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1997 single by Ocean Colour Scene
"Hundred Mile High City"
Single by Ocean Colour Scene
from the album Marchin' Already
B-side"The Face Smiles Back Easily", "Falling to the Floor", "Hello Monday"
Released16 June 1997 (1997-06-16)
Length3:58
LabelMCA
Songwriter(s)Ocean Colour Scene
Producer(s)Brendan Lynch, Martyn "Max" Heyes, Ocean Colour Scene
Ocean Colour Scene singles chronology
"The Circle"
(1996) 		"Hundred Mile High City"
(1997) 		"Travellers Tune"
(1997)

"Hundred Mile High City" is a song by British rock band Ocean Colour Scene, taken as the first single from their third studio album, Marchin' Already (1997). The song was released in 1997 and reached number four on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the band's joint most-successful single on the UK Singles Chart and their second-most successful in terms of number of weeks spent in the top 75, staying in for seven weeks. It was also their first single to chart in Ireland and the Netherlands, peaking at numbers 15 and 98, respectively.

In 1998, "Hundred Mile High City" appeared on the soundtrack to the black comedy crime film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. After the film premiered in the United States the following year, the song was added to several US alternative radio stations in mid-March 1999.

Track listings

UK CD single

  1. "Hundred Mile High City"
  2. "The Face Smiles Back Easily"
  3. "Falling to the Floor"
  4. "Hello Monday"

UK 7-inch and cassette single

A. "Hundred Mile High City"
B. "The Face Smiles Back Easily"

European CD single

  1. "Hundred Mile High City"
  2. "Hello Monday"

Japanese CD single

  1. "Hundred Mile High City"
  2. "Travellers Tune"
  3. "Falling to the Floor"
  4. "Hello Monday"

Personnel

Personnel are taken from the UK CD single liner notes and the Marchin' Already album booklet.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1997) Peak
position
Ireland (IRMA) 15
Netherlands (Single Top 100) 98
Scotland (OCC) 3
UK Singles (OCC) 4

Year-end charts

Chart (1997) Position
UK Singles (OCC) 118

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) Silver 200,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United Kingdom 16 June 1997
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
 MCA
Japan 21 August 1997 CD Universal
United States 13 March 1999 Alternative radio MCA

In popular culture

"Hundred Mile High City" was used as the theme to the film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and the computer game Three Lions.

References

  1. ^ Hundred Mile High City (UK CD single liner notes). Ocean Colour Scene. MCA Records. 1997. MCSTD 40133.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. Hundred Mile High City (UK 7-inch single sleeve). Ocean Colour Scene. MCA Records. 1997. MCS 40133.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. Hundred Mile High City (UK cassette single sleeve). Ocean Colour Scene. MCA Records. 1997. MCSC 40133.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. Hundred Mile High City (European CD single liner notes). Ocean Colour Scene. MCA Records. 1997. mcd 40140.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. Hundred Mile High City (Japanese CD single liner notes). Ocean Colour Scene. Universal. 1997. MVCE-12004.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. Marchin' Already (UK CD album booklet). Ocean Colour Scene. MCA Records. 1997. MCD 60048.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Hundred Mile High City". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  8. "Ocean Colour Scene – Hundred Mile High City" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  9. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  10. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  11. "Najlepsze single na UK Top 40–1997" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 4 June 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  12. "British single certifications – Ocean Colour Scene – Hundred Mile High City". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  13. "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 14 June 1997. p. 43. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  14. "ハンドレッド・マイル・ハイ・シティ | オーシャン・カラー・シーン" [Hundred Mule High City | Ocean Colour Scene] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  15. "Ocean Colour Scene: 'Hundred Mile High City'". Radio & Records. No. 1290. 12 March 1999. p. 133.
  16. "Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]: Original Soundtrack". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  17. "PC Review: Three Lions". ComputerAndVideoGames.com. August 13, 2001.
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