"Sky High" is the name of a 1975 single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 by British pop music group, Jigsaw

Jigsaw (band)

Jigsaw were an English pop music group, fronted by the singer-songwriter duo of Clive Scott and Des Dyer. In Australia the group was called "British Jigsaw" due to the existence of a local band of the same name.-Overview:...

. The song, the main title theme to the film entitled The Man from Hong Kong

The Man from Hong Kong

The Man from Hong Kong, known in the U.S.A. as The Dragon Flies is a 1975 action film that was the first Australian-Hong Kong co-production being filmed in both nations. The film was also the first Australian martial arts film. It was produced by Raymond Chow and John Fraser, directed by Brian...

, was a world-wide hit in the latter part of 1975, reaching #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States

United States

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 and #9 in the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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Two years later the song gained more striking commercial success in Japan, peaking at the #2 on the Oricon

Oricon

, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...

 singles chart and selling approximately 570,000 copies. There are two versions of this song, the latter being almost three minutes longer. A remixed version of the original Jigsaw cut by PWL

PWL

Pete Waterman Entertainment is the production company one-time pop and dance record label owned by pop mogul Pete Waterman. The label, originally PWL, is most famous for being the home of hit record producers Stock Aitken Waterman....

 remixer Pete Hammond was a minor dance hit in the U.S. in the spring of 1989. On the 1975 Australian record it displayed "British Jigsaw" because there was an established and popular local band called "Jigsaw".

Cover and remix versions

British singer Newton

Newton (Billy Myers)

Newton is the stage name for the UK firefighter turned pop singer, Billy Myers .-Career:Newton scored a number of club and chart hits in the 1990s. His first hit "Sky High" was a cover of the 1975 hit by Jigsaw, that was produced by Mike Stock and Matt Aitken. His other club hits were remakes and...

 recorded "Sky High" in the mid 1990s. His cover version produced by Mike Stock and Matt Aitken became a hit, reaching the top-ten on the Australian charts.

Japanese

Japanese people

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 rockband Beat Crusaders

Beat Crusaders

were a Japanese rock band. During all promotional appearances, their faces are masked by drawings resembling themselves as printed by a dot-matrix printer.-History:...

 also covered the song on their 2005 album Musicrusaders.

Italian record label The SAIFAM Group produced a cover version in 2000 under the artist name of DJ Miko

DJ Miko

DJ Miko is an Italian DJ. He had a hit with a cover of Four Non Blondes's "What's Up" in 1994, one year after the original...

. This was available from SAIFAM on vinyl and compilation CD, and also on compilation CD from UK record label Klone Records. DJ Miko further remixed this version for the 2002 Dancemania

Dancemania

Dancemania is a series of remix compilation albums by i-DANCE. The series deals primarily with dance music, especially eurodance. Despite its tracks have been made by various musicians from all over the world mainly from the European continent, the albums have been released exclusively in Japan.The...

 compilation Speed 8

Dancemania Speed

Dancemania Speed is a sub-series of Toshiba EMI's Dancemania compilation series. This series features faster, further remixed versions of recordings from previously released Dancemania albums or faster remixed covers of various famous songs...

. A remix of this DJ Miko version was later produced by DJ Kaya, which appeared on Dancemanias Covers 01

Dancemania Covers

Dancemania Covers is a sub-series of the Dancemania compilation series, with various famous songs remixed and covered by various dance music acts.-Dancemania Covers:Dancemania Covers was released on July 16, 1997.-Dancemania Covers 2:...

 and TRE*SURE 10th Anniversary Special Edition in 2006.

UK record label Almighty Records

Almighty Records

Almighty Records is a British recording label and remix production team founded in 1989, releasing their first single in the same year. Producing mainly Dance-Pop and Hi-NRG music, the label is best known for releasing remakes and remixes of mainstream pop songs...

 produced a remix of the original Jigsaw track in 2006. This featured on their Almighty Definitive 4 compilation album in 2006.

US rap group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony

Bone Thugs-n-Harmony

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony is an American Hip-Hop/R'n'B band from Cleveland, Ohio formed in 1991. It originally consisted of rappers Layzie Bone, Flesh-n-Bone, Bizzy Bone, Krayzie Bone, and Wish Bone. Rapper Eazy-E of the group N.W.A signed Bone Thugs-N-Harmony to Ruthless Records in 1994, when Bone...

 sampled "Sky High" on their song "Flow Motion" from their Strength & Loyalty

Strength & Loyalty

-Samples:- Unreleased songs :*"Bone Thugs Boys" *"Certified Thugs" *"Come With Me"...

 CD in 2007.

Jigsaw version

Charts (1975-77)	Peak position
Japanese Oricon International Singles Chart Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...	1
Japanese Oricon Singles Chart	2
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	3
U.S. Billboard AC Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks The Adult Contemporary chart is a weekly chart published in Billboard magazine that lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary and "lite-pop" radio stations in the United States...	4
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	9
Swedish Singles Chart	15

Newton version

Charts (1995)	Peak position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart	8
Belgium Ultratop Ultratop Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts... Singles Chart	40
UK Singles Chart	56