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"You Light Up My Life"
"You Light Up My Life"
Single by LeAnn Rimes
from the album You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs
B-side	"I Believe"
Released	August 26, 1997
Genre	Country
Length	3:37
Label	Curb
Songwriter(s)	Joe Brooks
Producer(s)	Mike Curb; Chuck Howard; Wilbur C. Rimes
LeAnn Rimes singles chronology
Music video
	"You Light Up My Life" by LeAnn Rimes on YouTube

"You Light Up My Life"
"You Light Up My Life"
	Side A of the US single
Single by Debby Boone
from the album You Light Up My Life
B-side	"Hasta Mañana" (US & selected territories); "He's a Rebel" (performed by the Boones; selected countries);
Released	August 16, 1977
Recorded	April 1977
Genre	Soft rock
Length	3:35
Label	Warner Bros.-Curb
Songwriter(s)	Joe Brooks
Producer(s)	Joe Brooks
Debby Boone singles chronology

"You Light Up My Life"
"You Light Up My Life"
	Vocal side of the US single
Single by Kasey Cisyk (credited to Original Cast)
from the album You Light Up My Life: Original Soundtrack
A-side	"You Light Up My Life"; (instrumental);
Released	August 16, 1977 (Charted the week of September 3)
Recorded	1977
Genre	Pop
Length	3:29
Label	Arista
Songwriter(s)	Joe Brooks
Producer(s)	Joe Brooks
Music video
	"Kasey Cisyk and Didi Conn - You Light Up My Life (1977)" on YouTube

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"You Light Up My Life" is a ballad written by Joseph Brooks, and originally recorded by Kasey Cisyk for the soundtrack album to the 1977 film of the same title.^[1] The song was lip synced in the film by its lead actress, Didi Conn. The best-known cover version of the song is a cover by Debby Boone, the daughter of singer Pat Boone. It held the No. 1 position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for ten consecutive weeks in 1977 and topped Record World magazine's Top 100 Singles Chart for a record 13 weeks.^[2]

Original film version

Cisyk's original soundtrack recording was included in the film's soundtrack album. It was then later released as a single to bolster sales of the soundtrack album after Debby Boone included her version on her first solo album (also titled You Light Up My Life). Although the soundtrack album was certified Gold, peaking at No. 17 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, it never included Boone's hit single version of the song.

Cisyk's single was credited to "Original Cast", not to Cisyk herself, and even though Brooks is listed on the A-side of the single, the "Original Cast" B-side charted on the Billboard Hot 100 and only reached No. 80. Brooks also released an instrumental version of the song from the soundtrack as a promotional single, but that version failed to chart.

Following the success of Boone's version, the song earned Brooks a Grammy Award for Song of the Year, an Academy Award for Best Original Song, a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and an American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) award.^[1]

Track listing

7" vinyl single

"You Light Up My Life" (Instrumental) — 3:02
"You Light Up My Life" (Original Cast) — 3:29

Chart performance (Original Cast single)

Chart (1977)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100	80

The Joseph Brooks controversies

In a 2013 biographical essay about Cisyk,^[3] Cisyk's second husband, Ed Rakowicz (who worked as a sound engineer, but not for this song), wrote that songwriter Brooks was initially pleased with Cisyk's recording of the song with orchestra (and her version appeared in the movie and soundtrack) but "tried to evade payment by false promises and by asking her to be an incidental actor in his film, implying huge rewards yet to come..."^[3] Rackowicz claimed that Brooks made improper advances toward Cisyk, that after being rebuffed, he refused to speak directly to her again, and that he continued to evade payments to her while commissioning another recording with Debby Boone.^{[citation needed]}

According to Rackowicz, "Besides wanting Boone to copy Kacey's [sic]^[4] iconic hit reading of his songs, Brooks needed to cover up Kacey's vocal leakage in the microphones in the piano recorded at the original demo session on which was overdubbed the orchestral track used in the film. Brooks didn't want to pay to re-record the piano and orchestra again."^[3] In 2003, Boone admitted, "I had no freedom whatsoever. Joe told me exactly how to sing it and imitate every inflection from the original recording." in an interview with Entertainment Weekly Magazine.^[5] Cisyk later retained a lawyer and sued Brooks for the fees she had earned for her work on the record and for credit on the soundtrack, which she later received.^[3]

Debby Boone version

In 1977, Debby Boone, Pat Boone's daughter, recorded the song under the guidance of Curb Records executive Mike Curb^[7] and songwriter Joseph Brooks.^[5] Boone recorded her vocals over a pre-existing instrumental track that Brooks already had developed for the film's soundtrack.^[7] The song was released as both a Warner-Curb Records single and as the title track to her first solo album, You Light Up My Life, which she released on Warner Bros. Records, Curb Records' parent label.

