Hundred Mile High City
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". "Hundred Mile High City" is a song by British rock band Ocean Colour Scene, taken as the first single from their third studio album, Marchin' Already (1997). The song was released in 1997 and reached number four on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the band's joint most-successful single on the UK Singles Chart and their second-most successful in terms of number of weeks spent in the top 75, staying in for seven weeks. It was also their first single to chart in Ireland and the Netherlands, peaking at numbers 15 and 98, respectively.
In 1998, "Hundred Mile High City" appeared on the soundtrack to the black comedy crime film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. After the film premiered in the United States the following year, the song was added to several US alternative radio stations in mid-March 1999.
Track listings
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UK CD single[1]
UK 7-inch and cassette single[2][3]
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European CD single[4]
Japanese CD single[5]
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Personnel
Personnel are taken from the UK CD single liner notes and the Marchin' Already album booklet.[1][6]
- Ocean Colour Scene – writing, production, recording, mixing, engineering
- Simon Fowler – vocals, guitar
- Steve Cradock – guitar, piano
- Damon Minchella – bass guitar
- Oscar Harrison – drums
- Brendan Lynch – production, recording, mixing, engineering
- Martyn "Max" Heyes – production, engineering
Charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
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Release history
| Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
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| United Kingdom | 16 June 1997 | Template:Hlist | MCA | [12] |
| Japan | 21 August 1997 | CD | Universal | [13] |
| United States | 13 March 1999 | Alternative radio | MCA | [14] |
In popular culture
"Hundred Mile High City" was used as the theme to the film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and the computer game Three Lions.[15][16]
References
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- ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Hundred Mile High City". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
- ↑ "Script error: No such module "WLink".&titel=Script error: No such module "WLink".&cat=s Ocean Colour Scene – Hundred Mile High City" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ↑ Template:Digits/41/ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ↑ Template:Digits/7501/ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
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- Single chart usages for Scotland
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- Single chart usages for UK
- Ocean Colour Scene songs
- 1997 singles
- 1997 songs
- MCA Records singles
- Song recordings produced by Brendan Lynch (music producer)
- Songs written by Damon Minchella
- Songs written by Oscar Harrison
- Songs written by Simon Fowler
- Songs written by Steve Cradock