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"When the Lights Go Down" is a song written by Craig Wiseman, Jeffrey Steele, and Rivers Rutherford, recorded by American country pop singer Faith Hill. It was released to country radio November 19, 2002, as the second single from her fifth studio album, Cry (2002). The second of three songs from the album promoted to country radio, "When the Lights Go Down" peaked at number 26 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in 2003. At the time, this was Hill's lowest position on the chart since "But I Will" peaked at number 35 in 1994.
| "When the Lights Go Down" | ||||
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| Single by Faith Hill | ||||
| from the album Cry | ||||
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| Released | November 19, 2002 | |||
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| Genre | Country pop | |||
| Length | 4:06 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. Nashville | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Craig Wiseman, Jeffrey Steele, Rivers Rutherford | |||
| Producer(s) | Faith Hill, Dann Huff | |||
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The song inspired the name of Hill's NBC concert special (taped in September 2002 and aired in November of that year), as well as her live DVD featuring performances from the same, released May 6, 2003.[1][2] A Europe-exclusive CD single, released in February 2003, also contains a live version of "Stronger" taken from this concert.[3]
"When the Lights Go Down" is a midtempo country pop-styled power ballad[4] with a duration of four minutes and six seconds (4:06). It was written by Craig Wiseman, Jeffrey Steele, and Rivers Rutherford and was produced by Faith Hill and Dann Huff. According to the digital sheet music published on Musicnotes.com through Universal Music Publishing Group, it was originally composed and recorded in the key of F♯ major (published in the key of G major) and set in simple time (4
4) to a "moderately slow" tempo of 72 BPM.[5] Hill's vocals range from G3–E5.[5]
"When the Lights Go Down" debuted on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart the week of November 23, 2002 at number 53, the highest debut of the week.[6] It rose to number 45 the next week.[7] The song rose to its peak position of number 26 in its fourteenth week on February 22, 2003; "When the Lights Go Down" spent 20 weeks in total.[8][9] The song (not counting her 2000 Christmas single "Where Are You Christmas?") became her first single since "But I Will" from her debut studio album Take Me as I Am (1993) to not peak within the top 20 of the country chart. The song also became a minor hit on the Bubbling Under Hot 100, debuting and peaking at number 19 the week of February 1, 2003 and spending six weeks on the chart.
"When the Lights Go Down" became a minor hit in German-speaking Europe. The song debuted and peaked at number 64 on the Official German Singles chart on February 10, 2003, spending four weeks in total. The song was Hill's fourth and most recent entry on the German chart following "This Kiss", "There You'll Be", and "Cry".
The video for "When the Lights Go Down" was directed by Gary Halvorson.[10] It won the award for Hottest Female Video of the Year at the 2003 CMT Flameworthy Music Video Awards.[1]
German CD single[11]
Credits are lifted from the Cry album booklet.[12]
Studios
Main personnel
Orchestra
| Chart (2002–2003) | Peak position |
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| Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[13] | 52 |
| Germany (GfK)[11] | 64 |
| US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[14] | 19 |
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[9] | 26 |
| Region | Date | Format | Ref. |
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| United States | November 19, 2002 | Country radio | [15] |
| Germany | January 27, 2003 | CD single | [11] |
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