"No Matter How High" is a song written by Even Stevens and Joey Scarbury, and recorded by American

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group

The Oak Ridge Boys The Oak Ridge Boys are an American country and gospel vocal quartet originating in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The group was founded in the 1940s as the Oak Ridge Quartet. They became popular in Southern gospel during the 1950s. Their name was change ...

. It was released in December 1989 as the second single from the album '' American Dreams''. The song was The Oak Ridge Boys' seventeenth and final number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of twenty-one weeks on the country chart.

Music video

The music video, directed by Larry Boothby, features each of the Oaks in their hometowns, each visiting with their respective mothers. The original intent was to have the group sing the song to their mothers in the video, however,

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's mother was ill at the time, so Boothby decided to incorporate their hometowns, thus avoiding any lengthy or strenuous travel.

Chart performance

Year-end charts

Remake

In 2011, the group rerecorded the song with a new arrangement and lead singer

on lead vocals for their '' It's Only Natural'' project at

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. The album included songs originally sung by Steve Sanders, who succeeded William Lee Golden on baritone vocals. The lineup on the new album included Golden.

References

1989 singles The Oak Ridge Boys songs Song recordings produced by Jimmy Bowen MCA Records singles Songs written by Even Stevens (songwriter) 1989 songs {{1989-country-song-stub