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"Lights" is a song by English recording artist Ellie Goulding from her debut album, Lights. It will serve as the album's sixth single, and second from the Bright Lights re-release. It will be released as the lead single from the album in the United States. "Lights" originally appeared as a bonus track on the iTunes edition of Lights; the song was then re-edited for inclusion on Bright Lights in late 2010, serving as the single version.

Background

Lights was originally announced as a single on 8 September 2010 on Goulding's official Twitter page, with a release date scheduled for 1 November 2010. It was to be released as the lead track from the album's repackaging as Bright Lights. However, this plan was scrapped in favour of releasing "Your Song" in order to capitalise on the John Lewis Christmas marketing campaign that it featured in. This was followed by the repackaging of the album Lights as Bright Lights.

It was once again announced in January 2011 that the single version of Lights would be released.

Music video

The music video was filmed in late September 2010 before the lead single from the Bright Lights re-release was changed to "Your Song". It originally leaked to Vimeo on 16 January 2011, before being officially released on Goulding's YouTube/VEVO channel four days later. The video shows Goulding dancing, playing the drums and the tambourine whilst different lighting effects including lasers surround her as she sings. It also shows her in numerous scenes swinging different hand-held lights and torches around giving the impression of a light painting, whilst the camera produces a bullet time effect like those used in The Matrix. The lighting rig for the video was created by a small group of students from Middlesex University.

Charts

References

1. ^ Goulding, Ellie (12 January 2011). "First Cherrytree blog!". Cherrytree Records. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
2. Goulding, Ellie (8 September 2010). "Excited to announce that m ..." Twitter. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
3. Goulding, Ellie (8 September 2010). "Another big announcement- ..." Twitter. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
4. Goulding, Ellie (1 November 2010). "Morning all, sorry about t ..." Twitter. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
5. Goulding, Ellie (21 September 2010). "Shooting video for lights ..." Twitter. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
6. "Ellie Goulding – Lights". Vimeo. 16 January 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2011.
7. "Ellie Goulding – Lights". YouTube. 20 January 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
8. http://www.itv.com/london/ellie-goulding11762/
9. "CHART: CLUK Update 18.12.2010 (wk49)". The Official Charts Company. Zobbel.de. Retrieved 21 January 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)

• 2010 songs
• 2011 singles
• Ellie Goulding songs
• Polydor Records singles
• Songs written by Ellie Goulding
• Songs written by Richard Stannard