Higher Than Higher | |
Cover: | Higher Than Higher single cover.jpg |
Type: | single |
Artist: | Take That |
Album: | III |
Released: | 8 June 2015 |
Recorded: | 2014 |
Genre: | Pop |
Length: | 4:06 |
Label: | Polydor |
Producer: | Mattman & Robin |
Prev Title: | Let in the Sun |
Prev Year: | 2015 |
Next Title: | Hey Boy |
Next Year: | 2015 |
"Higher Than Higher" is a song by the English pop group Take That. It was released by Polydor Records on 8 June 2015 as the third single from their seventh studio album, III (2014). It was written by Take That, Mattias Larsson, Robin Fredriksson and Joe Janiak, and produced by Mattman & Robin with Gary Barlow on lead vocals.
The song entered the UK Physical Singles Chart at number one shortly after release.[1]
On 28 April 2015, it was announced that "Higher Than Higher" would be the third single from III.[2] It was officially released as a CD single on 8 June 2015.[3]
The single received positive reviews on its release, with Music News calling it a "trademark soaring smash" and The Guardian commenting that the single is "lilting and uplifting in a way that avoids pop's obsession with heavy-handed didacticism". The paper praised its production, calling it "spacious and precise, with each different element – the marching-band beat, the acoustic strums, the echoey synths – all meticulously layered".[4]
"Higher Than Higher" entered the UK Physical Singles Chart at number one on 14 June 2015 and remained in the charts for four weeks.