Light Up the Sky (Yellowcard song)

"Light Up the Sky"
Single by Yellowcard
from the album Paper Walls
ReleasedJune 5, 2007
RecordedOctober 2006–March 2007
GenreAlternative rock, pop punk
Length3:37
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)Ryan Key, Ryan Mendez, Peter Mosely, Longineu W. Parsons III, Sean Mackin
Producer(s)Neal Avron
Yellowcard singles chronology
"Rough Landing, Holly"
(2006)
"Light Up the Sky"
(2007)
"For You, and Your Denial"
(2011)

"Light Up the Sky" is a song written and recorded by the American rock band Yellowcard. The song was the lone single released from the band's sixth studio album Paper Walls (2007). The live acoustic version was first heard on March 30, 2007, at their concert at the Troubador in West Hollywood, California. It was then played electric in later shows. On May 15, 2007, the fully mixed album version was put on their Myspace page. The song impacted radio on June 5, 2007.[1] It was released on iTunes on June 5, 2007, and it was the most added single to US Alternative/Modern Rock radio stations for the week ending June 8, 2007, and peaked at number 41 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. The song also reached number 32 on the Adult Top 40 chart.[2]

  1. ^ "AllAccess.com Alternative eWeekly". AllAccess. May 29, 2007. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
  2. ^ Billboard