"Most High" | ||||
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Single by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant | ||||
from the album Walking into Clarksdale | ||||
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Released | 30 March 1998 | |||
Studio | Abbey Road (London, England) | |||
Genre | Hard rock | |||
Length | 5:36 | |||
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Jimmy Page and Robert Plant singles chronology | ||||
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"Most High" is a song by English rock duo Jimmy Page and Robert Plant from their only studio album, Walking into Clarksdale (1998). The song features a keyboard overdub by Tim Whelan of Transglobal Underground, played in a quarter-tone to mimic Moroccan trance. [1]
Issued as a single in the United Kingdom and the United States on 30 March 1998, [2] [3] "Most High" reached No. 1 on the US Billboard Mainstream Rock chart, No. 26 on the UK Singles Chart, and No. 88 on the Australian Singles Chart. [4] [5] [6] In 1999, the song won Page and Plant the Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance. [7]
B-side "The Window" was one of two known original songs from the sessions to not make the album, the other being "Whiskey from the Glass", included as a bonus on some editions of the album. [8]
The music video for "Most High" was directed by Italian-Canadian photographer and director Floria Sigismondi. [9] [10] It was included as a bonus feature on the DVD release of No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded. The video, featuring visual references to the religious themes of the song's lyrics, depicts Jimmy Page and Robert Plant as prisoners in a numbered cell block, with other cells holding a series of mutated creatures practicing dark magic. [11]
All tracks are written by Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, Charlie Jones, and Michael Lee except where noted
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Most High" | 4:25 | |
2. | "Upon a Golden Horse" | 3:57 | |
3. | "The Window" |
| 6:05 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Most High" | 4:25 | |
2. | "The Window" |
| 6:05 |
Credits are adapted from the Walking into Clarksdale album booklet. [16]
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Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
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United Kingdom | 30 March 1998 |
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Mercury | [2] |
United States | Radio | Atlantic | [3] | |
Japan | 29 April 1998 | CD | Mercury | [22] |
The album's first single, Most High, was released on March 30...
The label was planning to take ['Most High'] to radio April 6 but went a week earlier...
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"Most High" | ||||
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Single by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant | ||||
from the album Walking into Clarksdale | ||||
B-side |
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Released | 30 March 1998 | |||
Studio | Abbey Road (London, England) | |||
Genre | Hard rock | |||
Length | 5:36 | |||
Label | ||||
Songwriter(s) |
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Producer(s) |
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Jimmy Page and Robert Plant singles chronology | ||||
|
"Most High" is a song by English rock duo Jimmy Page and Robert Plant from their only studio album, Walking into Clarksdale (1998). The song features a keyboard overdub by Tim Whelan of Transglobal Underground, played in a quarter-tone to mimic Moroccan trance. [1]
Issued as a single in the United Kingdom and the United States on 30 March 1998, [2] [3] "Most High" reached No. 1 on the US Billboard Mainstream Rock chart, No. 26 on the UK Singles Chart, and No. 88 on the Australian Singles Chart. [4] [5] [6] In 1999, the song won Page and Plant the Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance. [7]
B-side "The Window" was one of two known original songs from the sessions to not make the album, the other being "Whiskey from the Glass", included as a bonus on some editions of the album. [8]
The music video for "Most High" was directed by Italian-Canadian photographer and director Floria Sigismondi. [9] [10] It was included as a bonus feature on the DVD release of No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded. The video, featuring visual references to the religious themes of the song's lyrics, depicts Jimmy Page and Robert Plant as prisoners in a numbered cell block, with other cells holding a series of mutated creatures practicing dark magic. [11]
All tracks are written by Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, Charlie Jones, and Michael Lee except where noted
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Most High" | 4:25 | |
2. | "Upon a Golden Horse" | 3:57 | |
3. | "The Window" |
| 6:05 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
---|---|---|---|
1. | "Most High" | 4:25 | |
2. | "The Window" |
| 6:05 |
Credits are adapted from the Walking into Clarksdale album booklet. [16]
Studio
Personnel
Weekly charts
|
Year-end charts
|
Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
United Kingdom | 30 March 1998 |
|
Mercury | [2] |
United States | Radio | Atlantic | [3] | |
Japan | 29 April 1998 | CD | Mercury | [22] |
The album's first single, Most High, was released on March 30...
The label was planning to take ['Most High'] to radio April 6 but went a week earlier...
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