Cash Box said that "Ms. Boone builds it to a powerful emotional peak as a massive string section lends support."^[8]

The single became the biggest single of the 1970s in the United States,^[9] setting a new Billboard Hot 100 record for most weeks spent at number one. Elvis Presley's double-sided hit "Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog", then recognized as the longest-running number one song of the rock era, spent eleven weeks atop the Billboard Best Sellers chart in 1956, before the 1958 debut of the Hot 100. The previous Hot 100 record was held by Bobby Darin's "Mack the Knife", Percy Faith's recording of "Theme from A Summer Place" (1960) and the Beatles' "Hey Jude" (1968), all three of which remained at No. 1 for nine weeks.^[10] The ten-week record was matched in 1982 by Olivia Newton-John's "Physical",^[11] but was not surpassed until a 1991 change in chart methodology allowed songs to achieve longer reigns at No. 1. In 1992, "End of the Road" by Boyz II Men would set the new record with 13 weeks.^[12]

Besting her chart performance in Billboard, Boone's "You Light Up My Life" single topped Record World's Top 100 Singles Chart for an unbroken record of 13 weeks.^[2] On Billboard's chart, Boone was unseated from No. 1 by the Bee Gees, with "How Deep Is Your Love", the first of three No. 1 singles from the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. On Record World's chart, Boone kept the Bee Gees out of the number-one spot. In Cash Box magazine, "You Light Up My Life" managed only an eight-week stay at the top of the chart, before being dethroned by Crystal Gayle's "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue". Its least-lengthy run was on the Radio and Records chart, with six weeks at No. 1 before relinquishing the spot to the Bee Gees;^[13] it had knocked Carly Simon's "Nobody Does It Better" out of the top spot after only one week.

The single, which was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), also hit No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart and reached No. 4 on the Country chart. The single peaked at No. 48 on the UK Singles Chart.^[14] Boone's hit single led to her winning the 1978 Grammy Award for Best New Artist, with additional Grammy nominations for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female and Record of the Year. Boone also won the 1977 American Music Award for Favorite Pop Single.

Decades after its release, the Debby Boone version is still considered one of the top ten Billboard Hot 100 songs of all time. In 2008, it was ranked at No. 7 on Billboard's "Hot 100 All-Time Top Songs" list (August 1958 - July 2008).^[7] An updated version of the all-time list in 2013 ranked the song at No. 9.^[15]

Although it was written by Brooks as a love song, the devout Boone interpreted it as inspirational and proclaimed that it was instead God who "lit up her life." This fact was later alluded to when the song appeared in The Simpsons episode "I Married Marge", Season 3, Episode 12.

Track listing

7" vinyl single

"You Light Up My Life"* – 3:35
"Hasta Mañana"** – 3:12

* Note: Produced and arranged by Joe Brooks.
** Note: Produced by Mike Curb and arranged by Al Capps.

Chart performance (Debby Boone single)

Weekly charts

Chart (1977–1978)	Peak position
Australian Kent Music Report	7
Canadian RPM Top Singles	1
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	6
New Zealand Singles Chart	12
South African Singles Chart	3
UK Singles (OCC)^[1]	48
US Billboard Hot 100^[16]	1
US Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	1
US Billboard Hot Country Singles	4
US Record World Singles Chart	1
US Cashbox Top 100 Singles	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1977)	Rank
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[17]	30
Brazil^[18]	3
Canada^[19]	1

Chart (1977 and 1978)	Rank
South Africa^[20]	10
US Billboard Hot 100 (1978)	3
US Cashbox Magazine (1977)	1
US Record World (1977)	1
US Billboard Easy Listening (1978)^[21]	46

All-time charts

Chart (1958–2018)	Position
US Billboard Hot 100^[22]	11

LeAnn Rimes version

LeAnn Rimes released her own version of "You Light Up My Life" as a single in 1997, 20 years after Boone's version was released, and on the same record label, the Warner Bros. Records label's Curb Records label. Her version fared modestly by comparison to the original at radio (No. 48 Country). However, her single was certified gold and was the title track to her No. 1 pop and country album, You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs.

