| "Lighthouse" | ||||
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| Single by Westlife | ||||
| from the album Greatest Hits | ||||
| B-side | "Poet's Heart" | |||
| Released | 11 November 2011 | |||
| Recorded | May – September 2011 | |||
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| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Length | 4:22 | |||
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| Producer(s) | John Shanks | |||
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| Lighthouse on YouTube | ||||
"Lighthouse" is a song by Irish boy band Westlife and it is the lead single from their second compilation album Greatest Hits (2011). The song is their final physical single after their announcement to disband prior to their 2018 reformation. Also the single is the group's first and last physical single not under the tutelage of Simon Cowell, having left Syco and Cowell in March 2011. The song was written by Gary Barlow and John Shanks, and was released on 11 November 2011. A music video was filmed in South Africa and premiered on 20 October 2011.
The song debuted at number two on the UK Physical Singles Chart shortly after release.[1] Overall, the song became their second-lowest charting single in Ireland and the United Kingdom, charting at number eleven and thirty-two respectively.