she performed a cover of the song, in addition to a performance of "Glitter". [33] [34]

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