Light Up the Night (Boyzone song)

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"Light Up the Night"
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Single by Boyzone
from the album BZ20
Released10 February 2014
Recorded2013
Genre Pop
Length3:14
Label Rhino
Songwriter(s) Josh Kear, Ed Hill
Producer(s) Brian Rawling, Paul Meehan, Matt Furmidge
Boyzone singles chronology
"Love Will Save the Day"
(2013)
"Light Up the Night"
(2014)
"Dream"
(2018)
Music video
"Light Up the Night" on YouTube

Light Up the Night is a song by Irish boy band Boyzone from their fifth studio album, BZ20 (2013). The song was written by Josh Kear and Ed Hill, and was produced by Brian Rawling, Paul Meehan, and Matt Furmidge. It was released in February 2014 as the album's second and final singe.

Contents

Promotion

Boyzone performed the song on German TV channel Sat.1 on the 24 January 2014. [1]

Music video

On 15 January 2014, the music video was uploaded to YouTube. [2] The video features Boyzone singing around a bonfire. [3]

Track listing

CD single [4]
  1. "Light Up the Night" (radio mix)

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References

  1. "Live: Boyzone - "Light up the night" - Video - Frühstücksfernsehen - Sat.1" (in German). Sat1.de. 2014-01-24. Retrieved 2014-03-06.
  2. "Boyzone Debut Latest Single 'Light Up The Night' From BZ20 Album, Marking 20th Anniversary". The Huffington Post . 15 January 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  3. Video on YouTube
  4. Light Up the Night (single). Boyzone. Rhino Records, Industry Green Music. 2014.CS1 maint: others (link)