"If the Lights Go Out" is a song written by Mike Batt for The Hollies, and first released by them in the July 1983 on the album What Goes Around.[1]

Cash Box said that "a love-will-prevail-even-if-doomsday-comes message is affirmed by the group’s classic harmonies and guitar tones."[2]

The cover version by Georgian-born, British singer Katie Melua, was released on 25 February 2008. It is Melua's eleventh single (not counting her number one duet of "What a Wonderful World" with Eva Cassidy) and the third from her third album, Pictures.

Track listings

  1. "If The Lights Go Out" (Radio Mix)
  2. "Looking For Clues"


Weekly charts

Chart (2008) Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC)[3] 96
UK Indie (OCC)[4] 5

References

  1. ^ "Hollies information page". Archived from the original on 1 May 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  2. ^ "Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. 20 August 1983. p. 8. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Katie Melua: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  4. ^ "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company.


Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_the_Lights_Go_Out
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