The_Tide_Is_High_(Get_the_Feeling)

The Tide Is High

The Tide Is High

1967 single by the Paragons


"The Tide Is High" is a 1967 rocksteady song written by John Holt, originally produced by Duke Reid and performed by the Jamaican group the Paragons, with Holt as lead singer. The song gained international attention in 1980, when a cover version by the American band Blondie became a US and UK number one hit.[2] The song topped the UK Singles Chart again in 2002 with a version by the British girl group Atomic Kitten, while Canadian rapper Kardinal Offishall had a minor hit with his interpretation in 2008.

Quick Facts Single by, from the album On the Beach ...

The Paragons version

"The Tide Is High" was written by John Holt and originally recorded by the Paragons (the rocksteady vocal trio of which he was a member), and accompanied by Tommy McCook and the Supersonic Band. It was produced by Duke Reid and released as a 7-inch single on Reid's Treasure Isle and Trojan labels and as the B-side of the single "Only a Smile".[3]

The song features the violin of "White Rum" Raymond,[4] and was popular in Jamaica as well as in the UK when a deejay version by U-Roy was released in 1971. Both tracks from the single were included on the 1970 collection On the Beach.

Track list

  1. "Only a Smile"
  2. "The Tide Is High" – 2:53

Blondie version

Quick Facts Single by Blondie, from the album Autoamerican ...

"The Tide Is High" was covered by the American new wave band Blondie in 1980, in a reggae style that included horns and strings. It was released as the lead single from the band's fifth studio album, Autoamerican (1980), giving Blondie their third number one single on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and their fifth in the UK (where it became Blondie's last British number one for 18 years, until "Maria" in February 1999). The track also reached number one in Canada and New Zealand, and was a Top 5 hit on many European charts as well as in countries including Australia and South Africa. The B-side was "Susie and Jeffrey", which appeared as a bonus track on the original 1980 cassette edition of the Autoamerican album, and was also included on EMI-Capitol's re-issue of Autoamerican in 2001.[11]

Billboard said that "The instrumental break is catchy while the track sways to a lyrical beat."[12] Record World called it a "surprising and pleasing reggae track."[13]

Video

The music Video for "The Tide Is High" starts off with all the male members of the band standing on a sidewalk looking up at the top of a building, with one of them puffing at a cigarette. Debbie Harry appears inside that building, on a room in the upper floor. Debbie is standing between a corner and a window, which changes from showing the outside of the city to a set of footage showing images of fish underwater. That scene cuts to a moving picture of Debbie being watched by a Darth Vader like creature in a similar screen, while water is seeping in and Debbie is wiping it up. Later on Debbie is out of the building, comes around the corner and meets the rest of the band, and they start to walk down the street. Later the video cuts to a rocket launching and a group of people watching the lift-off as the rocket shoots into space. At the end, the band shows up to the studio with the strange creature who was watching them. The creature turns around to Debbie and reveals its identity, which consists in a duck-like mask parody of Vader's original visage.

An alternate video for the song was made with the same opening, showing the male members looking up at the skyscraper. Then a freeze frame cuts to the cover art of the Autoamerican album cover, which later cuts to freeze frames of previous/other song videos by Blondie.

Versions

Official remixes of the Blondie version have been issued twice; first by Coldcut in 1988 on the Blondie/Debbie Harry remix compilation Once More into the Bleach, and the second time in 1995 by Pete Arden and Vinny Vero on the album Remixed Remade Remodeled: The Remix Project (UK edition: Beautiful: The Remix Album).

Blondie re-recorded the song for the 2014 compilation album Greatest Hits Deluxe Redux. The compilation was part of a 2-disc set called Blondie 4(0) Ever, which included their tenth studio album Ghosts of Download, and marked the 40th anniversary of the band's formation.

Accolades

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Track listings

7-inch

  1. "The Tide Is High" (7-inch edit) – 3:54
  2. "Suzy & Jeffrey" – 4:09

US 7-inch (Chrysalis Classics Re-Issue)

  1. "The Tide Is High" (7-inch edit) – 3:54
  2. "Rapture" – 4:59

US 7-inch (Collectables Record Corp. COL 6115)

  1. "The Tide Is High"
  2. "Heart of Glass"

Charts

More information Chart (1980–1981), Peak position ...

Certifications

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Papa Dee version

Quick Facts Single by Papa Dee, from the album ...

In 1996, Papa Dee covered the song on his album The Journey. It was released on both CD single and CD maxi formats.

Track listings

CD single

  1. "The Tide Is High (On The Beach – Original Version)" – 3:43
  2. "The Tide Is High (Radio Version 1996)" – 3:40

CD maxi

  1. "The Tide Is High (On The Beach – Original Version)" – 3:43
  2. "The Tide Is High (5 Gramme Remix)" – 5:17
  3. "The Tide Is High (Extended Version)" – 5:51
  4. "Great Money Spender"" – 4:08

Charts

More information Charts (1996), Peak position ...

