You're Makin' Me High

"You're Makin' Me High"
"You're Makin' Me High"
	US artwork (commercial CD maxi-single pictured)
Single by Toni Braxton
from the album Secrets
A-side	"Let It Flow"
Released	May 13, 1996
Genre	R&B
Length	4:27 (album mix); 4:12 (single mix);
Label	LaFace; Arista;
Songwriter(s)	Kenneth Edmonds; Bryce Wilson;
Producer(s)	Babyface; Bryce Wilson;
Toni Braxton singles chronology

"You're Makin' Me High" is the lead single from American singer Toni Braxton's second studio album, Secrets (1996). The mid-tempo song represents a joint collaboration between the Grammy Award-winning producer Babyface and Bryce Wilson. The beat of the song was originally for singer-songwriter Brandy, with Dallas Austin pegged to write a lyric to override; however, Braxton had Babyface write lyrics for the song. It was ultimately issued in the United States as a double A-side with "Let It Flow", the airplay hit from the 1995 film Waiting to Exhale.

"You're Makin' Me High" became Braxton's first number-one single on both the US Billboard Hot 100 and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts; it remained on top for one week on the former and for two weeks on the latter, eventually going Platinum. A remix by David Morales with re-recorded vocals allowed the single to also top the Dance Club Songs chart for two weeks in August 1996. Another remix for urban markets was created featuring rapper Foxy Brown, called the "Groove Mix". A dancehall mix was also recorded featuring Jamaican dancehall DJ Mad Cobra.

The song earned Braxton her third Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance in 1997. The success of "You're Makin' Me High" would later be continued with the release of "Un-Break My Heart". "You're Makin' Me High" was sampled for Method Man & Redman's 2001 song "Part II", from the How High soundtrack. In 2014, Anglo-American producer/DJ Secondcity sampled a part of the song's bridge for the main hook of his UK number-one single "I Wanna Feel".

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^ Billboard Staff (October 19, 2023). "The 500 Best Pop Songs: Staff List". Billboard. Retrieved February 10, 2024. High" is actually one of the defining slow-and-low songs of the '90s, Braxton's signature contralto burrowing deep into a crackling R&B groove.

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[Billboard_Pop_500-2] Billboard Staff (October 19, 2023). "The 500 Best Pop Songs: Staff List". Billboard. Retrieved February 10, 2024. High" is actually one of the defining slow-and-low songs of the '90s, Braxton's signature contralto burrowing deep into a crackling R&B groove.

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