High Time (song)
Appearance
"High Time" | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Single by Styx | ||||
from the album Kilroy Was Here | ||||
B-side | "Double Life" | |||
Released | August 1983 (US)[1] | |||
Recorded | 1982 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 4:28 | |||
Label | A&M | |||
Songwriter(s) | Dennis DeYoung | |||
Producer(s) | Styx | |||
Styx singles chronology | ||||
|
"High Time" is the third and final single from the 1983 album, Kilroy Was Here, by Styx. It reached number 48 on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.[2] In a 2009 interview, Dennis DeYoung revealed that "High Time" was released as the third single at the last minute by A&M Records. An expensive video for "Haven't We Been Here Before" was created but never was shown on MTV. Instead, Shaw wanted a live version of "Cold War" to be the third single. A&M Records finally released "High Time" as the single, with little promotion and no video. Its relative poor performance killed momentum on the "Kilroy" album.
Cash Box called it a "preachy condemnation of morality mongers" and a "strong defense of freedom of expression."[3]
References
- ^ "Styx singles".
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications)
- ^ "Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. August 13, 1983. pp. 10–11. Retrieved 2022-07-20.