High Enough
1990 single by Damn Yankees
title: "High Enough" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1990-songs", "1990-singles", "damn-yankees-(band)-songs", "1990s-ballads", "glam-metal-ballads", "song-recordings-produced-by-ron-nevison", "songs-written-by-ted-nugent", "songs-written-by-jack-blades", "songs-written-by-tommy-shaw", "warner-records-singles"] description: "1990 single by Damn Yankees" topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Enough" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary 1990 single by Damn Yankees ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox song"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | High Enough |
| cover | High Enough Cassingle.jpg |
| caption | US commercial cassette single |
| type | single |
| artist | Damn Yankees |
| album | Damn Yankees |
| B-side | Piledriver |
| released | September 22, 1990 |
| genre | Glam metal |
| label | Warner Bros. |
| writer | Tommy Shaw, Jack Blades, Ted Nugent |
| producer | Ron Nevison |
| prev_title | Coming of Age |
| prev_year | 1990 |
| next_title | Come Again |
| next_year | 1991 |
| :: |
::callout[type=note] the song by Damn Yankees ::
| name = High Enough | cover = High Enough Cassingle.jpg | alt = | caption = US commercial cassette single | type = single | artist = Damn Yankees | album = Damn Yankees | B-side = Piledriver | released = September 22, 1990 | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Glam metal | length =
- 4:45 (album version)
- 4:17 (single version) | label = Warner Bros. | writer = Tommy Shaw, Jack Blades, Ted Nugent | producer = Ron Nevison | prev_title = Coming of Age | prev_year = 1990 | next_title = Come Again | next_year = 1991 "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 No. 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
- "High Enough" (single version) – 4:17
- "Piledriver" (album version) – 4:18
12-inch and CD single
- "High Enough" (LP version) – 4:43
- "Piledriver" (LP version) – 4:18
- "Bonestripper" – 4:22
Personnel
Damn Yankees
- Tommy Shaw: lead and backing vocals, acoustic and rhythm guitar
- Ted Nugent: lead guitar, backing and harmony vocals
- Jack Blades: lead and backing vocals, bass
- Michael Cartellone: drums, percussion
Additional personnel
- Alan Pasqua: Keyboards
- Jimmie Haskell: string arrangements
- Neverleave Brothers: backing vocals
Charts
Weekly charts
::data[format=table] | Chart (1990–1991) | Peak position | Australia (ARIA) | US Billboard Hot 100 | US Album Rock Tracks (Billboard) | |---|---|---|---|---| | 57 | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | 2 | | | | | ::
Year-end charts
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| Chart (1990) | Position | US Album Rock Tracks (Billboard) |
|---|---|---|
| 47 | ||
| :: |
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| Chart (1991) | Position | US Billboard Hot 100 |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | ||
| :: |
Certifications
References
References
- Bowar, Chad. "Best 20 Hair Metal Ballads of the '80s and '90s".
- "High Enough Song Facts". Songfacts.
- (1990). "High Enough". [[Warner Records.
- (1990). "High Enough". Warner Bros. Records.
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- Ryan, Gavin. (2011). "Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010". Moonlight Publishing.
- (January 12, 1991). "Billboard Hot 100".
- (October 27, 1990). "Mainstream Rock Airplay".
- (December 22, 1990). "The Year in Music 1990: Top Album Rock Tracks".
- "Billboard Top 100 – 1991".
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