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Hundred Mile High City
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Wikipedia article
"'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
'UK CD single'
# "Hundred Mile High City"
# "The Face Smiles Back Easily"
# "Falling to the Floor"
# "Hello Monday"
'UK 7-inch and cassette single'
:A. "Hundred Mile High City"
:B. "The Face Smiles Back Easily"
'European CD single'
# "Hundred Mile High City"
# "Hello Monday"
'Japanese CD single'
# "Hundred Mile High City"
# "Travellers Tune"
# "Falling to the Floor"
# "Hello Monday"
Personnel
Personnel are taken from the UK CD single liner notes and the 'Marchin' Already' album booklet.
* 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
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
Release history
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'.
References
Category:Ocean Colour Scene songs
Category:1997 singles
Category:1997 songs
Category:MCA Records singles
Category:Song recordings produced by Brendan Lynch (music producer)
Category:Songs written by Damon Minchella
Category:Songs written by Oscar Harrison
Category:Songs written by Simon Fowler
Category:Songs written by Steve Cradock
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