Light It Up (Major Lazer song) explained

Light It Up
Cover:Light It Up (Remix) Major Lazer Cover.jpg
Border:yes
Type:single
Artist:Major Lazer featuring Nyla and Fuse ODG
Album:Peace Is the Mission
Released:November 5, 2015
Recorded:2014–2015
Label:Mad Decent
Chronology:Major Lazer
Prev Title:Lost
Prev Year:2015
Next Title:Who Am I
Next Year:2016

"Light It Up" is a song by American electronic music producing group Major Lazer, featuring vocals from Jamaican singer Nyla, which appears on Major Lazer's third studio album Peace Is the Mission. A remixed dancehall version of the song, to which additional vocals from British-Ghanaian Afrobeats artist Fuse ODG were added, was included on a re-released version of Peace Is the Mission and released as the album's third single overall on November 5, 2015.

Chart performance

The song attained international success in Europe and Oceania. It also marks Nyla's and ODG's highest-charting single to date. On the Billboard Hot 100 the song debuted at 98 and has peaked at number 73, marking Nyla's and ODG's first entry on the chart.

Remixes

On March 12, 2016, an Italian version of the song was released, featuring vocals from Italian singer and songwriter Baby K.[1]

Music video

Method Studios design team created the film that opened the 2016 AICP Show, developing the concept of a character that embodied creativity; dancing avatars created with procedural art. Artists developed 50 texture effects and custom algorithms to execute them and a CG environment with lighting and camera setups and textures. The film was then re-cut to a new track, Major Lazer's “Light it Up” and posted online, where it garnered 100M+ views, drove downloads of the song and views for the artists, and went on to be recognized with awards, significant media coverage and re-posting worldwide.[2]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2015–16)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[3] 54
France Airplay (SNEP)[4] 1
Italy (FIMI)[5] 4
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[6] 16
Poland (Video Chart)[7] 2
Romania (Media Forest)[8] 8
Russia Airplay (Tophit)[9] 7
Serbia (Radiomonitor)[10] 3
Slovenia (SloTop50)[11] 28

Year-end charts

Chart (2016)Position
Argentina (Monitor Latino)[12] 77
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[13] 32
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[14] 17
Belgium (Ultratop Wallonia)[15] 22
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[16] 60
Denmark (Tracklisten)[17] 40
France (SNEP)[18] 13
Germany (Official German Charts)[19] 29
Hungary (Dance Top 40)[20] 20
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[21] 30
Hungary (Single Top 40)[22] 68
Italy (FIMI)[23] 13
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[24] 8
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[25] 3
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[26] 36
Poland (ZPAV)[27] 39
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[28] 14
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[29] 13
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[30] 18
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[31] 20
US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)[32] 13
Chart (2017)Position
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[33] 85
Chart (2018)Position
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[34] 88

Release history

CountryDateFormatLabelNotes
Germany[35] November 5, 2015Digital downloadMad DecentRemix version
United Kingdom[36] November 6, 2015
United States[37]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Light it up feat Baby K. rockit.it. Ryan. Gavin. March 12, 2016. March 12, 2016.
  2. Web site: Major Lazer "Light It Up" Music Video / AICP Reel Re-Mix.
  3. Web site: ARIA Singles: Gnash 'I Hate U, I Love U' Spends Second Week at No 1. Noise11. Ryan. Gavin. April 23, 2016. April 23, 2016.
  4. Web site: Top de la semaine. March 1, 2016.
  5. Web site: Italiancharts.com – Major Lazer Feat. Nyla & Fuse ODG – Light It Up. Top Digital Download. 8 April 2016.
  6. Web site: NZ Top 40 Singles Chart. Recorded Music NZ. April 18, 2016. April 15, 2016.
  7. Web site: Top 5 Airplay TV. ZPAV. . February 6, 2017.
  8. Web site: Romanian International Top 10 Singles Chart. Media Forest. 24 July 2016. 24 July 2016.
  9. Web site: Official Russia Top 100 Airplay Chart(week 25). https://web.archive.org/web/20160808195259/http://tophitru.com/airplay_week.shtml?week_st=1464642000. usurped. August 8, 2016. . June 20, 2016. Russian.
  10. Web site: Serbia - Radio airplay chart (Settimana 20.2016). RadioAirplay. Italian. August 18, 2020.
  11. Web site: SloTop50 – Slovenian official singles chart. slotop50.si. 26 August 2018.
  12. Web site: Top 100 Anual 2016. August 21, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170822000556/http://charts.monitorlatino.com/top100/anual/Argentina/General. August 22, 2017. Monitor Latino.
  13. Web site: Ö3 Austria Top 40 - Single-Charts 2016 . oe3.orf.at . December 29, 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161228174302/http://oe3.orf.at/charts/stories/2749413/ . December 28, 2016 .
  14. Web site: Jaaroverzichten 2016. Hung Medien. December 29, 2016.
  15. Web site: Rapports Annuels 2016. Hung Medien. December 29, 2016.
  16. Canadian Hot 100 Year End 2016. Billboard. December 9, 2016.
  17. Web site: Track Top-100, 2016 . Hitlisten.NU . December 31, 2016.
  18. Web site: Top de l'année Top Singles 2016. SNEP. fr. July 5, 2020.
  19. Web site: Top 100 Jahrescharts 2016. German . . viva.tv . January 1, 2017.
  20. Web site: Dance Top 100 - 2016. December 15, 2019. Mahasz.
  21. Web site: Rádiós Top 100 - hallgatottsági adatok alapján - 2016. December 15, 2019. Mahasz.
  22. Web site: Single Top 100 - eladási darabszám alapján - 2016. December 15, 2019. Mahasz.
  23. Web site: Classifiche "Top of the Music" 2016 FIMI-GfK: La musica italiana in vetta negli album e nei singoli digitali . Italian . . February 23, 2017 . Click on Scarica allegato to download the zipped file containing the year-end chart PDF documents.
  24. Web site: Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 2016. Dutch Top 40. November 6, 2019.
  25. Web site: Jaaroverzichten - Single 2016. Hung Medien. December 25, 2016.
  26. Web site: Top Selling Singles of 2016. Recorded Music NZ. December 25, 2016.
  27. Web site: Podsumowanie roku – Airplay 2016. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Polish. January 23, 2017.
  28. Web site: Top 100 Songs Annual 2016. Productores de Música de España. es. May 9, 2022.
  29. Web site: Årslista Singlar – År 2016 . Swedish . . February 2, 2017.
  30. Web site: Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2016 – hitparade.ch . Hung Medien . January 2, 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170202065157/http://www.hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/2016 . February 2, 2017 .
  31. Web site: The Official Top 40 Biggest Songs of 2016. Official Charts Company. Myers. Justin. December 30, 2016. December 31, 2016.
  32. http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2016/hot-dance-electronic--songs "Hot Dance/Electronic Songs – Year End 2016"
  33. Web site: Rádiós Top 100 - hallgatottsági adatok alapján - 2017. February 17, 2018. Mahasz.
  34. Web site: Rádiós Top 100 - hallgatottsági adatok alapján - 2018. May 22, 2020. Mahasz.
  35. Web site: Light It Up (feat. Nyla & Fuse ODG) [Remix] – Single von Major Lazer ]. . . January 14, 2016 . German.
  36. Web site: Light It Up (feat. Nyla & Fuse ODG) [Remix] – Single by Major Lazer ]. . . January 14, 2016.
  37. Web site: Light It Up (feat. Nyla & Fuse ODG) [Remix] – Single by Major Lazer ]. . . January 14, 2016 .

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Light It Up (Major Lazer song)".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2025, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.