You Don't Get Me High Anymore

Phantogram began teasing a new single for their third studio album, Three, on their website in May 2016, posting a black and white clip of Sarah Barthel singing the lyrics of the new song. The title of single was revealed to be "You Don't Get Me High Anymore", with a countdown clock indicating that the song would be released on June 16, 2016. Josh Carter stated that the song is about, "the loneliness in superficial relationships and that feeling of not being able to find happiness in places that were once so easy to come across." Barthel also added that the track, "taps into this idea of wanting to feel something." The duo released the song as the lead single from the album as they believed it, "set the tone for the rest of the record." On October 18, 2016, a remix to the song by How To Dress Well was released. On January 12, 2017, A-Trak released a remix to the track, which features Joey Purp of Savemoney. ==Composition==

"You Don't Get Me High Anymore" was written by Ricky Reed, Josh Carter, Sarah Barthel, Dan Wilson, Edwin J. Bocage and Alfred Scramuzza, while production was handled by Reed and Carter. The song was made in Echo Park in Los Angeles. Musically, Carter described the track as "a new progression of Phantogram," while Barthel called the lyrics, dark and the melodies, emotional. Barthel also explained to Pitchfork how the song came together. ==Critical reception==

The song was met with positive reviews from music critics. Pryor Stroud of PopMatters described the track as, "Dynamic, subtly sinister, and glazed with both breezy melodics and fuzzed-out synths." He also added, "it's a blistering synth-rock standoff with our culture of outsized desires and uninhibited excess." DIY described the song as, "another slab of chopped-up, effortlessly sharp pop." Katie Bain of Billboard stated, "The track oscillates between a throttling guitar riff evocative of Muse and lyrics about car crashes, staring into the abyss and increased chemical intake." ==Chart performance==

"You Don't Get Me High Anymore" debuted on the US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart at number 27 on the week of July 9, 2016. The song later reached a peak of number 19 on the chart on the week of October 29, 2016. The song reached number 18 on the Canada Rock chart. On the Billboard Alternative Airplay 2016 year-end chart, it was ranked at number 21. ==Cover versions==

In October 2016, Canadian punk rock band PUP performed a cover of the track on Triple J radio in Australia. On November 18, 2016, Canadian rock band Three Days Grace released their cover of the song as a digital single. Drummer Neil Sanderson explained why they chose to cover the song in an interview with Loudwire stating, "Brad started playing the bass line to this Phantogram song. We'd been talking the day before about how much we liked 'You Don't Get Me High Anymore'... [I'm] pretty sure we kept the second or third take, once we learned the arrangement on the fly. We love recording spur of the moment things like this. We think it turned out pretty cool so we decided to share it." In 2019, American singer-songwriter Billie Eilish performed a cover of the song for BBC Radio 1 at Maida Vale Studios. In 2020, American artist Molly Tuttle included a version on her covers album ''But I'd Rather Be with You''. ==Music video==

The music video for "You Don't Get Me High Anymore" premiered on July 21, 2016. It was directed by Grant Singer and was shot in June 2016, at Bombay Beach, on the Salton Sea in Southern California. The video combines visual scenes of gigantic waves, motorbike stunts, BDSM and saturated colourscape of red and blue. ==Track listing==

Credits adapted from Tidal. Phantogram • Sarah Barthel – vocals, co-producer • Josh Carter – vocals, guitar, programming, synthesizer, producer Additional musicians • Ricky Reed – programming, guitar, bass guitar, producer • Dan Wilson – bass guitar, co-producer Production • Martin Cooke – assistant engineer • Robin Florent – assistant mixer • Nicolas Fournier – assistant engineer • Chris Galland – assistant mixer • Jeff Jackson – assistant mixer • Manny Marroquin – mix engineer • Ethan Shumaker – recording engineer ==Charts==

Weekly charts Year-end charts ==Release history==