"How High" is a song by American hip hop duo Method Man & Redman, released on August 15, 1995, as the duo's first single. It was originally featured on the soundtrack to the 1995 hip hop documentary film, ''

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'', and has since appeared on several compilation albums such as ''

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'' and ''Def Jam's Greatest Hits'', among several others. The song,

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by Erick Sermon, is the first official collaboration from longtime friends and East Coast rappers Method Man of Wu-Tang Clan and 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 chart. The single has since been certified gold by the

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Retrieved September 3, 2009.

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

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was sampled on American electro house DJ Armand Van Helden's 1996 single, "

The Funk Phenomena "The Funk Phenomena" is a single from Armand Van Helden's debut studio album '' Old School Junkies: The Album'' (1996). The song uses samples from "How High" by Method Man & Redman, "Who Is He (And What Is He to You)" by Creative Source and "Don ...

". The song was later sampled on Guilty Simpson's "Yikes!".

Charts

Certifications

Remix and sequel

The duo later

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ed the song and included it on their collaborative debut album '' Blackout!'' (1999), as well as the soundtrack to their 2001 film, '' How High''. The "How High (Remix)", has a stripped-down sound and contains 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 summer of 1996. 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 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"

References

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