Track listing

US CD single^[23]

"You Light Up My Life"* – 3:37
"I Believe"** – 2:22

* Note: Produced by Wilbur C. Rimes, Chuck Howard and Mike Curb.^[24]
** Note: Produced by Wilbur C. Rimes.^[24]

Chart performance (LeAnn Rimes single)

Chart (1997-1998)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[25]	57
US Billboard Hot 100^[26]	34
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[27]	48
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)^[28]	35
US Rhythmic Airplay (Billboard)^[29]	71
US Top Country Singles Sales (Billboard)^[30]	2

Other versions

Many artists have covered "You Light Up My Life" since 1977.

Perry Como performed it on Bob Hope's TV special in 1977 (then recorded for CD in 2000).
Johnny Mathis recorded the song and named his 1978 album after the song.
Engelbert Humperdinck also recorded "You Light Up My Life" in 1978, including it on his album "Last of the Romantics". The song has also been recorded by Aretha Franklin, Loleatta Holloway, Jean Carn, Kenny Rogers, Angeline Quinto, José Carreras, Robert Goulet, Carole King, and Samantha Cole.^[31]
Valeria Lynch recorded the song covered "Tú me haces feliz" for her 1979 album Yo soy tu canción....
Japanese singer Yuki Saito recorded it (in English) for her 1994 album Moi.
Whitney Houston recorded the song for her 2002 album Just Whitney....
The Irish pop band Westlife recorded a cover of the song and made it to their The Love Album album in 2006 which went straight to No. 1 in UK Albums Chart and performed it live subsequently.
A French rendering entitled "Tu remplis ma vie" was recorded by Anne Renée in 1977.
America's Got Talent season 1 winner Bianca Ryan covered the song for her 2006 debut album.
Patti Smith performed the song on the ABC television program Kids Are People Too, accompanied by Brooks on piano.^[32]
Mexican pop singer, Yuri recorded the song cover “Tú iluminas mi vida” for her first album released in 1978.
Filipina singer, Angeline Quinto recorded the song for her second album Fall in Love Again released in 2012.

In other media

The song features as a running joke in an episode of Girlfriends, titled "Can't Stan Ya!"

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 136. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
^ ^a ^b "Top 100 Singles Chart for 1/7/1978" (PDF). Record World. 35 #1591: 29. January 7, 1978.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Kvitka’s Biography by Ed Rakowicz, 2013 Accessed Jan 14, 2014.
^ Rakowicz's biography consistently spells the Americanized version of his wife's name as "Kacey" rather than "Kasey."
^ ^a ^b Brown, Scott (21 February 2003). "The Light Stuff". Entertainment Weekly. pp. 76–78.
^ "VH1's 40 Most Softsational Soft-Rock Songs". Stereogum. SpinMedia. May 31, 2007. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "The Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Songs (10-01)". Billboard. July 2008. Archived from the original on 1 October 2008. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
^ "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. August 27, 1977. p. 30. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
^ "Readers' Poll: The 10 Worst Songs of the 1970s: 4 – Debby Boone – 'You Light Up My Life'". Rolling Stone. New York City. 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-06-24. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
^ Bronson, Fred (1 October 2003). The Billboard Book of Number One Hits (5th ed.). New York: Billboard Books. p. 939. ISBN 978-0823076772.
^ Bronson, p. 550.
^ Bronson, pp. 938-939.
^ "Records & Radio" (PDF). Worldradiohistory.com. 1977-11-25. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 136. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
^ Bronson, Fred (2 August 2013). "Hot 100 55th Anniversary: The All-Time Top 100 Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
^ "Debby Boone Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
^ "Kent Music Report No 236 – 1 January 1979 > National Top 100 Singles for 1978". Kent Music Report. Retrieved 8 January 2022 – via Imgur.com.
^ "Top 100 Músicas Mais Tocadas em 1977" [Top 100 Most Played Songs of 1977]. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
^ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
^ "Top 20 Hit Singles of 1978". Retrieved 2 September 2018.
^ "Top 50 Adult Contemporary Hits of 1978 - 45cat". 45cat.com. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
^ "Hot 100 turns 60". Billboard. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
^ "You Light Up My Life / I Believe: Leann Rimes: Music". Amazon. Retrieved 2011-10-09.
^ ^a ^b You Light Up My Life / I Believe (CD single). LeAnn Rimes. Curb Records. 1997. D2-73027.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 3346." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. October 6, 1997. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
^ "LeAnn Rimes Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
^ "LeAnn Rimes Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ "Monitor Top 40/Adult Airplay" (PDF). Billboard. Retrieved October 18, 2023.
^ "Monitor Top 40/Rhythm-Crossover Airplay" (PDF). Billboard. Retrieved October 18, 2023.
^ "Billboard Top Country Singles Sales" (PDF). Billboard. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
^ "Cover versions of You Light Up My Life by Debby Boone". SecondHandSongs.com. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
^ "Video of the Day: Patti Smith Sings "You Light Up My Life" to Kids". Retrieved 24 February 2014.

