" High Enough" is a song by American supergroup Damn Yankees from their self-titled debut album. A power ballad, it is their most successful single in terms of chart position and sales, rising to 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, the group's first (and only) top-ten pop single. It also reached No. 2 on the US Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The success of "High Enough" helped send its parent album into the top 20 on the US albums chart.
Background
According to songwriter and co-lead vocalist
Jack Blades:
Music video
The
music video was filmed on location in River Ridge, Louisiana, and depicts a young drifter and his girlfriend who commit a series of robberies. However, their last one appears to have far more serious consequences as they become the targets of a manhunt by the local police. It is implied, but not specifically shown, that the drifter may have committed
murder. The girlfriend is captured, but the drifter escapes and is cornered in his home by the police, who shoot the house full of bullets. The police invade the house, but the drifter's fate is unclear (possibly died during the gunfire). The girlfriend is given the death penalty and at the video's slowing end is being read her
last rites by a priest while she is being led out of her cell to the execution chamber. As the video ends, the priest is revealed to be
Ted Nugent.
Track listings
7-inch and cassette single
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"High Enough" (single version) – 4:17
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"Piledriver" (album version) – 4:18
12-inch and CD single
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"High Enough" (LP version) – 4:43
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"Piledriver" (LP version) – 4:18
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"Bonestripper" – 4:22
Personnel
Damn Yankees
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Tommy Shaw: lead and backing vocals, acoustic and rhythm guitar
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Ted Nugent: lead guitar, backing and harmony vocals
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Jack Blades: lead and backing vocals, bass
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Michael Cartellone: drums, percussion
Additional personnel
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Alan Pasqua: Keyboards
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Jimmie Haskell: string arrangements
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Neverleave Brothers: backing vocals
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
