It took about eight months to write the song. When we did Ocean Drive there was no pressure, we hadn't sold any records so nobody was expecting anything, whereas when we got to the second album which is what this was, there were a lot of people who were saying, 'this is huge, this is massive, this is the hit on the record.' And I hadn't even finished writing it, so immediately I'm under this enormous pressure. Austriancharts.at – Lighthouse Family – Postcards From Heaven" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 April 2021. Swedishcharts.com – Lighthouse Family – Postcards From Heaven". Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 April 2021. High (European CD single liner notes). Lighthouse Family. Wildcard Records, Polydor Records. 1997. 569 148-2. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link)

High (UK CD1 liner notes). Lighthouse Family. Wildcard Records, Polydor Records. 1997. 569 149-2. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link) High was probably the most difficult song to write of all of them. Without getting too heavy, my wife lost a baby on New Year's Eve in 1996, the year that the album [ Ocean Drive] was a hit. Lifted was a hit and Ocean Drive was a hit. It was the first week in 1997 I started writing High, and I had the bit: 'One day we're gonna get so high'. That was the same week – and this is absolutely incidental, it’s nothing to do with the song - although a Newcastle United fan might think it is – that Kevin Keegan left Newcastle United. I just remember that week so well because of what happened.

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The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Lighthouse Family; 'Postcards from Heaven ')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien . Retrieved 18 September 2019. ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1998 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved 18 September 2019. Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol.15, no.24. 13 June 1998. p.11 . Retrieved 26 February 2020. Norwegiancharts.com – Lighthouse Family – Postcards From Heaven". Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 April 2021. We started recording Postcards from Heaven in March 1997 and we went to Miramont in France to start recording it. We were there until about June and the whole time I was sitting in the room on my own with a blank sheet of paper trying to write High and driving myself mad with it. Everybody kept saying 'have you done it yet?' and I hadn’t.Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1sted.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. p.952. ISBN 8480486392.

Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 September 2018. Ultratop.be – Lighthouse Family – Postcards From Heaven" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 April 2021. Dutch album certifications – Lighthouse Family – Postcards from Heaven" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers . Retrieved 18 September 2019. Enter Postcards from Heaven in the "Artiest of titel" box. Select 1998 in the drop-down menu saying "Alle jaargangen". Moody, Paul. "Lighthouse Family - Postcards From Heaven". NME. Archived from the original on 17 August 2000 . Retrieved 13 November 2018.Postcard from Heaven" is a song by the Lighthouse Family, released as the duo's fifth and final single from their second album Postcards from Heaven (1999). The song was produced by Mike Peden. It was released in January 1999 and reached the top 30 in the UK as well as being just outside the top 90 in Europe. It received a completely different remixed version for single release. This mix appeared on both the Greatest Hits and Relaxed & Remixed compilations, in 2002 and 2004 respectively.