Damien Mendis from the magazine's RM Dance Update rated the song five out of five, writing, "Oh my gosh! The ever-reliable Babyface hooks up with Bryce Wilson of Groove Theory to create a definitive true R&B flave that'll leave you begging for more. In 2014, Anglo-American producer/DJ Secondcity sampled a part of the song's bridge for the main hook of his UK number-one single " I Wanna Feel".Īlan Jones from Music Week described "You're Makin' Me High" as "a nagging and surprisingly sprightly R&B workout", with Braxton's "exceptional" vocals and deemed it "an obvious hit". "You're Makin' Me High" was sampled for Method Man & Redman's 2001 song "Part II", from the How High soundtrack. The success of "You're Makin' Me High" would later be continued with the release of " Un-Break My Heart". The song earned Braxton her third Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance in 1997. A dancehall mix was also recorded featuring Jamaican dancehall DJ Mad Cobra. Another remix for urban markets was created featuring rapper Foxy Brown, called the "Groove Mix".
A remix by David Morales with re-recorded vocals allowed the single to also top the Dance Club Songs chart for two weeks in August 1996. "You're Makin' Me High" became Braxton's first number-one single on both the US Billboard Hot 100 and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts it remained on top for one week on the former and for two weeks on the latter, eventually going Platinum. The beat of the song was originally for singer-songwriter Brandy, with Dallas Austin pegged to write a lyric to override however, Braxton had Babyface write lyrics for the song. This mid-tempo song represents a joint collaboration between the Grammy Award-winning producer Babyface and Bryce Wilson, and was issued in the United States as a double A-side with " Let It Flow", the airplay hit from the 1995 film Waiting to Exhale. " You're Makin' Me High" is the lead single from American singer Toni Braxton's second studio album, Secrets (1996). Problems playing this file? See media help. Toni Braxton's "You're Makin' Me High" from Secrets
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