"Higher & Higher" is a song by The Blackout

The Blackout (band)

The Blackout is a post-hardcore band from Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, formed in 2003. After some time backing Lostprophets on their Liberation Transmission Tour, along with Dopamine, Covergirl, Kids In Glass Houses, The Guns and Men, Women and Children, they released their first mini-album The Blackout!...

, featuring Hyro Da Hero. It is the first single to be released from the band's third studio album Hope

Hope (The Blackout album)

- Personnel :* Sean Smith – vocals* Gavin Butler – vocals* James "Bob" Davies – guitar, backing vocals* Matthew Davies – guitar, backing vocals* Rhys Lewis – bass guitar* Gareth "Snoz" Lawrence – drums, backing vocals* Phillip Jenkins – drums...

, on 4 February 2011. BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...

's Zane Lowe

Zane Lowe

Zane Lowe also known as 'Zipper', is a radio DJ and television presenter. He was born in New Zealand and grew up in Auckland, where he was a presenter on the local music station Max TV, before moving to England...

 chose the single as his "Hottest record in the world" on 2 February and gave the song its first radio play. On March 28, 2011 it was re-released, this time with two b-sides, a 'Tek One Remix' and a Live recording from their Nottingham Show on the My Chemical Romance

My Chemical Romance

My Chemical Romance is an American alternative rock band from New Jersey, formed in 2001. The band consists of lead vocalist Gerard Way, guitarists Ray Toro and Frank Iero, and bassist Mikey Way and have a diverse sound incorporating elements of punk, emo, glam metal, and progressive rock...

 World Contamination Tour.

Tracklisting

Music video

The music video was directed by the music video team Sitcom Soldiers, who have previously worked with the bands Young Guns and You Me At Six. It features the band packing their equipment away into a van when a woman gets in the front and drives off. As she is driving off, the band's tour manager (played by British gymnast and free runner

Free running

Freerunning is a form of urban acrobatics in which participants, known as freerunners , use the city and rural landscape to perform movements through its structures...

 Damien Walter) comes out and notices the truck leaving so he engages in a chase through the streets of Manchester

Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...

. The band are seen playing throughout the song inside the van with Hyro Da Hero appearing on the side of the van for his rapping verse.

Chart performance

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Chart (2011)	Peak position
UK Rock Chart UK Rock Chart The UK Rock Chart usually refers to the Top 40 Rock Singles and the Top 40 Rock Albums Chart compiled by the Official Charts Company from physical record sales in British retail outlets with larger than average genrespecific sales....	4