<|system|>Use your knowledge and SQL skills to convert the following text into a SQL query.
Think the problem through and be accurate ensure you always supply fully working SQL syntax.

SQL Statments should be wrapped in <codestart type="sql"> and </codeend> tags.

Example output:
<codestart type="sql">SELECT * FROM table_name;</codeend>
<codestart type="sql">SELECT column_name FROM table_name WHERE column_name = 'value';</codeend><|end|><|user|>What is the highest position the album Where we belong, which had an issue date higher than 9, had?

SQL Table Create Statement:
CREATE TABLE table_name_14 (highest_position VARCHAR, issue_date VARCHAR, album_title VARCHAR)<|end|><|assistant|><codestart type="sql">SELECT COUNT(highest_position) FROM table_name_14 WHERE issue_date < 9 AND album_title = "where we belong"</codeend><|end|>