Lights (Ellie Goulding song)

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"Lights"
Single by Ellie Goulding
from the album Bright Lights
B-side	"Only Girl in the World"
Released	March 13, 2011 (2011-03-13)
Genre	Synth-pop[1]
Length	4:05 3:32 (single version)
Label	Polydor
Songwriter(s)	Ellie Goulding Richard Stannard Ash Howes
Producer(s)	Richard "Biff" Stannard Ash Howes
Ellie Goulding singles chronology
"Wonderman" (2011) "Lights" (2011) "Anything Could Happen" (2012)
Music video
"Lights" on YouTube

"Lights" is a song by English singer Ellie Goulding from Bright Lights (2010), the reissue of her debut studio album, Lights (2010). Written by Goulding, Richard Stannard and Ash Howes, the song was inspired by Goulding's childhood fear of the dark. It was released on 13 March 2011 as the album's sixth single overall, and second from Bright Lights. Originally a bonus track on the UK and German iTunes edition of Lights, the song was re-edited for inclusion on Bright Lights in late 2010, serving as the single version.

"Lights" received positive reviews from most music critics, who praised the song's production and Goulding's "ethereal" vocals. The song was also a commercial success, reaching the top 20 in several countries. In the United States, "Lights" was a sleeper hit, reaching number two on the Billboard Hot 100 after 33 weeks on the chart and becoming one of the few songs to have spent more than a year on the Hot 100. It was the fifth-bestselling song of 2012 in the US. The song has been certified seven-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

In 2022, "Lights" became viral on the video-sharing apps TikTok and Instagram. In response to its resurgence, Goulding and Speed Radio released a sped-up remix on 1 July 2022.