Most High (song)

"Most High" is a song by English rock duo Jimmy Page and Robert Plant from their only studio album, Walking into Clarksdale (1998). The song features a keyboard overdub by Tim Whelan of Transglobal Underground, played in a quarter-tone to mimic Moroccan trance.^[1]

"Most High"
Single by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant
from the album Walking into Clarksdale
B-side	"The Window" "Upon a Golden Horse"
Released	30 March 1998 (1998-3-30)
Studio	Abbey Road (London, England)
Genre	Hard rock
Length	5:36
Label	Mercury Atlantic (North America)
Songwriter(s)	Jimmy Page Robert Plant Charlie Jones Michael Lee
Producer(s)	Jimmy Page Robert Plant
Jimmy Page and Robert Plant singles chronology
"Gallows Pole" (1994) "Most High" (1998) "Shining in the Light" (1998)

Release and reception

Issued as a single in the United Kingdom and the United States on 30 March 1998,^[2][3] "Most High" reached No. 1 on the US Billboard Mainstream Rock chart, No. 26 on the UK Singles Chart, and No. 88 on the Australian Singles Chart.^[4][5][6] In 1999, the song won Page and Plant the Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance.^[7]

B-side "The Window" was one of two known original songs from the sessions to not make the album, the other being "Whiskey from the Glass", included as a bonus on some editions of the album.^[8]

Music video

The music video for "Most High" was directed by Italian-Canadian photographer and director Floria Sigismondi.^[9][10] It was included as a bonus feature on the DVD release of No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded. The video, featuring visual references to the religious themes of the song's lyrics, depicts Jimmy Page and Robert Plant as prisoners in a numbered cell block, with other cells holding a series of mutated creatures practicing dark magic.^[11]

Track listings

UK, Australasian, and Japanese CD single^[12][13]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Most High"		4:25
2.	"Upon a Golden Horse"		3:57
3.	"The Window"	Page Plant Jones Lee Phil Andrews	6:05

All tracks are written by Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, Charlie Jones, and Michael Lee except where noted

UK 7-inch single and European CD single^[14][15]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Most High"		4:25
2.	"The Window"	Page Plant Jones Lee Andrews	6:05

Credits and personnel

Credits are adapted from the Walking into Clarksdale album booklet.^[16]

Studio

• Recorded, mixed, and mastered at Abbey Road Studios (London, England)

Personnel

• Jimmy Page – writing, guitar, production
• Robert Plant – writing, vocals, production
• Charlie Jones – writing, bass
• Michael Lee – writing, drums
• Ed Shearmur – string pad, programming
• Tim Whelan – Oriental keyboard
• Steve Albini – recording, mixing
• Paul Hicks – studio assistant

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1998) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[6] 88 Canada Top Singles (RPM)[17] 58 Canada Rock/Alternative (RPM)[18] 8 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[19] 87 Scotland (OCC)[20] 19 UK Singles (OCC)[5] 26 US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[4] 1

Year-end charts Chart (1998) Position US Mainstream Rock Tracks (Billboard)[21] 29

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.
United Kingdom	30 March 1998	7-inch vinyl CD	Mercury	[2]
United States		Radio	Atlantic	[3]
Japan	29 April 1998	CD	Mercury	[22]