When the Lights Go Out (song)

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"When the Lights Go Out"
When the Lights Go Out (Five album - cover art).jpg
Single by Five
from the album Five
B-side
Released2 March 1998 (1998-03-02)
Studio Steelworks (Sheffield, England)
Genre Pop
Length4:11
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Eliot Kennedy
  • Tim Lever
  • Mike Percy
Five singles chronology
"Slam Dunk (Da Funk)"
(1997)
"When the Lights Go Out"
(1998)
"Got the Feelin'"
(1998)
Music videos
"When the Lights Go Out" on YouTube

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the Five album booklet. [18]

Studio

Personnel

Charts

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [45] Platinum70,000^
Belgium (BEA) [46] Gold25,000*
United Kingdom (BPI) [47] Silver200,000^
United States (RIAA) [48] Gold800,000 [1]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United Kingdom2 March 1998
  • CD
  • cassette
[49]
Sweden16 March 1998CD [50]
United StatesApril 1998Radio Arista [51]
Japan1 July 1998CD
  • RCA
  • BMG
[52]

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