“Habits (Stay High)” is a song by Swedish recording artist Tove Lo featured on her debut extended play, Truth Serum, as well as her debut album, Queen of the Clouds.

The song was released on 25 March 2013 as Tove Lo’s second single, and later re-released on 6 December 2013 under the title “Habits (Stay High)”. The music video premiered on Tove Lo’s official YouTube VEVO channel.

“Habits” became a sleeper hit, reaching number three on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, becoming her first hit single on that chart. Tove Lo is the highest-charting Swedish artist since “The Sign” by Ace of Base peaked at number one in 1994. The song found more success worldwide as a remix by Hippie Sabotage, where it reached the top ten in Australia and the United Kingdom and other countries in Europe.

The song was produced by The Struts and recorded at Warner/Chappel Studios in Stockholm. “Habits” was mixed by Lars Norgren at Ramtitam Studios in Stockholm, Sweden.

The song peaked at #3 on Billboard Hot 100. As of October 26, the song has sold 1,606,331 copies in the US.

oFFiCIAL ViDEO:

sTAY hIGH HiPPIE SABOTAGE REMiX:

Lyrics for Tove Lo – “Habits (Stay High)”

I eat my dinner in my bathtub
Then I go to sex clubs
Watching freaky people gettin’ it on
It doesn’t make me nervous
If anything I’m restless
Yeah, I’ve been around and I’ve seen it all

I get home, I got the munchies
Binge on all my Twinkies
Throw up in the tub
Then I go to sleep
And I drank up all my money
Dazed and kinda lonely

You’re gone and I gotta stay
High all the time
To keep you off my mind
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
High all the time
To keep you off my mind
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Spend my days locked in a haze
Trying to forget you babe
I fall back down
Gotta stay high all my life
To forget I’m missing you
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh

Pick up daddies at the playground
How I spend my day time
Loosen up the frown,
Make them feel alive
Oh, make it fast and greasy
I’m numb and way too easy

You’re gone and I gotta stay
High all the time
To keep you off my mind
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
High all the time
To keep you off my mind
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Spend my days locked in a haze
Trying to forget you babe
I fall back down
Gotta stay high all my life
To forget I’m missing you
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh

Staying in my play pretend
Where the fun ain’t got no end
Ooh
Can’t go home alone again
Need someone to numb the pain
Ooh

Staying in my play pretend
Where the fun ain’t got no end
Ooh
Can’t go home alone again
Need someone to numb the pain

You’re gone and I gotta stay
High all the time
To keep you off my mind
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
High all the time
To keep you off my mind
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Spend my days locked in a haze
Trying to forget you babe
I fall back down
Gotta stay high all my life
To forget I’m missing you
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh

Music Video (Hippie Sabotage Remix):