Headlights (Robin Schulz song)

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"Headlights"
Robin Shulz Headlights.jpg
Single by Robin Schulz featuring Ilsey
from the album Sugar
Released3 April 2015
Recorded2014
Genre
Length3:29
Label Tonspiel (Warner Music Group)
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Robin Schulz
Robin Schulz singles chronology
"Sun Goes Down"
(2014)
"Headlights"
(2015)
"Sugar"
(2015)
Ilsey singles chronology
"Headlights"
(2015)

"Headlights" is a song by German DJ and record producer Robin Schulz. It features the vocals from American singer and songwriter Ilsey. The song was released in Germany as a digital download on 3 April 2015 as the lead single from his second studio album Sugar (2015). The song has peaked at number 6 on the German Singles Chart. The song was written by Robin Schulz, Ilsey Juber, John Ryan, Andreas Schuller, Eric Frederic, Tom Peyton and Joe London. The original demo version included a sample of an acoustic guitar taken from a sample library, which was replayed for the official release by Mark Summers at Scorccio Sample Replays.

Contents

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Headlights" was first released onto YouTube on 3 April 2015 at a total length of three minutes and forty-nine seconds. [1] The video features a small group of pool-goers in an abandoned waterpark in Algarve, Portugal. The people do water-related stunts in the empty pools. The video ends with a couple posing with, and then driving off in a Toyota Aygo, with the numberplate "AYGO8".

Track listing

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Headlights" (featuring Ilsey)3:29
CD single [2]
No.TitleLength
1."Headlights" (featuring Ilsey)3:29
2."Headlights" (featuring Ilsey; extended version)5:30

Chart performance

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [43] Platinum70,000
Austria (IFPI Austria) [44] Gold15,000
Canada (Music Canada) [45] Gold40,000
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [46] Gold30,000^
Germany (BVMI) [47] 3× Gold900,000
Italy (FIMI) [48] 2× Platinum100,000
Norway (IFPI Norway) [49] 2× Platinum80,000
Poland (ZPAV) [50] 2× Platinum100,000
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [51] Platinum40,000
Sweden (GLF) [52] Gold20,000
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [53] Gold15,000
United Kingdom (BPI) [54] Silver200,000

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
Germany3 April 2015 Digital download Tonspiel (Warner Music Group) [55]
24 April 2015 CD single [2]

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