Hundred Mile High City
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- "The Face Smiles Back Easily"
- "Falling to the Floor"
- "Hello Monday"
| "Hundred Mile High City" | ||||
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| Single by Ocean Colour Scene | ||||
| from the album Marchin' Already | ||||
| B-side |
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| Released | 16 June 1997 | |||
| Length | 3:58 | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Ocean Colour Scene | |||
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"Hundred Mile High City" is a song by British rock band Ocean Colour Scene, 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 UK Singles Chart, 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 black comedy crime film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. After the film premiered in the United States the following year, the song was added to several US alternative radio stations in mid-March 1999.
UK CD single[1]
- "Hundred Mile High City"
- "The Face Smiles Back Easily"
- "Falling to the Floor"
- "Hello Monday"
UK 7-inch and cassette single[2][3]
- A. "Hundred Mile High City"
- B. "The Face Smiles Back Easily"
European CD single[4]
- "Hundred Mile High City"
- "Hello Monday"
Japanese CD single[5]
- "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.[1][6]
- Ocean Colour Scene – writing, production, recording, mixing, engineering
- Simon Fowler – vocals, guitar
- Steve Cradock – guitar, piano
- Damon Minchella – bass guitar
- Oscar Harrison – drums
- Brendan Lynch – production, recording, mixing, engineering
- Martyn "Max" Heyes – production, engineering
Charts
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United Kingdom (BPI)[12] | Silver | 200,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||