Lights

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Lights is a 1983 rock song by the British band Journey, best known as a nostalgic ballad celebrating the city of San Francisco.

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Label Occurrences
Lights canonical 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single
song
album Infinity
artist Journey
associatedWithCity San Francisco
bassist Ross Valory
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
describedAs nostalgic ballad
drummer Aynsley Dunbar
genre arena rock
rock
soft rock
guitarist Neal Schon
hasChorusLine "And the sun shines on the bay"
"When the lights go down in the city"
hasInstrumentation bass guitar
drums
electric guitar
keyboards
hasLength approximately 3 minutes
hasLiveVersion Captured
hasPopularityRegion San Francisco Bay Area
hasProduction studio recording
hasTimePeriod late 1970s
hasType power ballad
hasVocalStyle melodic
includedInAlbum Infinity
isSignatureSongOf Journey
keyboardist Gregg Rolie
language English
leadVocalist Steve Perry
liveAlbumAppearance Captured
lyricMention the Bay
the city by the bay
partOf Journey
surface form: Journey discography
performer Journey
radioFormat album-oriented rock
classic rock
recordedIn 1977
recordLabel Columbia Records
releaseYear 1978
setting San Francisco
tempo slow-to-mid tempo
theme San Francisco
writer Neal Schon
Steve Perry

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Journey notableWork Lights
Neal Schon notableSong Lights