Lights (Ellie Goulding song)
March 13, 2011
Lights is a song by British singer Ellie Goulding, which on the album Bright Lights, a re-release of her debut album Lights ( 2010) appeared. The song was released in the UK on March 13, 2011 as the sixth single from the album, while it was released in the U.S. as the first single. In May 2012, Lights was awarded in the U.S. for sales above one million units with platinum. On February 15, 2013, the single was re-released in Germany.
Background
Originally Lights should already appear on September 8, 2010. Goulding was on her Twitter page later known, however, that the publication would move to November 1, 2010. The release of the single, however, was in favor of the song Your song, a cover of the same song by Elton John, moved, as this was part of a great Christmas advertising campaign.
In January 2011, she announced that Lights will follow as the next single. A digital EP was released on 13 March 2011 at the United Kingdom. It contained the single lights and an acoustic cover of Rihanna's worldwide hit Only Girl ( In the World), which had played Goulding 1s Live Lounge 10 December 2011 on BBC Radio.
Criticism
Horatia Harrod of The Daily Telegraph said to the song: "threaded with dark thoughts, but to set to airy pop production bordering on polite. Her voice is the real star. She has the magical ability, not unlike her heroine, Björk, to sing with a sort of controlled tremulousness: her voice aches with vulnerability but never breaks " The Guardian critic Johnny Dee wrote:". A welcome return to her patented folky -pop- with- some- tasteful - drum- and- bass - wobble sound. "
Music Video
The video was directed by Sophie Muller Lights in September 2010 and officially published on 20 January 2011 Goulding's YouTube channel. It shows Goulding while dancing and playing drums, being surrounded by singing many light effects and laser beams. The lighting effects were created by a small group of students from the Middlesex University.
Appearances
Goulding sang the song in the Alan Carr: Chatty Man Show in February 2011 also had an appearance in the Saturday session on Dermot O'Leary's BBC Radio 2 afternoon show on 26 November 2011, where she sang Lights.. She sang lights also at BBC Radio 1s Live Lounge on 12 March 2011 along with a cover version by José González ' version of The Knifes Heartbeats.
To promote the single in the U.S., Goulding sang the song live on Saturday Night Live on May 7, 2011 along with Your Song. On January 18, 2012, she sang the single in the Late Show with David Letterman. On April 11, 2012, she sang the song in the The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
In Germany Goulding entered under Schlag den Raab on January 12, 2013 so on.
Charts
Lights debuted in the week 13 March 2011 at number 64 on the British charts, and then reached his highest placing 49th.
In the week ending August 20, 2011 Lights rose in the Billboard Hot 100 at number 85 and in Canada at No. 89. Thus, it was Goulding's first single, which was also placed in North America in the charts. On 14 January 2012, the song climbed the Billboard Hot 100 at number 99 again and reached after 24 weeks of June 1, 2012 # 14 in the charts. When Lights had in its 19th week reached the top 40, it was the slowest pitch of a song a female artist in the charts, according to Norah Jones ' Do not Know Why and KT Tunstall Suddenly I See. After the song was awarded on March 27, 2012 in the U.S. with gold, Lights received on 2 May 2012, the platinum award in the U.S., as had been sold over a million units. Until June 9, 2012, the song has sold in the United States more than 1.2 million times.
After her performance in Stefan Raab's show the song also reached the charts in Germany, where he first rose to # 13 and the end of March 2013 even reached number 11, what is the best ever placement Goulding in Germany. Furthermore, the song was certified Gold in Germany.