Lights Out (Rick Astley song)

"Lights Out" is a pop song performed by English singer-songwriter 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"
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"
(2002)
"Lights Out"
(2010)
"Superman"
(2012)
Music video
"Lights Out" on YouTube

"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.

Charts

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Chart (2010) Peak
position
UK Indie (OCC)[3] 8
UK Singles (OCC)[4] 97
UK Singles Downloads (OCC)[5] 95

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