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.
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