In High Places (song)

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1987 single by Mike Oldfield

"In High Places"

Single by Mike Oldfield
from the album  Crises
B-side| "Poison Arrows"
Released| 18 May 1987[1]
Recorded| Denham November 1982 - April 1983
Genre| Pop rock
Length| 3:33
Label| Virgin
Songwriter(s)| Mike Oldfield (music)
Mike Oldfield & Jon Anderson (lyrics)
Producer(s)| Mike Oldfield
Simon Phillips
Mike Oldfield singles chronology
| "Shine"
(1986)  | "In High Places"
(1987)  | "Islands"
(1987)

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Audio video
"In High Places (Remastered 2013)" on YouTube

"In High Places" is a song by musician Mike Oldfield, included in the 1983 album Crises and released as a single in 1987 (see 1987 in music), along with (on the B-side) "Poison Arrows" (from Discovery) and "Jungle Gardenia" (non-album track).[2]

## Delayed single release

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On the occasion of Virgin Records founder Richard Branson's launch of the then-largest hot-air balloon ever made, the song was released as a single in 1987 in the UK and Spain, four years after the Crises LP. It features Jon Anderson (lead singer of the progressive rock band Yes) on vocals and as co-writer.[3]

## Use in sampling

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"In High Places" is sampled in Kanye West's song "Dark Fantasy" from the 2010 album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, and in DJ Wich's song "Much Higher", from the 2008 album, The Golden Touch.[4]

## Track listing

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1. "In High Places" (Oldfield, Anderson) – 3:33
2. "Poison Arrows" (Oldfield) – 3:53
3. "Jungle Gardenia" (Oldfield) – 2:37

## References

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1. ^ "New Singles". Music Week. 16 May 1987. p. 27.
2. ^ Mike Oldfield (Ft. Jon Anderson) – In High Places, retrieved 2024-08-28
3. ^ First transatlantic crossing by hot-air balloon | Guinness World Records [https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/63137-hot-air-balloon-first-atlantic-crossing]
4. ^ Kanye West feat. Nicki Minaj and Bon Iver's 'Dark Fantasy' sample of Mike Oldfield feat. Jon Anderson's 'In High Places' | WhoSampled {https://www.whosampled.com/sample/66471/Kanye-West-Nicki-Minaj-Bon-Iver-Dark-Fantasy-Mike-Oldfield-Jon-Anderson-In-High-Places/}

* "Rarities". Amadian. Archived from the original on 2009-01-05. Retrieved 2009-03-01.

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Mike Oldfield

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Studio albums|

* Tubular Bells
* Hergest Ridge
* Ommadawn
* Incantations
* Platinum
* QE2
* Five Miles Out
* Crises
* Discovery
* The Killing Fields
* Islands
* Earth Moving
* Amarok
* Heaven's Open
* Tubular Bells II
* The Songs of Distant Earth
* Voyager
* Tubular Bells III
* Guitars
* The Millennium Bell
* Tres Lunas
* Tubular Bells 2003
* Light + Shade
* Music of the Spheres
* Man on the Rocks
* Return to Ommadawn

Live albums|

* The Orchestral Tubular Bells
* Exposed
* The Art in Heaven Concert

EPs|

* Take Four
* The Singles
* The Mike Oldfield EP

Singles|

* "Mike Oldfield's Single"
* "Don Alfonso"
* "In Dulci Jubilo"
* "Portsmouth"
* "William Tell Overture"
* "Cuckoo Song"
* "Take Four"
* "Guilty"
* "Blue Peter"
* "Arrival"
* "Sheba" / "Wonderful Land"
* "Five Miles Out"
* "Family Man"
* "Mistake"
* "Moonlight Shadow"
* "Shadow on the Wall"
* "Crime of Passion"
* "To France"
* "Tricks of the Light"
* "Étude"
* "Pictures in the Dark"
* "Shine"
* "In High Places"
* "Islands"
* "The Time Has Come"
* "Magic Touch"
* "Flying Start"
* "Earth Moving"
* "Innocent"
* "(One Glance Is) Holy"
* "Heaven's Open"
* "Gimme Back"
* "Sentinel"
* "Tattoo"
* "The Bell"
* "Hibernaculum"
* "Let There Be Light"
* "Women of Ireland"
* "Man in the Rain"
* "Far Above the Clouds"
* "To Be Free"
* "Thou Art in Heaven"
* "Spheres"

Other songs|

* "Foreign Affair"
* "The X-Files Theme"
* "Introduction 2003"
* "Surfing"
* "Song for Survival"

Video albums|

* The Space Movie
* Exposed
* The Essential Live
* Live at Montreux 1981
* The Wind Chimes
* Tubular Bells II Live
* Elements
* Tubular Bells III Live
* The Art in Heaven Concert

Compilation albums|

* Boxed
* Music Wonderland
* Episodes
* The Complete Mike Oldfield
* Elements 4 CD Boxset
* Elements – The Best of Mike Oldfield
* XXV: The Essential
* The Best of Tubular Bells
* Collection
* The Complete Tubular Bells
* The Platinum Collection
* The Mike Oldfield Collection 1974–1983
* Two Sides
* Icon
* Tubular Beats
* Moonlight Shadow: The Collection
* The 1984 Suite

Other media|

* Changeling
* MusicVR
* Tres Lunas
* Maestro

Related articles|

* Sally Oldfield
* Terry Oldfield
* Anita Hegerland
* Maggie Reilly
* The Sallyangie
* Children of the Sun
* Isles of Wonder
* 2012 Olympics opening ceremony

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