Atomic Kitten version

Quick Facts Single by Atomic Kitten, from the album Feels So Good ...

British girl group Atomic Kitten covered "The Tide Is High" and released it as the second single from their second studio album, Feels So Good (2002), on 26 August 2002. Their version of the song also added a new bridge co-written by Howard Barrett, Tyrone Evans and the song's producers Bill Padley and Jem Godfrey, hence the subtitle "Get the Feeling". The song was regularly played on Radio Disney in the United States from 2002 to 2004 and again in 2021.[citation needed] It was used during the opening credits of The Lizzie McGuire Movie and was also used for a TV commercial featuring Japanese beer company Asahi Breweries. This was the group's third and final UK number one single. This version of "The Tide Is High" was selected by The Daily Telegraph writer David Cheal as one of his "Top five awful cover versions" in 2002, describing it as "a ghastly, sickly confection that has none of the wistfulness or soulfulness of either Blondie's version or the Paragons' original".[48]

The group performed the track for the first time ever with the original line-up for their 2012 reformation on The Big Reunion, with Kerry Katona performing Jenny Frost's vocals.

Chart performance

Atomic Kitten's version of the song proved successful on the charts, selling over 1.5 million copies worldwide. It spent three weeks at number one in the United Kingdom (selling 145,000 copies in the first week; it was eventually certified Platinum and has sold over 600,000 copies), and is the group's third and final UK number one. The track also topped the charts in Ireland and New Zealand, and was a Top 5 hit in many other countries, including Australia, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and Turkey amongst others.

Music video

The music video is Atomic Kitten's most famous due to band member Natasha Hamilton being noticeably pregnant at the time. The video begins with the group walking in front of a flashing rainbow. Whenever the chorus of the song is heard, a dance accompanies it. Hamilton, Liz McClarnon and Jenny Frost choreographed a simplistic dance that they would also perform during live shows. Four men are seen dancing alongside the women with slightly different moves.

A sign that reads "Atomic" can be seen flashing throughout the video (and on clips on the "behind the scenes" version showing one girl dancing and three girls dancing). Each group member has a different set for their solo. McClarnon is next to a silver tree, with a purple background and a repeating pattern of the same tree that she is dancing beside. Frost is next to a car while Hamilton is seen in a pink-coloured room with "number 1" signs. At the song's bridge, the three women are seen dancing near fluorescent purple lights.

Spanish version

Atomic Kitten also recorded a Spanish version of the single, titled "Ser tu pasión". It was released in Colombia, Mexico and Spain, but failed to chart. However, the song promoted Atomic Kitten's second studio album Feels So Good in Mexico, and as a result, the album peaked at number 69 on the charts there; it was also included on the Spanish version of Atomic Kitten's Greatest Hits album.

Track listings

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the Feels So Good album booklet.[54]

Studios

  • Recorded and mixed at Wise Buddah Music Studios (London, England)
  • Mastered at Sony Music Studios (London, England)

Personnel

  • John Holt – writing
  • Tyrone Evans – writing
  • Howard Barrett – writing
  • Bill Padley – writing, all instruments, programming, production, arrangement
  • Jem Godfrey – writing, all instruments, programming, production, arrangement
  • Carrie Grant – additional vocal production
  • John Davis – mastering
  • Chris Potter – mastering

Charts

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Certifications

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Release history

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Kardinal Offishall version

Quick Facts "Numba 1 (Tide Is High)", from the album Not 4 Sale ...

"Numba 1 (Tide Is High)" is a 2008 version of the song, performed by Canadian rapper Kardinal Offishall (featuring Keri Hilson). Produced by Supa Dups, the song – a percussive, dancehall-infused hip hop update – was released in September 2008 as the fourth single from Offishall's fourth album Not 4 Sale.[101] It was released on iTunes on 14 October 2008. In March 2010, the single was certified Gold by the CRIA.[102]

In Canada, a version featured Rihanna was released on 12 October 2008 and peaked at number 38.[citation needed] In Latin America a version featured Nicole Scherzinger was released in November.[citation needed]

Music video

The music video premiered on 24 October 2008 at Yahoo! Music.[103] It was directed by Gil Green, with Akon making a cameo appearance.[104] The song "Nina" is featured at the end of the video.

Track list

  • Digital download / 12-inch maxi-single[105]
  1. "Numba 1 (Tide Is High)" (featuring Keri Hilson) – 3:40
  2. "Numba 1 (Tide Is High)" (featuring Keri Hilson) [Moto Blanco Club Mix] – 6:55
  • Canadian CD single
  1. "Numba 1 (Tide Is High)" (featuring Rihanna) – 3:44
  • Latin America CD single
  1. "Numba 1 (Tide Is High)" (featuring Nicole Scherzinger) – 3:39

Charts

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Certifications

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See also


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