Hangin' High 'n' Dry
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Hangin' High 'N' Dry is a single
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

, released in 1988 by Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 glam metal
Glam metal
Glam metal is a subgenre of hard rock and heavy metal that arose in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the United States, particularly on the Los Angeles Sunset Strip music scene...

 band Brighton Rock
Brighton Rock (band)
Brighton Rock are a Canadian glam metal band who released three albums in their home country during the 1980s and 90s. They broke up in 1991 before reuniting and releasing a live album in 2002.-Biography:...

. The song appears on their 1988 album Take a Deep Breath
Take a Deep Breath (Brighton Rock album)
Take a Deep Breath is the second full length album by Canadian glam metal band, Brighton Rock. The album was released in 1988. Take a Deep Breath is Brighton Rock's most commercially successful album, peaking at #22 on the Canadian album chart...

. The song managed to chart at #77 on the Canadian singles chart and #22 on the Cancon singles chart.

Music video

The video is mostly a performance video, but also features some clips of the band backstage or on tour. The video was shot in black-and-white
Black-and-white
Black-and-white, often abbreviated B/W or B&W, is a term referring to a number of monochrome forms in visual arts.Black-and-white as a description is also something of a misnomer, for in addition to black and white, most of these media included varying shades of gray...

 with a bit of colour on certain objects such as jackets.

Band

  • Gerry McGhee
    Gerry McGhee
    Gerry McGhee is a Scottish singer who is most famous for singing for the Canadian glam metal band Brighton Rock. He later went on to own a music distributor called Isotope Music Inc. based out of Burlington, Ontario....

    - Vocals
  • Greg Fraser – Guitar
  • Steve Skreebs - Bass guitar
  • Johnny Rogers - Keyboards
  • Mark Cavarzan - Drums

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