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{{Infobox song
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| name = If the Lights Go Out
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{{Infobox Single
| Name = If the Lights Go Out
| cover = Katie Melua - If the Lights Go Out.JPG
| Cover = Katie Melua - If the Lights Go Out.JPG
| alt =
| type = single
| Artist = [[Katie Melua]]
| from Album = [[Pictures (Katie Melua album)|Pictures]]
| artist = [[Katie Melua]]
| album = [[Pictures (Katie Melua album)|Pictures]]
| B-side = Looking for Clues
| B-side = Looking for Clues
| Released =25 February 2008
| released = 25 February 2008
| Format = [[CD single]], [[music download|digital download]]
| Recorded =
| recorded =
| studio =
| Genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]/[[Jazz]]/[[Blues]]
| Length = 3:14
| venue =
| Label = [[Dramatico]]
| genre = [[Art rock]]
| length = 3:14
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| Writer = [[Mike Batt]]
| Producer = [[Mike Batt]]
| label = [[Dramatico]]
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| writer = [[Mike Batt]]
| Certification =
| producer = [[Mike Batt]]
| Chart position =
| Last single = "[[Mary Pickford (Used to Eat Roses)|Mary Pickford]]" <br />(2007)
| prev_title = [[Mary Pickford (Used to Eat Roses)|Mary Pickford]]
| prev_year = 2007
| This single = "'''If the Lights Go Out'''" <br />(2008)
| Next single = "[[The Flood (Katie Melua song)|The Flood]]" <br />(2010)
| next_title = [[The Flood (Katie Melua song)|The Flood]]
| next_year = 2010
}}
}}
"'''If the Lights Go Out'''" is a song written by [[Mike Batt]] for [[The Hollies]], and first released by them in the early 1980s. The cover version by [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]]-born, [[United Kingdom|British]] singer [[Katie Melua]], was released on 25 February 2008. It is Melua's eleventh single (not counting her [[2007 in British music#Number-one singles|number one]] duet of ''[[What a Wonderful World]]'' with [[Eva Cassidy]]) and the third from her third album, ''[[Pictures (Katie Melua album)|Pictures]]''.
"'''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''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hollies.co.uk/information.php?idx=17 |title=Hollies information page |access-date=13 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501114742/http://www.hollies.co.uk/information.php?idx=17 |archive-date=1 May 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


''[[Cash Box]]'' said that "a love-will-prevail-even-if-doomsday-comes message is affirmed by the group’s classic harmonies and guitar tones."<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Reviews|magazine=Cash Box|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1983/CB-1983-08-20.pdf|date=August 20, 1983|accessdate=2022-07-20|page=8}}</ref>
On release, Katie Melua's single charted at number 96 in the UK singles chart.


The cover version by [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]]-born, [[United Kingdom|British]] singer [[Katie Melua]], was released on 25 February 2008. It is Melua's eleventh single (not counting her [[2007 in British music#Number-one singles|number one]] duet of "[[What a Wonderful World]]" with [[Eva Cassidy]]) and the third from her third album, ''[[Pictures (Katie Melua album)|Pictures]]''.
Melua has also re-recorded this in Simlish for the upcoming Sims 3 Expansion Pack, World Adventures.

== Track listings ==
# "If The Lights Go Out" (Radio Mix)
# "Looking For Clues"


==References==
==References==
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{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.katiemelua.com/songlyrics/whatimissaboutyou.html Katie Melua website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090217225659/http://www.katiemelua.com/songlyrics/whatimissaboutyou.html Katie Melua website]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzeDKb8bCTI Katie Melua 'If The Lights Go Out' Interview & Preview] [[YouTube]]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzeDKb8bCTI Katie Melua 'If The Lights Go Out' Interview & Preview] [[YouTube]]

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[[Category:2008 singles]]
[[Category:2008 singles]]
[[Category:Katie Melua songs]]
[[Category:Katie Melua songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by Mike Batt]]
[[Category:Songs written by Mike Batt]]
[[Category:Song recordings produced by Mike Batt]]
[[Category:The Hollies songs]]
[[Category:2008 songs]]




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Latest revision as of 10:08, 20 August 2022

"If the Lights Go Out"
Single by Katie Melua
from the album Pictures
B-side"Looking for Clues"
Released25 February 2008
GenreArt rock
Length3:14
LabelDramatico
Songwriter(s)Mike Batt
Producer(s)Mike Batt
Katie Melua singles chronology
"Mary Pickford"
(2007) 		"If the Lights Go Out"
(2008) 		"The Flood"
(2010)

"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

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

References

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  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.
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