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High Hopes by Panic! At The Disco

Artist Biography For Panic! At The Disco

Panic! At The Disco Was An American Pop Rock Band From Las Vegas Nevada Formed In 2004 By Childhood Friends Ryan Ross Spencer Smith Brent Wilson And Brendon Urie. Following Several Lineup Changes Panic! Began Operating As The Solo Project Of Frontman Urie From 2015 Until The Project's Discontinuation In 2023. Panic! At The Disco Recorded Their First Demos While They Were In High School. Shortly After The Band Recorded And Released Their Debut Studio Album A Fever You Can't Sweat Out 2005 . Popularized By The Second Single "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" The Album Was Certified Triple Platinum In The US. In 2006 Founding Bassist Brent Wilson Was Fired From The Band During An Extensive World Tour And Subsequently Replaced By Jon Walker. The Band's Second Album Pretty. Odd. 2008 Was Preceded By The Single "Nine In The Afternoon". That Album Marked A Significant Departure From The Sound Of The Band's Debut. In 2009 Ross And Walker Formed A New Band The Young Veins Leaving Urie And Smith As The Sole Remaining Members Of Panic! At The Disco. Continuing As A Duo Urie And Smith Released A New Single "New Perspective" For The Movie Jennifer's Body And Recruited Bassist Dallon Weekes And Guitarist Ian Crawford As Touring Musicians For Live Performances. Weekes Was Later Inducted Into The Band's Lineup As A Full-Time Member In 2010. The Band's Third Studio Album Vices & Virtues 2011 Was Recorded Solely By Urie And Smith In 2010 Produced By John Feldmann And Butch Walker. Crawford Departed Once The Tour Cycle For Vices & Virtues Ended In 2012. As A Three-Piece Urie Smith And Weekes Recorded And Released The Band's Fourth Studio Album Too Weird To Live Too Rare To Die! In 2013. Prior To The Release Of The Album Smith Unofficially Left The Band Due To Health And Drug-Related Issues Leaving Urie And Weekes As The Remaining Members. The Duo Recruited Guitarist Kenneth Harris And Drummer Dan Pawlovich As Touring Musicians For Live Performances. In 2015 Smith Officially Left The Band After Not Performing Live With Them Since His Departure In 2013. Shortly Thereafter Weekes Reverted To Being A Touring Member Once Again Resulting In Panic! Becoming Urie's Solo Project. In April 2015 "Hallelujah" Was Released As The First Single From Panic! At The Disco's Fifth Studio Album Death Of A Bachelor 2016 . In December 2017 Weekes Officially Announced His Departure From The Band. In March 2018 Panic! At The Disco Released "Say Amen Saturday Night " The Lead Single From Its Sixth Studio Album Pray For The Wicked 2018 Which Was Released In June. Panic! At The Disco's Seventh Studio Album Viva Las Vengeance Was Released On August 19 2022. On January 24 2023 Urie Officially Announced That Panic! At The Disco Would Be Disbanding Following The Conclusion Of The Viva Las Vengeance Tour.

Frogtoon Music - Song Info: High Hopes

"High Hopes" Is The Second Single From Panic! At The Disco's Sixth Studio Album Pray For The Wicked. It Became The Band's Highest Charting Song In The US Reaching #4 And Surpassing "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" Which Peaked At #7 In 2006. It Also Broke The Record For Most Weeks Atop The Hot Rock Songs Chart At 65 Weeks. As Of 2022 "High Hopes" Has Been Certified 5x Platinum In The US. "High Hopes" Was Written And Produced By Jake Sinclair And Jonas Jeberg And Co-Written By Brendon Urie Jenny Owen Youngs Lauren Pritchard Sam Hollander William Lobban-Bean Taylor Parks And Ilsey Juber With Additional Production By Jonny Coffer. Jeberg Parks Juber And Lobban-Bean Began Writing The Song At A BMI Writing Camp In Aspen Colorado In 2015. When The Four Of Them Had Arrived An Hour Early They Decided To Go Into A Hot Tub Together Outside. Jeberg Has Said Of The Song's Conception "I Was Sitting In The Hot Tub Singing Bass Notes. We Didn't Have Any Instruments Because We Were In The Hot Tub. I Was Singing Bass Notes And Directing Chords In That Way And We Were Brainstorming Different Lyrics." Eventually They Set Up A Portable Recording Studio And Began Recording A Demo Version With A Beat Horns And Vocals. Initially The Song's Hook Was Conceived As A Rap Song And They Began Sending It To Different Artists Who All Declined. In 2016 Panic! At The Disco's Management Company Said The Band Wanted To Record The Song For Their Next Studio Album. In Early 2018 Lead Singer Brendon Urie Co-Wrote The Verses For "High Hopes " Before Sinclair And Jeberg Later Coffer Were Brought In To Finish The Production. The Audio Track Was Uploaded To Panic! At The Disco's Official YouTube Channel On The Same Day Of Its Release On May 23 2018. An Official Music Video For The Song Was Uploaded On August 27 2018. As Of November 2022 The Music Video Has Surpassed 700 Million Views. The Video Features Lead Vocalist Brendon Urie Walking Through LA As People Bump Into Him. Eventually He Sizes Up A Skyscraper With A Glass Exterior. Determined He Presses A Foot To The Glass Flips Horizontally And Begins Walking Up The Outside Of The Wall. People Flock To The Base Of The Building Recording Urie And Watching With Awe. He Waves To The People Below And Inside The Building And Finally Gets To The Roof As The Crowd Below Applauds. As The Sun Sets He Joins The Rest Of The Band On The Roof And Continues To Sing The Final Chorus Of The Song. In August 2019 The Song Became One Of The Few Songs To Spend A Full Year On The Chart When It Logged Its 52nd Week On The Chart. Also In The United States It Reached Number One On The Radio Songs Airplay Chart Marking Its First Leader There. Worldwide The Song Has Charted Highly Reaching Number Seven In Australia And Number Twelve In The United Kingdom Also Becoming Their Highest-Charting Song In Those Countries. Also "High Hopes" Is The Fourth Song To Top The Pop Songs Adult Pop Songs And Alternative Songs Charts Simultaneously Since The Adult Pop Songs Chart Began On Billboard In March 1996 The Pop Songs Chart Began In October 1992 And The Alternative Songs Chart Began In September 1988. Also With 14 Weeks On Top Of Radio Songs "High Hopes" Tied Alicia Keys' "No One" And Celine Dion's "Because You Loved Me" For The Fifth Longest-Leading Number-One On The Radio Songs Chart Which Began In 1990. With 15 Weeks On Top Of Adult Pop Songs "High Hopes" Became The Longest-Leading No. 1 On The Adult Pop Songs Chart Of The 2010s Which Began On Billboard's Pages In March 1996. "High Hopes" Also Has The Distinction Of Being The First Panic! At The Disco Song To Register On The Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart Where It Peaked At Number Eight. In June 2019 "High Hopes" Broke The Record For Most Weeks At No. 1 On Billboard's Hot Rock Songs Chart Logging 34 Consecutive Weeks At The Top. On The Chart Dated January 18 2020 "High Hopes" Set A New Record On Billboard's Hot Rock Songs Chart Logging Its 52nd Week At The Top - An Entire Year. It Went On To Spend A Total Of 65 Weeks Atop The Chart Eventually Dethroned By Twenty One Pilots' "Level Of Concern" Another Release From Fueled By Ramen Label On April 25 2020. It Was Ranked Number-One On The 2019 Year-End Rock Songs Chart.

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