Light Me Up (Birdy song)

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"Light Me Up"
Birdy Light Me Up.jpg
Single by Birdy
from the album Fire Within
Released23 February 2014
Recorded2012–2013
Genre
Length4:15
Label Warner Music Group
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Rich Costey
Birdy singles chronology
"No Angel"
(2013)
"Light Me Up"
(2014)
"Words as Weapons"
(2014)
Music video
"Light Me Up" on YouTube

"Light Me Up" is a song by English musician Birdy. The song was released as a digital download on 23 February 2014 in the United Kingdom, as the third single from her second studio album, Fire Within (2013). The song was written by Birdy, Trey Starxx, Tom Hull and produced by Rich Costey.

Contents

Track listing

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Light Me Up"4:15

Charts

Chart performance for "Light Me Up"
Chart (2013)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [1] 2
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia) [2] 6

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
United Kingdom 23 February 2014Digital downloadWarner Music Group

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