External links

[British_Hit_Singles_&_Albums-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 136. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

[auto-2] "Top 100 Singles Chart for 1/7/1978" (PDF). Record World. 35 #1591: 29. January 7, 1978.

[rakowicz-3] Kvitka’s Biography by Ed Rakowicz, 2013 Accessed Jan 14, 2014.

[4] Rakowicz's biography consistently spells the Americanized version of his wife's name as "Kacey" rather than "Kasey."

[entertainment-weekly-5] Brown, Scott (21 February 2003). "The Light Stuff". Entertainment Weekly. pp. 76–78.

[6] "VH1's 40 Most Softsational Soft-Rock Songs". Stereogum. SpinMedia. May 31, 2007. Retrieved July 31, 2016.

[bballtime2008-7] "The Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Songs (10-01)". Billboard. July 2008. Archived from the original on 1 October 2008. Retrieved 13 November 2015.

[cb-8] "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. August 27, 1977. p. 30. Retrieved 2021-12-26.

[9] "Readers' Poll: The 10 Worst Songs of the 1970s: 4 – Debby Boone – 'You Light Up My Life'". Rolling Stone. New York City. 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-06-24. Retrieved 2015-11-15.

[bronson939-10] Bronson, Fred (1 October 2003). The Billboard Book of Number One Hits (5th ed.). New York: Billboard Books. p. 939. ISBN 978-0823076772.

[11] Bronson, p. 550.

[12] Bronson, pp. 938-939.

[13] "Records & Radio" (PDF). Worldradiohistory.com. 1977-11-25. Retrieved March 15, 2022.

[British_Hit_Singles_&_Albums2-14] Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 136. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

[bronson-15] Bronson, Fred (2 August 2013). "Hot 100 55th Anniversary: The All-Time Top 100 Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 9 August 2013.

[sc_Billboardhot100_Debby_Boone-16] "Debby Boone Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.

[17] "Kent Music Report No 236 – 1 January 1979 > National Top 100 Singles for 1978". Kent Music Report. Retrieved 8 January 2022 – via Imgur.com.

[Brazil-18] "Top 100 Músicas Mais Tocadas em 1977" [Top 100 Most Played Songs of 1977]. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2022.

[19] "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 2016-10-13.

[20] "Top 20 Hit Singles of 1978". Retrieved 2 September 2018.

[21] "Top 50 Adult Contemporary Hits of 1978 - 45cat". 45cat.com. Retrieved 24 April 2021.

[22] "Hot 100 turns 60". Billboard. Retrieved August 6, 2018.

[23] "You Light Up My Life / I Believe: Leann Rimes: Music". Amazon. Retrieved 2011-10-09.

[liner-24] You Light Up My Life / I Believe (CD single). LeAnn Rimes. Curb Records. 1997. D2-73027.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[sc_Canadacountry_-25] "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 3346." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. October 6, 1997. Retrieved July 17, 2013.

[sc_Billboardhot100_LeAnn_Rimes-26] "LeAnn Rimes Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.

[sc_Billboardcountrysongs_LeAnn_Rimes-27] "LeAnn Rimes Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

[28] "Monitor Top 40/Adult Airplay" (PDF). Billboard. Retrieved October 18, 2023.

[29] "Monitor Top 40/Rhythm-Crossover Airplay" (PDF). Billboard. Retrieved October 18, 2023.

[30] "Billboard Top Country Singles Sales" (PDF). Billboard. Retrieved 16 October 2023.

[31] "Cover versions of You Light Up My Life by Debby Boone". SecondHandSongs.com. Retrieved 2016-10-13.

[32] "Video of the Day: Patti Smith Sings "You Light Up My Life" to Kids". Retrieved 24 February 2014.

