You're Makin' Me High

"You're Makin' Me High"
US artwork (commercial CD maxi-single pictured)
Single by Toni Braxton
from the album Secrets
B-side "Let It Flow"
Released May 21, 1996
Format
Recorded 1996
Genre
Length 4:27
Label LaFace
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Toni Braxton singles chronology
"String Module Error: Match not found" / "String Module Error: Match not found"
(1994)		 "You're Makin' Me High" / "Let It Flow"
(1996)		 "Un-Break My Heart"
(1996)

"I Belong to You"/"How Many Ways"
(1994)		 "You're Makin' Me High"/"Let It Flow"
(1996)		 "Un-Break My Heart"
(1996)

"You're Makin' Me High" is the lead single from Toni Braxton's second studio album Secrets (1996). This mid-tempo song represents a joint collaboration between the Grammy Award-winning producer Babyface and Bryce Wilson, and was issued in the United States as a double A-side with "Let It Flow", the airplay hit from the 1995 film Waiting to Exhale. Caroline Bologna of The Huffington Post writes that the song is about masturbation.[1]

"You're Makin' Me High" became Braxton's first number-one single on both the US Billboard Hot 100 and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts; it remained on top for one week on the former and for two weeks on the latter, eventually going Platinum as rated by the Recording Industry Association of America. A remix by David Morales with re-recorded vocals allowed the single to also top the Dance Club Songs chart for two weeks in August 1996. Another remix for urban markets was created featuring rapper Foxy Brown, called the "Groove Mix".

The song earned Braxton her third Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance in 1997. The success of "You're Makin' Me High" would later be continued with the release of "Un-Break My Heart". "You're Makin' Me High" was sampled for Method Man & Redman's 2001 song "Part II", from the How High soundtrack. In 2014, Anglo-American producer/DJ Secondcity sampled a part of the song's bridge for the main hook of his UK number-one single "I Wanna Feel".

Music video

The music video, directed by Bille Woodruff, features Braxton and a group of friends (consisting of actresses Erika Alexander, Vivica A. Fox, and Tisha Campbell-Martin) enjoying themselves in luxurious surroundings. An elevator brings up a series of men, some very attractive and others amusingly unattractive. Braxton and her friends "judge" the men using oversized playing cards as score cards. Periodically, one of the women chooses a man to leave with. Braxton chooses Bryce Wilson, whom she dated at the time, and they are shown together in a bathtub of cotton candy and on a dance floor, with Braxton also shown wearing a white bodysuit.

Track listings and formats

European CD maxi single
  1. "You're Makin' Me High" (Radio Edit) – 4:07
  2. "You're Makin' Me High" (Album Version) – 4:26
  3. "You're Makin' Me High" (Morales Classic Edit) – 3:35
  4. "You're Makin' Me High" (Morales Classic Mix) – 9:41
UK CD 1
  1. "You're Makin' Me High" (Radio Edit) – 4:07
  2. "You're Makin' Me High" (T'empo's Radio Edit) – 4:05
  3. "You're Makin' Me High" (Dancehall Mix) – 4:52
  4. "You're Makin' Me High" (Groove Remix) – 4:34 - featuring Foxy Brown
  5. "You're Makin' Me High" (T'empo's Private Club Mix) - 8:50
  6. "You're Makin' Me High" (Morales Classic Mix) – 9:41
UK CD 2
  1. "You're Makin' Me High" (Radio Edit) – 4:07
  2. "Let It Flow" – 4:22
  3. "Breathe Again" – 4:17
  4. "Another Sad Love Song" – 4:55
US Cassette Single
  1. "You're Makin' Me High" (Radio Edit) – 4:07
  2. "Let It Flow" (Album Version) – 4:22
  3. "You're Makin' Me High" (Instrumental) – 4:07
  4. "Let It Flow" (Instrumental) – 4:22

Charts and certifications

See also

References

  1. ↑ Bologna, Caroline (August 27, 2015). "22 Sexy Songs That Give Female Masturbation The Love It Deserves". The Huffington Post. Retrieved October 13, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Toni Braxton – You're Makin' Me High". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 2018-06-27.
  3. ↑ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 9507." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
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  5. ↑ "Top RPM Dance/Urban: Issue 9931." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Euro Chart Hot 100" (PDF). Music & Media. August 17, 1996. p. 28. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Musicline.de – Toni Braxton Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH. Retrieved 2018-06-27.
  8. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – You're Makin' Me High". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 2018-06-27.
  9. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 35, 1996" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40 Retrieved 2018-06-27.
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  14. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Toni Braxton – You're Makin' Me High". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 2018-06-27.
  15. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2018-06-27.
  16. ↑ "Official R&B Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2018-06-27.
  17. ↑ "Toni Braxton Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-06-27.
  18. ↑ "Toni Braxton Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-06-27.
  19. ↑ "Toni Braxton Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-06-27.
  20. ↑ "Toni Braxton Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-06-27.
  21. ↑ "Toni Braxton Chart History (Rhythmic)". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-06-27.
  22. ↑ "RPM Year-End Top 100 Hit Tracks". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  23. ↑ "RPM Year-End Dance Top 50". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
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  25. ↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 1996". Retrieved 2010-08-27.
  26. ↑ "1996 Year End Chart: R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 2012-01-27.
  27. ↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 1997". Retrieved 2010-08-28.
  28. ↑ Geoff Mayfield (December 25, 1999). 1999 The Year in Music Totally '90s: Diary of a Decade - The listing of Top Pop Albums of the '90s & Hot 100 Singles of the '90s. Billboard. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
  29. ↑ Kent, David (2006). Australian Chart Book 1993-2005. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-45889-2.
  30. ↑ "New Zealand single certifications – Toni Braxton – You're Making Me High". Recorded Music NZ.
  31. ↑ "British single certifications – Toni Braxton – You're Making Me High". British Phonographic Industry.
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  33. ↑ "Best-Selling Records of 1996". Billboard. BPI Communications Inc. 109 (3): 61. January 18, 1997. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
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