Two High

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"Two High"
Moon Taxi Two High.jpg
Single by Moon Taxi
from the album Let the Record Play
ReleasedMay 5, 2017 (2017-05-05)
Length3:33
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Trevor Terndrup
  • Spencer Thomson
  • Tommy Putnam
  • Wes Bailey
  • Tyler Ritter
Producer(s) Spencer Thomson [1]
Moon Taxi singles chronology
"All Day All Night"
(2015)
"Two High"
(2017)
"Let the Record Play"
(2017)
Music video
"Two High" on YouTube

"Two High" is a song recorded by American alt-rock band Moon Taxi, and is the lead single off the band's fifth studio album, Let the Record Play . The song was written by the band and was produced by guitarist Spencer Thomson. It was released on May 5, 2017. [2]

Contents

Background

Lead vocalist Trevor Terndrup cited the peace sign as inspiration for the song, and said that the song was about hope and acceptance. [1] The song came about when band member Wes Bailey's phone autocorrected the phrase "too high" to "two high", evoking images of the peace sign. [3] A music video for the song was released on November 9, 2017. [4]

In 2021, the band re-recorded the track as a duet with Hawaiian ukulele player Jake Shimabukuro for his album Jake & Friends. [5]

Performance

"Two High" garnered over 64 million streams on Spotify. [6]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
Canada Rock ( Billboard ) [7] 33
Norway (VG-lista) [8] 27
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [9] 46
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [10] 82
UK Indie (OCC) [11] 9
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs ( Billboard ) [12] 26
US Rock Airplay ( Billboard ) [13] 10

Year-end charts

Chart (2017)Position
US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard) [14] 86
Chart (2018)Position
US Rock Airplay (Billboard) [15] 43

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [16] Gold40,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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