CLOUD NINE MEANING MOVIE

Here are some example sentences of this expression and other, similar phrases: “Let’s look in on Betty Hutton, who says she is hovering ‘on Cloud No Nine’ these days.”

CLOUD NINE MEANING MOVIE

To give some context for the following quote, a woman named Betty Hutton was accepted for a movie role, so she describes her feelings with this expression: It’s earliest appearance (that I know of) is in the Denton Record Chronicle, May 1949. Something along those lines.Īnyways, in comparison to other commonly used phrases, this one in particular doesn’t look that old. So, for example, a cloud given a 9 meant that it was high up, whereas a cloud given a smaller number indicated it was lower down. The number given to a cloud was apparently dependent on its altitude. Of course it's possible Whitfield and Strong intended it to be about something else but they must have known that people were going to immediately assume the song was about drugs.Where does this idiom come from? The phrase “on cloud nine” possibly originated from meteorologists, who sometimes classified different types of clouds by using numbers. When people lead difficult lives, they often turn to drugs to help them escape. Marina from Seattle, WaI'm not really the type to assume that all songs are about drugs, but.it really seems that this song is.Kristin from Bessemer, AlI guess to Whitfield/Strong, 'Cloud Nine' could be whatever you want it to be, it doesnt necessarily have to be about drugs- or else artists like Edwin Starr and Gladys Knight and the Pips wouldnt have recorded cover versions of it.I don't assume all songs are about drugs, either, but I recognize a drug lyric when I hear it. As Marina said, it's about drug use to alleviate pain and suffering. Ekristheh from Halath, United StatesThat this was an (anti, really) drug lyric was taken for granted at the time.Barry from Sauquoit, NyAlso in 1969 Mongo Santamaria released an instrumental version of 'Cloud Nine', it peaked at No.It was the first time I associated the song with drugs it all made sense after seeing the movie. The same day I heard the song Cloud Nine on the radio. Lucy from Palatine, IlI just finished watching American Gangster starring Denzel Washington for the 5th time.Hearing 'Cloud Nine' now brings back some good memories & some bad memories of those times of the late Sixties. However, consider too that Motown VIPs were known industry-wide for unethical behavior toward their recording stars. Say what you will about him, he was extremely talented & creative. At the time, I heard about the controversy over David Ruffin being fired at Motown for being 'difficult' and substance abuse allegations. I thought it so unusual, because I thought it was about drugs as the song was climbing the charts. They insisted it was not about drugs, but about being high on life & opportunity. After the song entered the Top Ten in 1968, I recall reading an article in 'Song Hits' with Norm Whitfield & Barrett Strong about the lyrics. Randy from Fayettevile, ArI was in the Army at Fort Bragg, NC when this was in the Top Ten of many charts (Goldmine, Song Hits, Billboard, etc.) in 1968.The Temp's record that succeeded on the Top 100, 'Run Away Child, Running Wild', also peaked at #6 and also stayed on the Top 100 for 12 weeks, but on the R&B chart it reached one position higher, it peaked at #1 (for 2 weeks) on March 22nd, 1968. It reached #2 on the Billboard's R&B Singles chart.

Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn December 29th 1968, 'Cloud Nine' by the Temptations peaked at #6 (for 2 weeks) on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart it had entered the chart on November 10th and spent 12 weeks on the Top 100.

I can't see any other reasonable explanation for the lyrics. Dorian from Los AngelesThis song is absolutely about drugs, heroin specifically.

Cloud nine meaning