"Up There" is a song by New Zealand band
Six60, released as the sixth and final single from their 2017 extended play Six60.
Background and composition
Band vocalist Matiu Walters wrote the song that represented how it was to fall in love with music.[1] The song references musicians who have died, including
John Lennon,
Bob Marley and
Freddie Mercury.[2]
Release and promotion
"Up There" was one of six tracks released weekly in the build-up to their Six60 EP,[3] on 17 November 2017,[4] the same day of the EP's release.[5]
Critical reception
The New Zealand Herald praised the "simple and effortless[ness]" of the track, as well as the song's harmonies,[6] while Hussein Moses of
Radio New Zealand found the song's lyrical content unintentionally humorous.[2]