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"Lights Out"
Single by Rick Astley
Released7 June 2010
Recorded2010
Genre
Length3:07
LabelCruz
Songwriter(s)
  • Rick Astley
  • Andrew Frampton
Producer(s)Rick Astley
Rick Astley singles chronology
"Keep It Turned On"
(2001)
"Lights Out"
(2010)
"Goodbye But Not the End"
(2013)

"Lights Out" is a pop song performed by English singer Rick Astley. It was his first mainstream single in the UK in nearly 17 years. The song was performed to an audience for the first time on Peter Kay's 2010 tour which commenced at the MEN Arena, Manchester on 27 April 2010. Astley was unveiled as a surprise special guest and performed a medley of his old hits before revealing his new song.[1]

"Lights Out" was released as a digital download on 7 June 2010 and it received its first airplay on the Ken Bruce show on BBC Radio 2.[2] Despite becoming a UK radio hit, it didn't sell well, peaking only at number 97 on the UK Singles Chart.

Chart performance

Chart (2010) Peak
position
UK Singles Chart[3] 97
UK Independent Singles Chart[4] 8
UK Airplay Chart 15

References

  1. ^ Rick Astley News, 29 April 2010 Archived 30 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Ken Bruce Show Retrieved 28 April 2010
  3. ^ "Rick Astley | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts.
  4. ^ "Independent Singles Chart". theofficialcharts.com. Archived from the original on 29 June 2010. Retrieved 2 July 2010.