"High" is the fourth single by American

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. The song is the lead single off of the band's second album, '' Don't You Worry, Honey''. The song was released on March 24, 2017 through

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. Commercially, "High" is the most successful song to date by Sir Sly. The song climbed to number 3 in the US Alternative Songs charts, making it the highest-charting single to date by the band. Additionally, the song hit number 18 in the US

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chart. The song was also the first by the band to chart in Canada, reaching number 8 in the Canadian Rock-Alternative chart. High also reached the number 2 spot on Sirius XM's Alt 18 Countdown for 3 weeks and remained on the countdown for 19 weeks from April 22, 2017 to August 26, 2017. The song was featured on the television shows '' 13 Reasons Why'', '' Riverdale'', ''

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Music video

The music video for the track was released on April 19, 2017. The video features members of the band doing a choreographic dance in a warehouse. The video was directed by Kevin Clark. The outfits in the music video were designed by Clayton Beisner and Yazz Alali. The visual effects were undertaken by Tanner Merrill.

In media

The song's instrumental was used by

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Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

External links

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