Higher (The Saturdays song)
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| Single by The Saturdays featuring Flo Rida | ||||
| from the album Headlines! | ||||
| B-side | "Had It with Today" | |||
| Released | 28 October 2010 | |||
| Format | Digital download, CD single | |||
| Recorded | 2010; Los Angeles | |||
| Genre | Pop, dance-pop | |||
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3:36 (album version) 3:18 (single version) |
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| Label | Fascination | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Arnthor Birgisson, Ina Wroldsen | |||
| Producer(s) | Arnthor Birgisson | |||
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"Higher" on YouTube "Higher (ft. Flo Rida)" on YouTube |
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"Higher" is a song performed by British-Irish girl group The Saturdays taken from their debut extended play, Headlines!. Written by Ina Wroldsen and co-written & produced by Arnthor Birgisson, the song confirmed to be the EP's second single when it was released on 1 November 2010 by Fascination Records. In preparation for its release, the single was remixed to feature new vocals from American rapper Flo Rida after the rapper's single "Club Can't Handle Me" beat the group's previous single "Missing You" to number one; it was the second time they had lost the position to Flo Rida. Rochelle Wiseman jokingly said that the group would never get a number one until they collaborated with him.
Flo Rida personally offered the collaboration for both his and the group's fans. Critics generally praised the song as the strongest offering from Headlines!, for being infectious, catchy and feisty, although it received negative reception for overproduction. An accompanying music video for the song was shot in Los Angeles at Fox Studios, at the end of August 2010, and features the girls dancing through a New York City traffic jam. The single remix of the song premiered on 16 September 2010 through Capital FM, while a new version of the video featuring Flo Rida premiered on 9 October 2010. "Higher" was successful, peaking in the top-ten in the Scottish and UK singles charts as well as top-fifteen in Ireland. It also won the 2011 Popjustice £20 Music Prize.
After the group's previous single "Missing You" was beaten to number one for a second time by U.S. rapper Flo Rida, Wiseman joked that the group would have to record a song with him before they could top the UK Singles Chart. Flo Rida responded by telling The Daily Star, "If we could make a collaboration happen I would be up for that. I don't know much about The Saturdays but we put smiles on people's faces when we make music, which counts more than getting number ones". Then several days later it was confirmed that a collaboration had gone ahead with Flo Rida recording vocals for one of the group's songs though the group were not present when the recording took place. Yahoo! Music confirmed that the rapper reached out to the group and "[they] graciously agreed to his generous offer". The group's official website confirmed that he will feature on a brand new version of "Higher" which will be released as the next single from Headlines!.
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