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“High” by The Cure

From the album Wish (1992)

“High” by The Cure appears on 22 radio countdowns from 12 stations between 1992 and 2023. It was first released in 1992 on the album Wish. Its best result is #32 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1992. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #40 alternative song of 1992 and #1,139 alternative song of all time.

22countdowns
12stations
#32best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1992–2023years charted

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The Cure - High

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"High" was the Cure's opening shot from Wish, their ninth album, released on Fiction as its lead single in 1992, and it finds Robert Smith in a giddy mood. The guitars of Smith and Porl Thompson chime and swirl, Simon Gallup and Perry Bamonte keep the bottom end buoyant, and Boris Williams skips the whole thing along while Smith's lyric plays nimble little games.

David M. Allen produced it with the band and Mark Saunders mixed it, and it floats like spun sugar. Billboard's Larry Flick called it "subtle but infectious", which about covers it. It topped the US Modern Rock chart and went top ten in Britain and Ireland, with "This Twilight Garden" on the flip.

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#StationCountdownof
1992 32 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1992 107
1992 40 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1992 91
1992 38 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1992 105
1992 32 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1992 101

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2002 822 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 1952 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 992 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 162 107.7 The End The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) 500
2004 1953 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 1942 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 960 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2007 184 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 158 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 168 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 171 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 173 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 173 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 179 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2021 723 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2022 751 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s 900
2022 1295 WYEP WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 603
2023 836 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s 893

Charting alongside it in 1992

Best songs of 1992 →
  1. 1Friday I'm in LoveThe Cure
  2. 2Under the BridgeRed Hot Chili Peppers
  3. 3DriveR.E.M.
  4. 4OneU2
  5. 5JeremyPearl Jam
  6. 6TomorrowMorrissey

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