Blue Lights (song)

"Blue Lights" is a song by English singer and songwriter Jorja Smith. It was released as her debut single on 26 February 2016. The song was written by Smith, Ben Joyce, Guy Bonnet, Roland Romanelli, Dizzee Rascal and Nicholas Detnon and produced by Joyce and Engine Earz. Two years later, it was included on the singer's debut studio album Lost & Found.

"Blue Lights"
Single by Jorja Smith
from the album Lost & Found
Released26 February 2016 (2016-02-26)
Genre
Length4:10
LabelFAMM
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Ben Joyce
  • Engine Earz
Jorja Smith singles chronology
"Blue Lights"
(2016)		 "Where Did I Go?"
(2016)
Audio sample
  • file
  • help
Music video
"Blue Lights" on YouTube

The song is built around a sample of "Amour, émoi... et vous" by Guy Bonnet and Roland Romanelli; the lyric contain a interpolations of Dizzie Rascal's "Sirens".

One month after Smith posted "Blue Lights" on her SoundCloud account, the song had more than 400 000 listens.[1] That same week, it was added to the playlists of national British radios.[1] In April 2018, Smith sang "Blue Lights" during her American late-night television debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live!.[2]

A remixed version featuring French rapper Dosseh was released in March 2019.[3]

Charts
Chart (2018) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[4] 31
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[5] 6
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under)[4] 31
Belgium (Urban)[4] 23
France (SNEP)[6] 128
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[7] 50
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[8] 38
UK Indie (Official Charts Company)[9] 4
UK R&B (Official Charts Company)[10] 38

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
France (SNEP)[11] Gold 100,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[12] Silver 200,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
sales+streaming figures based on certification alone

Awards and nominations
YearAwardsCategoryResultRef.
2016 MOBO Awards Best Song Nominated [13]
2018 UK Music Video Awards Best Urban Video – UK Won [14]
2019 Ivor Novello Awards Best Contemporary Song Nominated [15]
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References
  1. "UK Radar: Jorja Smith". hypebeast.com. Hypebeast. 24 February 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  2. Nerisha Penrose (17 April 2018). "Jorja Smith Paints 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' in 'Blue Lights' For Live TV Debut Performance". Billboard. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  3. Théau Berthelot (1 March 2019). "Clip "Blue Lights" : Jorja Smith revisite son tube avec Dosseh dans les banlieues". chartsinfrance.net (in French). Charts in France. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  4. "Ultratop.be – Jorja Smith – Blue Lights" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  5. "Ultratop.be – Jorja Smith – Blue Lights" (in French). Ultratip. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  6. "Lescharts.com – Jorja Smith – Blue Lights" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  7. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  8. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  9. "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  10. "Official R&B Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  11. "French single certifications – Jorja Smith – Blue Lights" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  12. "British single certifications – Jorja Smith – Blue Lights". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 7 August 2019. Select singles in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type Blue Lights in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  13. April Clare Welsh (21 September 2016). "Kano, Skepta and Laura Mvula lead the nominations at the 2016 MOBO Awards". factmag.com. Fact. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  14. Roisin Lanigan (26 October 2018). "here are all the winners of the uk music video awards". i-d.vice.com. i-D. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  15. Richard Smirke (24 April 2019). "Ivor Novello Awards 2019: The 1975, Jorja Smith Among First-Time Nominees". Billboard. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
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