Peak
8
Weeks
17
Score
2,455
Chart Year
1985
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Survivor guitarist Frankie Sullivan and keyboard player Jim Peterik were their primary songwriters, and this was one of their compositions. Peterik left the band in 1996, and continues to play with The Ides Of March, which he founded in 1965. He told us: "This is one song that's not brain surgery. It came from a jam. A lot of great songs come from jam sessions. I remember soundchecks with Survivor and The Ides Of March, and there's no better place to start a jam then on stage. Everything is miked-up, you're in a good mood, the lights come on, the audience isn't there yet and you start jamming. High On You was similar to that, only it started in rehearsal. Frankie started jamming on this really great guitar riff. I started laying my right hand on the keyboard and coming up with that very sing-song melody." Jim Peterik told us: "Lyrically, I've had that title ever since the CBS convention in 1977 when Sly Stone of Sly & the Family Stone - there were rumors about him being strung out on drugs - he bolts on stage all cleaned up and says, 'I want you to know, people, I am high on you." Everybody applauded. There's a title if I ever heard one, so I guess indirectly he inspired that song."
There you stood, that'll teach her To look so good and feel so right Let me tell you about the girl I met last night It's understood, I had to reach her I let the wheel of fortune spin I touched your hand before the crowd started crashin' in Now I'm higher than a kite I know I'm getting hooked on your love Talkin' to myself, runnin' in the heat Beggin' for your touch In the middle of the street And I, I can't stop thinkin' about you, girl I must be livin' in a fantasy world I'm so high on you Smart and coy, a little crazy The kind of face that starts a fight Let me tell you about the girl I had last night Piercin' eyes, like a raven You seemed to share my secret sin We were high before the night started kickin' in Now I'm screamin' in the night I know I'm getting hooked on your love Talkin' to myself, runnin' in the heat Beggin' for your touch In the middle of the street And I, I can't stop thinkin' about you, girl I must be livin' in a fantasy world I've searched the whole world over To find a heart so true Such complete intoxication I'm high on you There you stood, that'll teach her To look so good and feel so right Let me tell you about the girl I met last night Now I'm higher than a kite I know I'm getting hooked on your love Talkin' to myself, runnin' in the heat Beggin' for your touch in the middle of the street And I, I can't stop thinkin' about you, girl I must be livin' in a fantasy world I've searched the whole world over To find a heart so true Such complete intoxication I'm high on you I'm high on you I'm high on you I'm high on you
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jan 26, 1985 | 63 | 63 |
| 2 | Feb 2, 1985 | 47 | 79 |
| 3 | Feb 9, 1985 | 40 | 86 |
| 4 | Feb 16, 1985 | 37 | 89 |
| 5 | Feb 23, 1985 | 30 | 96 |
| 6 | Mar 2, 1985 | 25 | 101 |
| 7 | Mar 9, 1985 | 22 | 104 |
| 8 | Mar 16, 1985 | 14 | 112 |
| 9 | Mar 23, 1985 | 8 | 118 |
| 10 | Mar 30, 1985 | 8 | 118 |
| 11 | Apr 6, 1985 | 15 | 111 |
| 12 | Apr 13, 1985 | 19 | 107 |
| 13 | Apr 20, 1985 | 31 | 95 |
| 14 | Apr 27, 1985 | 49 | 77 |
| 15 | May 4, 1985 | 59 | 67 |
| 16 | May 11, 1985 | 61 | 65 |
| 17 | May 18, 1985 | 92 | 34 |