Hundred Mile High City

"Hundred Mile High City" is a song by British rock band Ocean Colour Scene, taken as the first single from their 1997 album Marchin' Already. 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.

"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
GenreBritpop
Length3:58
LabelMCA
Songwriter(s)Simon Fowler, Steve Cradock, Oscar Harrison, Damon Minchella
Producer(s)Brendan Lynch
Ocean Colour Scene singles chronology
"The Circle"
(1996)		 "Hundred Mile High City"
(1997)		 "Travellers Tune"
(1997)

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

Charts

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[6] Silver 200,000

sales+streaming figures based on certification alone

"Hundred Mile High City" was used as the theme to the film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and the computer game Three Lions.[7]

References
  1. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Hundred Mile High City". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  2. "Dutchcharts.nl – Ocean Colour Scene – Hundred Mile High City" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  3. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  4. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  5. "Najlepsze single na UK Top 40-1997" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 4 June 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  6. "British single certifications – Ocean Colour Scene – Hundred Mile High City". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 17 May 2019. Select singles in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type Hundred Mile High City in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  7. "PC Review: Three Lions". ComputerAndVideoGames.com. August 13, 2001.
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