"Higher" | ||||
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Single by The Saturdays featuring Flo Rida | ||||
from the EP Headlines! | ||||
B-side | "Had It with Today" | |||
Released | 28 October 2010 | |||
Recorded | 2009–2010 (Los Angeles) | |||
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Label | Fascination | |||
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Producer(s) | Arnthor Birgisson | |||
The Saturdays singles chronology | ||||
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Flo Rida singles chronology | ||||
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"Higher" on YouTube | ||||
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"Higher" (ft. Flo Rida) on YouTube |
"Higher" is a song by British-Irish girl group The Saturdays from their debut EP, Headlines!. Written by Ina Wroldsen and co-written & produced by Arnthor Birgisson, the song was released on 28 October 2010 as the second and final single from the EP. In preparation for its release, the single was remixed to feature new vocals from American rapper Flo Rida after the rapper's single "Club Can't Handle Me" beat the group's previous single "Missing You" to number one; it was the second time they had lost the position to Flo Rida. Rochelle Humes jokingly said that the group would never get a number one until they collaborated with him.
Flo Rida personally offered the collaboration for both his and the group's fans. Critics generally praised the song as the strongest offering from Headlines!, for being infectious, catchy and feisty. An accompanying music video for the song was shot in Los Angeles at Fox Studios, at the end of August 2010, and features the girls dancing through a New York City traffic jam. The single remix of the song premiered on 16 September 2010 through Capital FM, while a new version of the video featuring Flo Rida premiered on 9 October 2010. "Higher" was successful, peaking in the top-ten in the Scottish and UK singles charts as well as top-fifteen in Ireland. It also won the 2011 Popjustice £20 Music Prize.