Sugarhigh
{{Short description|2002 song by Jade Anderson}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Sugarhigh
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| type = single
| artist = Jade Anderson
| album = Dive Deeper
| released = March 2002
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| length = *4:12 (original)
- 3:24 (radio edit)
| label = Columbia
| writer = * Jade Anderson
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| chronology = Jade Anderson
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| next_title = Sweetest Memories
| next_year = 2002
}}
"Sugarhigh" is a song by English singer-songwriter Jade Anderson from her album Dive Deeper. It was released in March 2002.
Background and composition
The song, written by Jade Anderson and Eg White, has a tempo of 98 beats per minute and is in the key of C sharp minor, switching to D minor later in the song.
"Sugarhigh," is the lead single off of Jade Anderson's only studio album Dive Deeper, as well as her first single and only charting single, entering the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks, peaking at number 96, in addition to the US Mainstream Top 40 and Dance Club Songs charts.{{cite magazine|title=Chart History: Jade Anderson|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/jade-anderson/chart-history|access-date=2 December 2002|magazine=Billboard}} It also achieved a peak of number 85 on the Dutch Singles Chart, on which it spent a total of four weeks.{{cite web|title=Sugarhigh - Jade Anderson|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Jade+Anderson&titel=Sugarhigh&cat=s|access-date=March 22, 2021|website=Dutch Charts}} Chuck Taylor of Billboard noted the song's "Spanish flavor that radiates warmth and charm, with a remarkably adept story about her love for a special guy," and deemed it "one of the most obvious breakout hits we've heard for Top 40 this year", concluding that Anderson was "a stone-solid bet for stardom".{{cite magazine|last1=Taylor|first1=Chuck|date=6 April 2002|title=Reviews & Previews – Singles: New & Noteworthy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oRAEAAAAMBAJ&q=Jade+Anderson|magazine=Billboard|volume=114|issue=14|page=21|access-date=2 December 2020}} In March 2002, Billboard reported that the song was "starting to make inroads at radio".{{cite magazine|last1=Flick|first1=Larry|date=March 23, 2002|title=Continental Drift|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dxAEAAAAMBAJ&dq=jade+anderson+dive+deeper&pg=PA17|magazine=Billboard|volume=114|issue=12|page=17|access-date=April 15, 2021}} It was also featured on the pop compilation Now That's What I Call Music! 10 and several other pop and dance compilations.{{cite web|last1=Erlewine|first1=Stephen Thomas|title=Review: Now That's What I Call Music! 10|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000660736|access-date=25 July 2021|website=Allmusic|publisher=RhythmOne}}{{cite web|last1=Jeffries|first1=David|title=Review: Everybody Dance Now! Remixed, Remodeled & Remade|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/everybody-dance-now%21-remixed-remodeled-amp-remade-mw0000149957|access-date=25 July 2021|website=Allmusic|publisher=RhythmOne}}{{cite web|last1=Monger|first1=James Christopher|title=Review: Fitmix: Walking|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/fitmix-walking-mw0000321704|access-date=25 July 2021|website=AllMusic|publisher=RhythmOne}}{{cite web|last1=Monger|first1=James Christopher|title=Review: Pop and Soul Divas [Box Set]|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/pop-and-soul-divas-box-set-mw0000662350|access-date=25 July 2021|website=AllMusic|publisher=RhythmOne}}
Jonathan Widran of AllMusic reviewed the album the single appeared on, Dive Deeper, along with the single itself, stating it has "solid production" and an "irresistible hook."{{cite web|last1=Widran|first1=Jonathan|title=Review: 'Dive Deeper' – Jade Anderson|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/dive-deeper-mw0000754507|access-date=2 December 2002|website=AllMusic}}
Charts
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! scope="col" |Chart (2002) ! scope="col" |Peak{{break}}position |
| scope="row" |Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)
|85 |
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| scope="row" |US Billboard Hot 100
|96 |
| scope="row" |US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)
|37 |