Song · Empire of the Sun
“High and Low” by Empire of the Sun
From the album Two Vines (2016)
“High and Low” by Empire of the Sun appears on 10 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 2016 and 2017. It was first released in 2016 on the album Two Vines. Its best result is #19 on the Live 105 Top 25 Songs of 2016. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #38 alternative song of 2016.
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"High and Low" was the lead single from Two Vines, the third album by Australian electronic duo Empire of the Sun, released through Capitol in 2016. Nick Littlemore explained it when it premiered on KROQ: it's about a wild-child girl he knew growing up, named Alice D, and about the nerve and innocence of being a teenager and trying reckless things for the first time. Some fans decided the name was a sly nod to LSD; the band insisted it wasn't.
It's glossy, sunlit synth pop with a wide-eyed rush, which made it a natural for advertising and games: it turned up in a Holden commercial during The X Factor Australia, in San Pellegrino ads, in the FIFA 17 soundtrack and in the Danish series The Rain.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 36 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2016 | 91 |
| 2016 | 19 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 25 Songs of 2016 | 26 |
| 2016 | 95 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2016 | 103 |
| 2016 | 22 | X96 Salt Lake City, UT | X96 Top 50 Songs of 2016 | 50 |
| 2016 | 61 | 96.5 The Buzz Kansas City, MO-KS | 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 Songs of 2016 | 96 |
| 2016 | 37 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2016 | 88 |
| 2016 | 95 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2016 | 103 |
| 2016 | 72 | WERS 88.9 Boston, MA | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2016 | 88 |
| 2016 | 93 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2016 | 100 |
| 2017 | 75 | WERS 88.9 Boston, MA | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2017 | 88 |
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