"Hundred Mile High City" is a song by British

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, taken as the first single from their third studio album, '' Marchin' Already'' (1997). The song was released in 1997 and reached number four on the

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, becoming the band's joint most-successful single on the UK Singles Chart and their second-most successful in terms of number of weeks spent in the top 75, staying in for seven weeks. It was also their first single to chart in Ireland and the Netherlands, peaking at numbers 15 and 98, respectively. In 1998, "Hundred Mile High City" appeared on the soundtrack to the

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''. After the film premiered in the United States the following year, the song was added to several US

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stations in mid-March 1999.

Track listings

UK CD single # "Hundred Mile High City" # "The Face Smiles Back Easily" # "Falling to the Floor" # "Hello Monday" UK 7-inch and cassette single :A. "Hundred Mile High City" :B. "The Face Smiles Back Easily" European CD single # "Hundred Mile High City" # "Hello Monday" Japanese CD single # "Hundred Mile High City" # " Travellers Tune" # "Falling to the Floor" # "Hello Monday"

Personnel

Personnel are taken from the UK CD single liner notes and the '' Marchin' Already'' album booklet. *

– writing, production, recording, mixing, engineering **

Simon Fowler Simon Geoffrey Fowler (born 25 May 1965 in Meriden, Warwickshire) is an English singer and acoustic guitarist, best known as the frontman of Ocean Colour Scene. The Fanatics Simon Fowler commenced his music career as the lead singer and songwr ...

– vocals, guitar **

Steve Cradock Stephen "Steve" Cradock (born 22 August 1969 in Solihull) is an English guitarist, most notable for playing in the rock group Ocean Colour Scene. Cradock also plays the guitar in Paul Weller's band, having appeared on all of Weller's solo reco ...

– guitar, piano ** Damon Minchella – bass guitar **

Oscar Harrison Oscar Lloyd Harrison (born 18 April 1965 in Birmingham) is a British musician who currently plays drums with Birmingham-based Ocean Colour Scene and the British ska band The Beat. He also plays piano and bass guitar, and occasionally sings le ...

– drums * Brendan Lynch – production, recording, mixing, engineering * Martyn "Max" Heyes – production, engineering

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

In popular culture

"Hundred Mile High City" was used as the theme to the film ''

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References

{{Authority control Ocean Colour Scene songs 1997 singles 1997 songs MCA Records singles Song recordings produced by Brendan Lynch (music producer) Songs written by Damon Minchella Songs written by Oscar Harrison Songs written by Simon Fowler Songs written by Steve Cradock