ELLIE GOULDING - YOUR SONG

YOUR SONG

ELLIE GOULDING

SONGWRITERS: BERNARD J. P. TAUPIN & ELTON JOHN

COUNTRY: U. K.

ALBUM: LIGHTS

LABEL: POLYDOR RECORDS

GENRE: INDIE

YEAR: 2010

 

          Elena Jane Goulding(/ˈɡoʊldɪŋ/GOHL-ding; born 30 December 1986) is an English singer and songwriter. Her career began when she met record producers Starsmith and Frankmusik, and she was later spotted by Jamie Lillywhite, who later became her manager and A&R. After signing to Polydor Records in July 2009, Goulding released her debut extended play, An Introduction to Ellie Goulding later that year.

            In 2010, she became the second artist to top the BBC's annual Sound of... poll and win the Critics' Choice Award at the Brit Awards in the same year. She released her debut studio album, Lights, in 2010; it debuted at Nº1 on the UK Albums Chart and has sold over 850,000 copies in the UK. In November 2010, the album was reissued as Bright Lights, spawning two singles: a cover of Elton John's "Your Song", which reached Nº 2 on the UK Singles Chart; and "Lights", which peaked at Nº 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Goulding's highest-charting single to date.

       Lights is the debut studio album by English singer and songwriter Ellie Goulding. It was released on 26 February 2010 by Polydor Records. Goulding collaborated with several producers on the album, including Starsmith, Fraser T. Smith, Frankmusik, Richard "Biff" Stannard, Ash Howes, Liam Howe, Fred Falke and Mumford & Sons' Ben Lovett. The album received generally positive reviews from music critics. Commercially, it debuted atop the UK Albums Chart with first-week sales of 36,854 copies. In North America, Lights charted at number 21 in the United States and at number 66 in Canada. Four singles were released from the album: "Under the Sheets", "Starry Eyed", "Guns and Horses" and "The Writer".

          The album was re-released as Bright Lights on 29 November 2010, including seven new tracks. It spawned two additional singles—a cover version of Elton John's "Your Song", which peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart, and "Lights", which reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and became Goulding's most successful single in the US. On 8 March 2011, the album was released in the United States, with two songs removed and featuring three songs that were previously not available on the original version, but were included on the Bright Lights reissue.

        On 26 February 2020, Goulding re-released the album once again for its tenth anniversary. Entitled Lights 10, the re-release includes the seven bonus tracks previously featured on Bright Lights along with the six remixes featured on the 2010 EP Run into the Light. For Record Store Day 2020, Goulding announced an LP release of this reissue; pressed as a double LP on recycled vinyl to reduce environmental impact.

It's a little bit funny

This feeling inside

I'm not one of those who can

Easily hide

 

I don't have much money

But boy if I did

I'd buy a big house where

We both could live.

 

So excuse me forgetting

But these things I do

See I've forgotten if

They're green or they're blue

 

Anyway the thing is,

What I really mean,

Yours are the sweetest eyes

I've ever seen

 

And you can tell everybody

This is your song

It maybe quite simple but

Now that it's done

I hope you don't mind

I hope you don't mind

That I put down in words

How wonderful life is

Now you're in the world

 

If I was a sculptor

But then again no

Or a girl who makes potions in

A traveling show

I know it's not much but

It's the best I can do.

My gift is my song and

This one's for you.

 

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

 

And you can tell everybody

This is your song

It may be quite simple but

Now that it's done

I hope you don't mind

I hope you don't mind

That I put down in words

How wonderful life is

Now you're in the world.