{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox song | name = How High | cover = HowHighRedmanMethodMan.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = [[Method Man & Redman]] | album = [[The Show (soundtrack)|The Show: The Soundtrack]] and [[Blackout! (Method Man & Redman album)|Blackout!]] | released = August 15, 1995 | recorded = 1994 | studio = | venue = | genre = {{hlist|[[East Coast hip hop]]|[[alternative hip hop]] }} | length = 4:41 | label = [[Def Jam Recordings|Def Jam]] | writer = {{hlist|[[Reggie Noble]]|[[Erick Sermon]]|[[Method Man|Clifford Smith]] }} | producer = [[Erick Sermon]] | chronology = [[Method Man & Redman]] | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = [[Symphony 2000]] | next_year = 1999 | misc = {{Extra chronology | artist = [[Redman (rapper)|Redman]] | type = singles | prev_title = [[The Points (song)|The Points]] | prev_year = 1995 | title = How High | year = 1995 | next_title = [[Funkorama]] | next_year = 1995 }} {{Extra chronology | artist = [[Method Man]] | type = singles | prev_title = [[I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By]] | prev_year = 1995 | title = How High | year = 1995 | next_title = [[Ice Cream (Raekwon song)|Ice Cream]] | next_year = 1995 }} }} "'''How High'''" is a song by American [[Hip hop music|hip hop]] duo [[Method Man & Redman]], released on August 15, 1995, as the duo's first single. It was originally featured on the [[The Show (soundtrack)|soundtrack to the 1995 hip hop documentary film]], ''[[The Show (1995 film)|The Show]]'', and has since appeared on several compilation albums such as ''[[The Hip Hop Box]]'' and ''Def Jam's Greatest Hits'', among several others. The song, [[hip hop production|produced]] by [[Erick Sermon]], is the first official collaboration from longtime friends and [[East Coast hip hop|East Coast rappers]] [[Method Man]] of [[Wu-Tang Clan]] and [[Redman (rapper)|Redman]] of [[Def Squad]], marking their debut as a duo. The song performed exceptionally well commercially, reaching number 13 on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart. The single has since been [[RIAA certification|certified gold]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA).<ref>[http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=METHOD%20MAN%20AND%20REDMAN&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2009&sort=Artist&perPage=10 RIAA Gold & Platinum Searchable Database – Method Man and Redman]. Retrieved September 3, 2009.</ref>
==Track listing== ;A-side # How High (LP Version) (4:41) # How High (Remix Radio Edit) (3:59) ;B-side # How High (Remix) (3:59) # How High (Instrumental) (3:49) # How High (Acapella) (3:59)
==Legacy== Redman's vocals on the third [[Verse (popular music)|verse]] was [[Sampling (music)|sampled]] on American electro house DJ [[Armand Van Helden]]'s 1996 single, "[[The Funk Phenomena]]". The song was later sampled on Guilty Simpson's "Yikes!".
==Charts== {|class="wikitable sortable" !Chart (1995) !Peak<br>position |- |US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100#/song/redman-method-man/how-high-from-the-show/3709805|title = The Hot 100 Chart| magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] }}</ref> |align="center"|13 |- |US ''Billboard'' [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]]<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100#/song/redman-method-man/how-high-from-the-show/3709805|title = The Hot 100 Chart| magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] }}</ref> |align="center"|10 |- |US ''Billboard'' [[Rap Songs]] |align="center"|2 |}
==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|artist=Method Man and Redman|title=How High|award=Gold|relyear=1995|certyear=1995}} {{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}
==Remix and sequel== The duo later [[remix]]ed the song and included it on their collaborative debut album ''[[Blackout! (Method Man & Redman album)|Blackout!]]'' (1999), as well as the [[How High (soundtrack)|soundtrack to their 2001 film]], ''[[How High]]''. The "How High (Remix)", has a stripped-down sound and contains [[Sampling (music)|samples]] from "Fly Robin Fly", as performed by [[Silver Convention]] and "I Am Woman", as performed by [[The Cover Girls]]. This remix was also used in the official music video for the song that was released in the fall of 1995.
Also featured on the soundtrack was the song's sequel, simply titled "Part II". It was released as a single in 2001, in promotion for the film. The song samples American [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] singer-songwriter [[Toni Braxton]]'s "[[You're Makin' Me High]]" and peaked at number 72 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart.
===Chart placements for "Part II"=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- !scope="col"| Chart (2001–2002) !scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- ! scope="row"| Australia ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref>{{cite Ryan|page=186}}</ref> | 93 |- !scope="row"{{single chart|Germany|23|artist=Method Man & Redman|song=Part II|songid=5089|accessdate=March 31, 2020}} |- !scope="row"{{single chart|Switzerland|54|artist=Method Man & Redman|song=Part II|accessdate=March 12, 2012}} |- !scope="row"{{single chart|UK|98|artist=Method Man & Redman|song=Lollipop|date=2008-06-14|accessdate=March 12, 2012}} |- !scope="row"{{single chart|Billboardhot100|72|artist=Method Man & Redman|song=Part II|accessdate=March 12, 2012}} |- !scope="row"{{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|28|artist=Method Man & Redman|song=Part II|accessdate=March 12, 2012}} |- !scope="row"{{single chart|Billboardrapsongs|5|artist=Method Man & Redman|song=Part II|accessdate=March 12, 2012}} |}
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