High Wire (song)

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{{Infobox song

| name = High Wire

| cover = Men_at Work-High_Wire.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Men at Work

| album = Cargo

| B-side = I Like To (Live)

| released = November 1983

| recorded = 1982

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Pop{{AllMusic |class=album |id= mw0000194853

|title= Men At Work - Cargo (1983) Review |last= Erlewine|first= Stephen Thomas|access-date= February 2, 2024}}

| length = 3:02

| label = Columbia

| writer = Colin Hay

| producer = Peter McLan

| prev_title = It's a Mistake

| prev_year = 1983

| next_title = Everything I Need

| next_year = 1985

}}

"High Wire" is a song by the Australian group Men at Work.{{cite encyclopedia|last=McFarlane |first=Ian |authorlink=Ian McFarlane |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop |title=Encyclopedia entry for 'Men at Work' |url=http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=482 |accessdate=29 March 2010 |year=1999 |publisher=Allen & Unwin |location=St Leonards, NSW |isbn=1-86508-072-1 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030513171104/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=482 |archivedate=13 May 2003 }} The song was written by Men at Work singer/guitarist Colin Hay{{cite web|publisher=Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) |title="High Wire" at APRA search engine |url=http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/worksearch.axd?q=High%20Wire |accessdate=29 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120910205335/http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/worksearch.axd?q=High%20Wire |archivedate=10 September 2012 }} and the recording was produced by Peter McIan. It was released in November 1983 as the fourth and final single from their album Cargo.

The song reached No. 89 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart and No. 23 on the US Rock Tracks chart.{{cite book | title = Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 | last = Kent | first = David | author-link = David Kent (historian) | publisher = Australian Chart Book Ltd | location = St Ives, NSW | year = 1993 | isbn = 0-646-11917-6 }} NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974.{{cite web | url = {{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p4894/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}} | title = Men at Work - Billboard Singles | publisher = AllMusic. Rovi Corporation | accessdate = 29 March 2010 }} AllMusic's Stephen Erlewine described it as a tight pop song.