High (Ledisi song)
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| Single by Ledisi | ||||
| from the album Let Love Rule | ||||
| Released | May 12, 2017 | |||
| Recorded | 2017 | |||
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| Genre | trap | |||
| Length | 4:12 | |||
| Label | Verve Forecast | |||
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"High" is a song by American singer and songwriter Ledisi for her eighth studio album, Let Love Rule (2017). It was written by Ledisi, Charles Hinshaw Jr., Rex Rideout, and Darhyl Camper, with the latter producing the song. "High" was released on May 12, 2017, as the lead single for Let Love Rule.
The song was nominated for Best R&B Performance at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards in 2018.[1]
The song was inspired by her "personal highs of the last year [2016]."[2] In an interview with music and entertainment magazine Billboard, Ledisi stated, "I just felt high off of life. Everybody has their version of what high is for them. Mine happens to be what you hear on this song."[2] "High" was one of the last songs to be recorded for Let Love Rule.[3] The song combined a trap music instrumentation with R&B lyrics.[3]
Commercial performance
"High" debuted on the Adult R&B Songs chart during the week of June 17, 2017.[4] During its seventeenth week, the song peaked at number seven on the chart during the week of October 14, 2017.[4] "High" spent a total of twenty-one weeks on the Adult R&B Songs charts, its only entry on a Billboard chart.[4]
