High Time (song)

"High Time" is the third and final single from the 1983 album, Kilroy Was Here, by Styx. It reached number 48 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.[2] In a 2009 interview, Dennis DeYoung revealed that "High Time" was released as the third single at the last minute by A&M Records. An expensive video for "Haven't We Been Here Before" was created prior to Shaw's issues and never was shown on MTV. Instead, Shaw wanted a live version of "Cold War" to be the third single. A&M Records finally released "High Time" as the single, with little promotion and no video. Its relative poor performance killed momentum on the "Kilroy" album.

For the song by Waylon Jennings, see High Time (You Quit Your Lowdown Ways).
"High Time"
Single by Styx
from the album Kilroy Was Here
B-side"Double Life"
ReleasedAugust 1983 (US) [1]
Recorded1982
GenrePop, rock
Length
  • 4:28
LabelA&M
Songwriter(s)Dennis DeYoung
Producer(s)Styx
Styx singles chronology
"Don't Let It End"
(1983)		 "High Time"
(1983)		 "Music Time"
(1984)

Cash Box called it a "preachy condemnation of morality mongers" and a "strong defense of freedom of expression."[3]

References
  1. "Styx singles".
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications)
  3. "Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. August 13, 1983. pp. 10–11. Retrieved 2022-07-20.



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