| Heading Up High | |
| Cover: | File:Armin van Buuren feat. Kensington - Heading Up High.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Armin van Buuren featuring Kensington |
| Album: | Embrace |
| Released: | 5 February 2016 |
| Recorded: | Armada Studios, Amsterdam |
| Length: | 3:52 |
| Chronology: | Armin van Buuren |
| Prev Title: | Strong Ones |
| Prev Year: | 2015 |
| Next Title: | Freefall |
| Next Year: | 2016 |
"Heading Up High" is a song by Dutch disc jockey and record producer Armin van Buuren. It features the Dutch band Kensington. The track was released in the Netherlands by Armind as a digital download on 5 February 2016 as the fourth single from van Buuren's sixth album Embrace.
The First State remix of the song was more often played by Armin van Buuren during his shows.
Armin van Buuren declared about the song “I wanted to create a song that was just totally unexpected and I'd been drawn to the sound of Kensington for some time. We really vibed well together and I think my long-time dance music fans may be surprised by some elements of this song. It just really soars and I get a great reaction whenever I play it out! It's got the feel of worlds coming together.”[1]
According to Amanda Mesa from webmedia Dancing Astronaut, "Infectious and high-energy, “Heading Up High” is yet another example of Embrace’s genre-fluidity. [...] Overall, “Heading Up High” is a roller coaster across intense highs and lows that'll leave you hanging on for more."[1]
A music video to accompany the release of "Heading Up High" was first premiered worldwide by MTV on 9 February 2016.[2] The music video shows a live performance by both Armin van Buuren & Kensington in a prison populated by inmates. Hardwell appears as one of the prisoners of the video. The song encourages the captives literally to head up high towards a loophole.