Light (KMFDM song)

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"Light"
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Single by KMFDM
ReleasedFebruary 15, 1994
RecordedChicago Recording Company (1, 7);
Bad Animals/Studio X, Seattle (2, 5);
Warzone Recorders, Chicago (3, 9);
Pig Studios, Beverly Hills (4);
Vingo's, Chicago (6, 8)
Genre Industrial metal
Length49:13
Label Wax Trax! Records/TVT Records
Songwriter(s) Mark Durante, Sascha Konietzko, Klaus Schandelmaier, Günter Schulz, Chris Shepard
Producer(s) Sascha Konietzko
KMFDM singles chronology
"A Drug Against War"
(1993)
"Light"
(1994)
"Glory"
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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"Light" is a song by industrial rock band KMFDM from their 1993 album Angst . The single was first released in 1994 and contains nine different remixes of the song. "Light" peaked at No. 31 on the Billboard Dance/Club Play Songs Chart in May 1994. [2] The single was re-released as a 7" in 2009, and the song was remixed and released as "Light 2010" on December 17, 2010. [3]

Contents

Track listing

1994 CD release

No.TitleRemixerLength
1."Light" (Cellulite Radio Dub) KMFDM 3:49
2."Light" (Aerobic Dub) Excessive Force 5:44
3."Light" (Rubber Gloves Dub) Die Warzau 5:24
4."Light" (Fat Back Dub) Nine Inch Nails 7:29
5."Light" (Vengeance Dub) Son of a Gun 5:39
6."Light" (Cømplete Ørgasm Dub) Crunch-Ø-Matic 4:57
7."Light" (Diet Dub)KMFDM5:58
8."Light" (Lighthouse Dub) Vince Lawrence 5:04
9."Light" (White Cotton Balls Dub) Die Warzau 5:09
Total length:49:13

1994 and 2014 12" release

No.TitleRemixerLength
1."Light" (Aerobic Dub)Excessive Force5:44
2."Light" (Rubber Gloves)Die Warzau5:24
3."Light" (Fat Back Dub)Nine Inch Nails7:29
4."Light" (Vengeance Dub)Son of a Gun5:39
Total length:24:16

2009 7" release

No.TitleLength
1."Light"6:05
2."Light" (Cellulite Radio Mix)3:48
Total length:9:53

Light 2010

No.TitleRemixerLength
1."Light 2010"KMFDM6:07
2."Light 2010" (Ultra-Heavy Frequency Mix) Lords of Acid 5:26
3."Light 2010" (Into the Wasteland Mix) Emzy Enzy 7:50
4."Light 2010" (Dilated Mix) David J 6:15
5."Light 2010" (Fashionista Mix) 3KSK 4:53
Total length:30:31

Personnel

Additional personnel

Production

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References

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r203824
  2. "KMFDM Album & Song Chart History: Singles". Billboard . Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved March 6, 2010.
  3. "KMFDM STORE EXCLUSIVE Limited Edition Light 2010 CD". Kmfdmstore.com. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2011-11-03.