"The Tide is High (Get the Feeling)" is a song that is sung by the British girl group Atomic Kitten which was released on August 26, 2002. It was originally sung by The Paragons, being titled just "The Tide Is High". Atomic Kitten's version is heard in the opening credits of the feature film, The Lizzie McGuire Movie.
The song was also covered by the American new wave band Blondie in 1980, in a reggae style that included horns and strings. It was released as the lead single from the band's fifth studio album, Autoamerican (1980), giving Blondie their third number one single on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and their fifth in the UK (where it became Blondie's last British number one for 18 years, until "Maria" in February 1999). The track also reached number one in Canada and New Zealand, and was a Top 5 hit on many European charts as well as in countries including Australia and South Africa. The B-side was "Susie and Jeffrey", which appeared as a bonus track on the original 1980 cassette edition of the Autoamerican album, and was also included on EMI-Capitol's re-issue of Autoamerican in 2001.
Lyrics[]
The tide is high but I'm holding on
I'm gonna be your number one
I'm not that kind of girl
Who gives up just like that
Oh no
It's not the things you do
That tease and hurt me bad
But it's the way you do
The things you do to me
I'm not that kind of girl
Who gives up just like that
Oh no
The tide is high but I'm holding on
I'm gonna be your number one
Number one
Every girl wants you to be her man
But I'll wait my dear till it's my turn
I'm not that kind of girl
Who gives up just like that
Oh no
The tide is high but I'm holding on
I'm gonna be your number one
Number one
Number one
Every girl wants you to be her man
But I'll wait my dear till it's my turn
I'm not that kind of girl
Who gives up just like that
Oh no
The tide is high but I'm holding on
I'm gonna be your number one
Number one
Number one
The tide is high but I'm holding on
I'm gonna be your number one
The tide is high but I'm holding on
I'm gonna be your number one
The tide is high but I'm holding on
I'm gonna be your number one
The tide is high but I'm holding on
I'm gonna be your number one
Never give up
Yeah, yeah
Never give up
All:
The tide is high but I'm holding on
I'm gonna be your number one
Natasha:
I'm not that kind of girl
Who gives up just like that
Oh no
Liz:
It's not the things you do
That tease and hurt me bad
But it's the way you do
The things you do to me
I'm not that kind of girl
Who gives up just like that
Oh no
All:
The tide is high but I'm holding on
I'm gonna be your number one
The tide is high but I'm holding on
I'm gonna be your number one
Number one (My number one)
Number one (Number one)
Jenny:
Every girl wants you to be her man
But I'll wait right here 'til it's my turn
I'm not that kind of girl
Who gives up just like that
Oh no
All:
The tide is high but I'm holding on
I'm gonna be your number one (Natasha: The tide is high)
The tide is high but I'm holding on
I'm gonna be your number one
Number one (Number one)
Number one
Every time that I get the feeling
You give me something to believe in
Every time that I got you near me
I know the way that I want it to be
But you know I’m gonna take my chance now
I’m gonna make it happen somehow
And you know I can take the pressure
A moment's pain for a lifetime pleasure
Natasha:
Every girl wants you to be her man
But I'll wait right here 'til it's my turn
I'm not that kind of girl
Who gives up just like that
Oh no
All:
The tide is high but I'm holding on
I'm gonna be your number one
The tide is high but I'm holding on
I'm gonna be your number one
Every time that I get the feeling
You give me something to believe in
Every time that I got you near me
I know the way that I want it to be
But you know I'm gonna take my chance now
I'm gonna make it happen somehow
And you know I can take the pressure
A moment's pain for a lifetime pleasure
The tide is high but I'm holding on
[Fade]
I'm gonna be your number one
