^ a b "Martin Garrix Drops Progressive House Anthem 'High on Life '".^ a b "Martin Garrix releases new single 'High on Life' at Tomorrowland 2018, ditches radio-friendly sound- Entertainment News, Firstpost".Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs ( Billboard) Giorgio Tuinfort – composing, songwritingĬzech Republic ( Singles Digitál Top 100).Albin Nedler – composing, songwriting, backing vocals.Kristoffer Fogelmark – composing, songwriting, vocals.Martijn Garritsen – production, composing, songwriting, performer.It was released to YouTube and streaming platforms five minutes after the performance at Tomorrowland ended. 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". ĭescribed 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".
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. 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". "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. It was also released at midnight on the same day. It was premiered at the Tomorrowland 2018 music festival in Belgium as the closing song on 29 July 2018. 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.