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 "'''You Light Up My Life'''" is a [[Sentimental ballad|ballad]] written by [[Joseph Brooks (songwriter)|Joseph Brooks]], and originally recorded by [[Kvitka Cisyk|Kasey Cisyk]] for the [[You Light Up My Life (soundtrack)|soundtrack album]] to the 1977 [[You Light Up My Life (film)|film of the same title]].<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book| first= David| last= Roberts| year= 2006| title= British Hit Singles & Albums| edition= 19th| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited|location= London| isbn= 1-904994-10-5| page= 136}}</ref> The song was [[lip sync]]ed in the film by its lead actress, [[Didi Conn]]. The best-known cover version of the song is a [[cover version|cover]] by [[Debby Boone]], the daughter of singer [[Pat Boone]]. It held the No. 1 position on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart for ten consecutive weeks in 1977 and topped ''[[Record World]]'' magazine's Top 100 Singles Chart for a record 13 weeks.<ref name="auto">{{Cite journal|date=January 7, 1978|title=Top 100 Singles Chart for 1/7/1978|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Record-World/70s/78/Record-World-1978-01-07.pdf|journal=Record World|volume=35 #1591|pages=29}}</ref>
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+Cisyk's original soundtrack recording was included in the film's soundtrack album. It was then later released as a single to bolster sales of the soundtrack album after Debby Boone included her version on her first solo album (also titled ''[[You Light Up My Life (Debby Boone album)|You Light Up My Life]]''). Although the soundtrack album was certified [[Music recording sales certification|Gold]], peaking at No. 17 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] albums chart, it never included Boone's hit single version of the song.
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-[[LeAnn Rimes]] released her own version of "You Light Up My Life" as a single in 1997, 20 years after Boone's version was released, and on the same record label, the Warner Bros. Records label's [[Curb Records]] label. Her version fared modestly by comparison to the original at radio (No. 34 Pop, No. 48 Country).  However, her single was certified gold and was the title track to her No. 1 pop and country album, ''[[You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs]]''.
+[[LeAnn Rimes]] released her own version of "You Light Up My Life" as a single in 1997, 20 years after Boone's version was released, and on the same record label, the Warner Bros. Records label's [[Curb Records]] label. Her version fared modestly by comparison to the original at radio (No. 48 Country). However, her single was certified gold and was the title track to her No. 1 pop and country album, ''[[You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs]]''.
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+|scope="row"|US [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Adult Contemporary]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/Billboard-Top-40-Airplay/1998/BBAM-1998-01-23.pdf|title=Monitor Top 40/Adult Airplay|publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=October 18, 2023}}</ref>
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+|scope="row"|US [[Rhythmic Airplay]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/Billboard-Top-40-Airplay/1997/BBAM-1997-10-10.pdf|title=Monitor Top 40/Rhythm-Crossover Airplay|publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=October 18, 2023}}</ref>
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+|scope="row"| US Top Country Singles Sales (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1997/Billboard-1997-09-20.pdf|title=Billboard Top Country Singles Sales|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=16 October 2023}}</ref><br/>
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 *[[America's Got Talent (season 1)|''America's Got Talent'' season 1]] winner [[Bianca Ryan]] covered the song for her 2006 debut album.
 *[[Patti Smith]] performed the song on the ABC television program ''[[Kids Are People Too]]'', accompanied by Brooks on piano.<ref>{{cite web|title=Video of the Day: Patti Smith Sings "You Light Up My Life" to Kids|url=http://flavorwire.com/97262/video-of-the-day-patti-smith-sings-you-light-up-my-life-to-kids/|access-date=24 February 2014}}</ref>
+*Mexican pop singer, Yuri recorded the song cover “Tú iluminas mi vida” for her first album released in 1978.
+*Filipina singer, [[Angeline Quinto]] recorded the song for her second album ''Fall in Love Again'' released in 2012.
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-[[Category:Best Original Song Academy Award-winning songs]]
+[[Category:Best Original Song Academy Award–winning songs]]
-[[Category:Best Original Song Golden Globe winning songs]]
+[[Category:Best Original Song Golden Globe–winning songs]]
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-[[Category:2006 debut singles]]
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-[[Category:Westlife songs]]
+[[Category:Song recordings produced by Chuck Howard]]

v t e Debby Boone
Studio albums	You Light Up My Life Midstream Debby Boone Love Has No Reason With My Song Savin' It Up Surrender Choose Life Friends for Life Be Thou My Vision Home for Christmas Reflections of Rosemary
Compilations	The Best of Debby Boone Love Put a Song in My Heart Reflections
Singles	"You Light Up My Life" "Baby I'm Yours" "My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own" "Breakin' in a Brand New Broken Heart" "See You in September" "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" "Are You on the Road to Lovin' Me Again"
Related articles	Discography

