Light Em Up

"Light Em Up"
Single by Jetfire from the album Counting The Stars
Released	29 April, 2017
Format	CD single
Recorded	2013-2016
Genre	Indie rock
Label	Next Generation Records
Writer	S.Cotes, A.Dixon, J.Nicholson and M.Thompson
Producer	J.Nicholson
Chart position	#5
Certification	Silver
Jetfire chronology
"Tastes of Gin" (2016) "Light Em Up" (2017)

"Light Em Up" is the third single from English band Jetfire's sophomore studio album Counting The Stars. The single was released on 29 April 2017 via Digital Download and physical release through Next Generation Records. The song received positive reviews from pop music critics and charted at #5 on the UK Singles Chart.

Background

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Release and reception

"Light Em Up" was well-received. Rhian Daly, writing for NME, praised the song as being "bold, brilliant [and] thought-provoking." The song was also praised for its instrumentation, with "uplifting synth melodies" and "a foot-tapping beat you'll be dancing along to in no time," and described as "sound[ing] practically joyous, bright, supple guitar lines rippling like they’re being played on a wobbleboard and a loose rhythm section virtually encouraging finger-clicking, hip-dipping dad-dancing." Carolyn Menyes wrote that "Light Em Up" also excelled lyrically, "infusing together tight hooks with a lyrical bite."

Track listing

• Digital download

1. "Light Em Up" – 3:56

• Digital bundle

1. "Light Em Up" – 3:56
2. "You Came" – 3:38
3. "Who Do You Think You Are?" – 3:42

Music Video

The music video premiered on 17 May 2017.

The band revealed that as they are currently on a world tour, which started in Asia in February and ends in Australia in October! The band announced that due to their massive 101 date tour taking up so much time, they didn't have any free time to make a proper music video, so instead - they got creative.

The video features mostly many exciting scenes from the tour itself, showing the band performing to sold out arenas! They also took their own handheld camera on tour with them and have been filming their adventures around the globe, including this within the video! It shows the boys messing around, meeting fans and rehearsing. Essentially, the friendship between the four boys really shines through.

There's also some really cute scenes too showing Syd and Apollo surprising Aaron on one of his dates, and Mikey's wife Rachel doing the same.

Chart performance

The single was released on 29 April, 2017. The song debuted at #5 on the UK singles chart, giving Jetfire their eighth consecutive top five single. Despite this, it is their lowest charting single in the UK ever, alongside their 2012 debut single "Tears In Your Eyes". With first week sales of 69,370 copies sold, it also marks a huge drop in sales compared to the first week sales of the albums other singles (Little Black Book had first week sales of 114,615 and Tastes of Gin sold 103,001 copies in its first week). Upon it's official announcement as the third single, the song debuted at #42 on the Airplay chart. The following week it rose to #15 and finally peaked at #3. It also charted at #4 on the Download chart.

Chart Run

• Week 1: #5 - 69,370
• Week 2: #8 - 56,140
• Week 3: #10 - 35,721
• Week 4: #12 - 25,144
• Week 5: #12 - 16,891
• Week 6: #14 - 16,398
• Week 7: #14 - 15,626
• Week 8: #15 - 12,840
• Week 9: #12 - 16,029
• Week 10: #21 - 9,352
• Week 11: #24 - 9,218
• Week 12: #20 - 12,107
• Week 13: #23 - 8,476
• Week 14: #15 - 12,903
• Week 15: #15 - 11,845
• Week 16: #17 - 11,969
• Week 17: #21 - 9,797
• Week 18: #14 - 16,823
• Week 19: #23 - 9,972
• Week 20: #26 - 8,994
• Week 21: #28 - 6,841
• Week 22: #31 - 6,456
• Week 23: #35 - 5,101
• Week 24: #37 - 3,314
• Week 25: #37 - 3,073
• Week 26: #40 - 2,001

TOTAL: 412,401

Charts

Charts (2017)	Peak
UK Singles Chart	5
UK Downloads Chart	4
UK Airplay Chart	3