High on Life

"High on Life" is a song by Dutch DJ Martin Garrix.[4] A progressive house ballad featuring Swedish songwriter and vocalist Bonn,[1] it was released via his Stmpd Rcrds label, which is exclusively-licensed to a Sony Music sublabel, Epic Amsterdam.[5] The song's production credits consist of frequent Garrix collaborators Matisse & Sadko, late musician Avicii's co-producer Albin Nedler and established producer Giorgio Tuinfort, who has produced multiple songs with Garrix.[3][6]

"High on Life"
Single by Martin Garrix featuring Bonn
Released	29 July 2018
Genre	Progressive house[1][2]
Length	3:50
Label	Stmpd Epic Amsterdam Sony Netherlands
Songwriter(s)	Martijn Garritsen Giorgio Tuinfort Kristoffer Fogelmark Albin Nedler[3]
Producer(s)	Matisse & Sadko Martin Garrix Giorgio Tuinfort
Martin Garrix singles chronology
"Ocean" (2018) "High on Life" (2018) "Burn Out" (2018)

Background

Garrix's label had announced via Twitter the song would be immediately available for release "the moment (Garrix) plays it at #Tomorrowland" during his headlining closing performance.[7][8] It was premiered at the Tomorrowland 2018 music festival in Belgium as the closing song on 29 July 2018.[5] It was also released at midnight on the same day.[9]

"High on Life" is one of the two songs announced by Garrix for release since his last single "Ocean" with Khalid, the other being a collaboration with Justin Mylo that would be released in September.[10]

Production

The song has been musically compared to Garrix's previous singles such as "Dragon", "Lions in the Wild" and "Forever", as a "energetic and emotion-filled progressive house track".[2] The song is noted as a "return to his roots" in reference to Garrix's regular crossover musical style of pop music to his typical big room house and progressive house.[11]

Described as an uplifting summer song that is a "synth-heavy festival house tune", the song's production has been compared to the style of late Swedish DJ Avicii, who had worked with Garrix for the song "Waiting for Love".[12][13]

Music video

The music video for the song has also been released, featuring clips from Garrix's Tomorrowland performance which shows "the most standard and spectacular face of Tomorrowland".[14][15] It was released to YouTube and streaming platforms five minutes after the performance at Tomorrowland ended.[16][17]

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.[18]

• Martijn Garritsen – production, composing, songwriting, performer
• Matisse & Sadko – production
• Kristoffer Fogelmark – composing, songwriting, vocals
• Albin Nedler – composing, songwriting, backing vocals
• Giorgio Tuinfort – composing, songwriting

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2018) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[19] 59 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[20] 52 Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[21] 1 Belgium Dance (Ultratop Flanders)[22] 19 Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[23] 1 Belgium Dance (Ultratop Wallonia)[24] 16 Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[25] 82 Croatia (HRT)[26] 89 Czech Republic (Rádio Top 100)[27] 56 Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100)[28] 37 France (SNEP)[29] 131 Germany (Official German Charts)[30] 66 Hungary (Single Top 40)[31] 31 Hungary (Stream Top 40)[32] 38 Ireland (IRMA)[33] 65 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[34] 12 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[35] 19 Netherlands (Dutch Dance Top 30)[36] 6 New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[37] 11 Portugal (AFP)[38] 94 Romania (Airplay 100)[39] 74 Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)[40] 35 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[41] 29 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[42] 45 US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)[43] 16

Year-end charts Chart (2018) Position Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[44] 59 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[45] 62 US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)[46] 54 Chart (2019) Position Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[47] 90 Portugal (AFP)[48] 523

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[49]	Gold	40,000
Italy (FIMI)[50]	Gold	25,000
Poland (ZPAV)[51]	Platinum	20,000
sales+streaming figures based on certification alone

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