Light Up The World

"Light Up The World" is the first single to be taken from singer-songwriter Ashley! third album, Silver Lining, and twelth overall, to be released on August 12th, 2013. Written by Crystal Barker and produced by Dr.Luke. Upon premiere it received generally positive reviews from both music critics and fans of the single, notting it's catchy beat and infection lyrics, with many dubbing the song as the "anthem of the summer" and "unashamedly pop".

Lyrically, the song focuses on a relationship you feel safe in, without having to pretend and using your happiness to pass a message onto other to 'light up the world'.

Upon release, Light Up The World charted at #1 on the Official Uraps Chart, the Airplay chart and the Digital Single chart, as well as taking the runners up position on the pre-release chart the week prior to the songs release, charting behind Tommy Gunn. The single become the second fastest selling single of the year at the time, taking the slot from Paulo Araujo's More To Life set two weeks prior, selling 146,624 copies in its first week alone.

Background and Composition
Despite initial confirmation that Ashley had been in the studio working on a re-issue of her previous album, Exclamation Declaration, it was later revealed that Ashley had been working on tracks from an new album era. Dr.Luke confirmed he had worked on a track, written by Crystal Barker, which they had hoped would serve as the lead single from the album campaign. Days later, it was revealed that Light Up The World would be released on August 12th as the first single, after 'instantly falling in love with it both lyrically and how it had been produced'. Ashley described the single as 'unashamed pop and adding that it could be the 'summer anthem of the year'. The single premiered on July 10th on Capital FM's Breakfast Show.

Light Up The World is a 'bubblegum dance pop' track with carefree lyrics, opposed to anything deep and philosophical for the first single, Ashley decided it would be best to start the album off positively, a song which everyone can connect to 'whether you like to admit it or not'.

Chart Performance
Released on August 12th, the song charted at #1, selling 146,624 in its first week alone and became the second highest selling single of the year at time of release. Overall, it was Ashley's third number one single, and in its first week alone, sold more than her first three singles chart runs. The week before release, it charted at number two on the Pre-Release chart, followed by a number one on both the digital chart and Airplay (which also saw Clouds (Silver Lining) rise into the top ten). Following the album release on August 19th, the single charted at ______.

Charts
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Chart Run

 * Week 1: #1 - 146,624