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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Lights canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album Infinity ⓘ
artist Journey ⓘ
associatedWithCity San Francisco ⓘ
bassist Ross Valory ⓘ
countryOfOrigin 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 discography ⓘ
linked to: Journey
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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Journey → notableWork → Lights ⓘ
Neal Schon → notableSong → Lights ⓘ