You're Makin' Me High

"You're Makin' Me High"

U.S. artwork (commercial CD maxi-single pictured)
Single by Toni Braxton
from the album Secrets
B-side "Let It Flow"
Released May 21, 1996 (United States)
Format CD single, CD maxi single, cassette single, 12" single, 7" single
Recorded 1996
Genre
Length 4:27
4:03 (single version)
Label LaFace
Writer(s) Babyface, Bryce Wilson
Producer(s) Babyface, Bryce Wilson
Toni Braxton singles chronology
"I Belong to You"/"How Many Ways"
(1994)		 "You're Makin' Me High"/"Let It Flow"
(1996)		 "Un-Break My Heart"
(1996)
"You're Makin' Me High"
Toni Braxton's "You're Makin' Me High" from Secrets
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"You're Makin' Me High" is the lead single from Toni Braxton's second studio album, Secrets (1996). This mid-tempo song represents a joint collaboration between the Grammy Award-winning producer Babyface and Bryce Wilson, and was issued in the United States as a double A-side with "Let It Flow", the airplay hit from the motion picture Waiting to Exhale (1995). Caroline Bologna of The Huffington Post writes that the song is about masturbation.[1]

"You're Makin' Me High" became Braxton's first number-one single on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts; it remained on top for one week on the former and for two weeks on the latter, eventually going platinum as rated by the RIAA. A dance remix by David Morales with re-recorded vocals allowed the single to also top the Hot Dance Club Play chart for two weeks in August 1996. Another remix for urban markets was created featuring rapper Foxy Brown, called the "Groove Mix".

The song earned Braxton her third Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance in 1997. The success of "You're Makin' Me High" would later be continued with the release of "Un-Break My Heart" (1996). "You're Makin' Me High" was sampled for Method Man & Redman's 2001 song "Part II", from the How High soundtrack. In 2014, Anglo-American producer/DJ Secondcity sampled a part of the song's bridge for the main hook of his UK #1 single "I Wanna Feel".

Music video

The music video, directed by Bille Woodruff, features Braxton and a group of friends (consisting of actresses Erika Alexander, Vivica A. Fox, and Tisha Campbell-Martin) enjoying themselves in luxurious surroundings. An elevator brings up a series of men, some very attractive and others amusingly unattractive. Braxton and her friends "judge" the men using oversized playing cards as score cards. Periodically, one of the women chooses a man to leave with. Braxton chooses Bryce Wilson, whom she dated at the time, and they are shown together in a bathtub of cotton candy and on a dance floor, with Braxton also shown wearing a white bodysuit.

Track listings and formats

European CD maxi single
  1. "You're Makin' Me High" (Radio Edit) – 4:07
  2. "You're Makin' Me High" (Album Version) – 4:26
  3. "You're Makin' Me High" (Morales Classic Edit) – 3:35
  4. "You're Makin' Me High" (Morales Classic Mix) – 9:41
UK CD 1
  1. "You're Makin' Me High" (Radio Edit) – 4:07
  2. "You're Makin' Me High" (T'empo's Radio Edit) – 4:05
  3. "You're Makin' Me High" (Dancehall Mix) – 4:52
  4. "You're Makin' Me High" (Groove Remix) – 4:34 - featuring Foxy Brown
  5. "You're Makin' Me High" (T'empo's Private Club Mix) - 8:50
  6. "You're Makin' Me High" (Morales Classic Mix) – 9:41
UK CD 2
  1. "You're Makin' Me High" (Radio Edit) – 4:07
  2. "Let It Flow" – 4:22
  3. "Breathe Again" – 4:17
  4. "Another Sad Love Song" – 4:55
US Cassette Single
  1. "You're Makin' Me High" (Radio Edit) – 4:07
  2. "Let It Flow" (Album Version) – 4:22
  3. "You're Makin' Me High" (Instrumental) – 4:07
  4. "Let It Flow" (Instrumental) – 4:22

Charts and certifications

Peak positions

Chart (1996) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart[2] 2
Canadian RPM Dance Chart[3] 1
Dutch Top 40[4] 13
European Hot 100 Singles[5] 30
German Singles Chart[6] 47
Irish Singles Chart[7] 21
New Zealand Singles Chart[8] 5
Swedish Singles Chart[2] 11
UK Singles Chart[9] 7
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[10] 1
U.S. Billboard Pop Songs[11] 6
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs[10] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[10] 1
Chart (1997) Peak
position
Canadian Singles Chart[10] 8

End of year charts

End of year chart (1996) Position
Canada Dance (RPM)[12] 20
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[13] 9
End of year chart (1997) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[14] 98

End of decade charts

Chart (1990-1999) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[15] 68

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[16] Platinum 70,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[17] Platinum 0*
UK[18] Silver 200,000
United States (RIAA)[19] Platinum 1,500,000[20]

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

See also

References

  1. ↑ Bologna, Caroline (August 27, 2015). "22 Sexy Songs That Give Female Masturbation The Love It Deserves". The Huffington Post. Retrieved October 13, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Toni Braxton – You're Makin' Me High – swisscharts.com". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
  3. ↑ Canadian Dance Chart peak
  4. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 35 – 1996". Top 40 (in Dutch). Retrieved 2009-10-20.
  5. ↑ "Chart Data: Toni Braxton". mariah-charts.com. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
  6. ↑ "Musicline.de – Toni Braxton – You're Makin' Me High". Musicline.de (in German). Retrieved 2008-10-11.
  7. ↑ "The Irish Charts". IRMA. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
  8. ↑ "charts.org.nz – Toni Braxton feat. Foxy Brown – You're Makin' Me High". charts.org.nz. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
  9. ↑ "Chart Stats – Toni Braxton – You're Makin' Me High". Chart Stats. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
  10. 1 2 3 4 "Secrets > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
  11. ↑
  12. ↑ Canada Top 50 Dance Tracks of 1996
  13. ↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 1996". Retrieved 2010-08-27.
  14. ↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 1997". Retrieved 2010-08-28.
  15. ↑ Geoff Mayfield (December 25, 1999). 1999 The Year in Music Totally '90s: Diary of a Decade - The listing of Top Pop Albums of the '90s & Hot 100 Singles of the '90s. Billboard. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
  16. ↑ Kent, David (2006). Australian Chart Book 1993-2005. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-45889-2.
  17. ↑ "New Zealand single certifications – Toni Braxton – You're Making Me High". Recorded Music NZ.
  18. ↑ UNSUPPORTED OR EMPTY REGION: UK.
  19. ↑ "American single certifications – Braxton, Toni – You%27re Makin%27 Me High". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH
  20. ↑ "Best-Selling Records of 1996". Billboard. BPI Communications Inc. 109 (3): 61. January 18, 1997. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
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