Feel So High
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| Single by Des'ree | ||||||||||||||
| from the album Mind Adventures | ||||||||||||||
| Released | 19 August 1991 (UK) 30 December 1991 (UK re-release) March 1995 (US) |
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| Recorded | 1991 | |||||||||||||
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| Length | 3:52 | |||||||||||||
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| Producer(s) | Ashley Ingram | |||||||||||||
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"Feel So High" is a song by British singer-songwriter Des'ree, which was released as her debut single in 1991.
"Feel So High" was the song that got Des'ree signed to a major label, as it was the song that was on the demo tape she sent to the label. She specifically sent the tape to Lincoln Elias of the Sony label to sign her because it was him who had signed Terence Trent D'Arby and felt only he and his label would understand her music approach.
Ashley Ingram, who eventually produced "Feel So High" and most of her debut album Mind Adventures, said that "[Elias] played me a very rough demo of the song that later became 'Feel So High.' It’s not often that a singer can present a demo tape and expect the powers-that-be to acknowledge the full wonders, but on a creative level she shone. She leapt out of the cassette."
The song received good reviews, and Des'ree drew comparisons with American singer Anita Baker for her deep voice and her music style.
The single was released in August 1991, a mere 12 weeks after the label had signed her, giving Des'ree a record of shortest time between signing to a label and releasing a record. Initially, the record failed to have much success, peaking at a low #51 in the UK charts. In January 1992, while Des'ree was still recording her debut album, the song was re-released with a different mix and this time it became a hit, peaking at #13 in the UK charts. When released worldwide in 1992, it was a moderate hit around Europe, peaking within the top 40 in most countries, with a best showing in Sweden, where it became a top 10 hit peaking at #9.
In the USA, "Feel So High" had been only released as a promo single and her debut album went unreleased there. Since American people were unfamiliar with the song, Sony decided to include the track as a bonus song on the USA edition of Des'ree's second album I Ain't Movin'. With most music reviewers singling out the song, Des'ree's American label decided to issue "Feel So High" as the follow-up to her USA top ten hit "You Gotta Be" in March 1995. The single failed to catch on as her previous single, and stalled at #67 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Des'ree's last appearance on that chart.
Eventually, Mind Adventures was released in the USA in 1995, but it excluded "Feel So High" from its track list as it had been included on her second album.
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