v t e LeAnn Rimes singles
Discography
Blue	"Blue" "Hurt Me" "One Way Ticket (Because I Can)" "The Light in Your Eyes"
Unchained Melody: The Early Years	"Unchained Melody"
You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs	"How Do I Live" "You Light Up My Life" "On the Side of Angels"
Sittin' on Top of the World	"Commitment" "Looking Through Your Eyes" "Nothin' New Under the Moon" "Feels Like Home" "These Arms of Mine"
LeAnn Rimes	"Big Deal" "Crazy"
I Need You	"But I Do Love You" "I Need You" "Soon"
God Bless America	"God Bless America"
Twisted Angel	"Life Goes On" "Tic Toc" "Suddenly"
Greatest Hits	"This Love"
This Woman	"Nothin' 'bout Love Makes Sense" "Probably Wouldn't Be This Way" "Something's Gotta Give" "Some People"
Whatever We Wanna	"And It Feels Like" "Everybody's Someone" (with Brian McFadden)
Family	"Nothin' Better to Do" "Good Friend and a Glass of Wine" "What I Cannot Change"
Lady & Gentlemen	"Swingin'" "Crazy Women" "Give"
Remnants	"The Story" "How to Kiss a Boy" "Long Live Love" "Love Is Love Is Love"
God's Work	"Throw My Arms Around the World" "How Much a Heart Can Hold" "Spaceship" "Innocent"
Singles from soundtracks	"Can't Fight the Moonlight" "We Can"
Featured singles	"Written in the Stars" (with Elton John) "Cattle Call" (with Eddy Arnold) "Last Thing on My Mind" (with Ronan Keating) "Till We Ain't Strangers Anymore" (with Bon Jovi) "In Front of the Alamo" (with Hal Ketchum) "Just Stand Up!" (as Artists Stand Up to Cancer) "When It’s Good" (with Marc Broussard) "The Choice" (as Souls4Souls) "Snow In Vegas" (with David Gray) "I Do" (with Aloe Blacc) "Uninvited" (with Dave Audé) "Jealous of Myself" (with Tenille Arts)
Christmas singles	"Put a Little Holiday in Your Heart" "O Holy Night" "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" "A Different Kind of Christmas" "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" "Santa Baby" "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" "Celebrate Me Home" (with Gavin DeGraw) "Today is Christmas"

v t e Westlife songs
Discography Songs recorded
Westlife	"Swear It Again" "If I Let You Go" "Flying Without Wings" "I Have a Dream"/"Seasons in the Sun" "Fool Again" "More Than Words" "Miss You" "Forever"
Coast to Coast	"Against All Odds" "My Love" "What Makes a Man" "I Lay My Love on You" "Uptown Girl" "When You're Looking Like That" "No Place That Far" "My Girl" "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" "I'll Be There"
World of Our Own	"Queen of My Heart" "World of Our Own" "Bop Bop Baby" "Evergreen" "Angel"
Unbreakable	"Unbreakable" "Tonight "Miss You Nights"
Turnaround	"Hey Whatever" "Mandy" "Obvious" "To Be with You" "Lost in You"
...Allow Us to Be Frank	"Ain't That a Kick in the Head" "Smile" "Fly Me to the Moon" "The Way You Look Tonight" "Let There Be Love" "Come Fly with Me" "Mack the Knife" "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" "Summer Wind" "Clementine" "When I Fall in Love" "Moon River" "That's Life"
Face to Face	"You Raise Me Up" "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" "Amazing" "Desperado" "In This Life"
The Love Album	"The Rose" "Total Eclipse of the Heart" "All Out of Love" "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You" "Butterfly Kisses" "Easy" "You Light Up My Life" "You Are So Beautiful" "The Dance" "All or Nothing" "You've Lost That Loving Feeling" "If" "Solitaire"
Back Home	"Home" "Us Against the World" "Something Right" "I'm Already There" "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" "Have You Ever"
Where We Are	"What About Now"
Gravity	"Safe" "The Reason" "Please Stay"
Greatest Hits	"Lighthouse" "Beautiful World"
Spectrum	"Hello My Love" "Better Man" "Dynamite"
Other songs	"Everybody Hurts" "Beautiful in White" "If I Had Words" "Daytime Friends, Nighttime Lovers" "Grease Lightning" "Beyond the Sea" "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" "White Christmas" "Never Can Say Goodbye"
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