Song · Royal Blood
“Lights Out” by Royal Blood
From the album How Did We Get So Dark? (2017)
“Lights Out” by Royal Blood appears on 7 radio countdowns from 7 stations in 2017. It was first released in 2017 on the album How Did We Get So Dark?. Its best result is #4 on The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2017. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #32 alternative song of 2017.
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Royal Blood fired off "Lights Out" in April 2017 as the first single from their second album, How Did We Get So Dark?, and the song was born on the road. While they toured the United States with Bass Drum of Death opening, the two bands swapped ideas, and Bass Drum of Death's frontman, John Barrett, ended up co-writing it; Mike Kerr called him a big part of how it came together.
Kerr sings it and plays electric bass and keyboard, Ben Thatcher handles drums, percussion and grand piano, and the band produced it with Jolyon Thomas before Tom Dalgety mixed it. It's hard rock with a hip-swinging strut, and it topped the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart. It also landed on the soundtrack of the video game Need for Speed Payback, and the band first played it live on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on May 9, 2017.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 28 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2017 | 91 |
| 2017 | 4 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2017 | 99 |
| 2017 | 8 | 98KUPD Phoenix, AZ | 98KUPD Top 98 of 2017 | 98 |
| 2017 | 63 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2017 | 104 |
| 2017 | 76 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2017 | 103 |
| 2017 | 5 | 99 Rock Lebanon-Hanover-White River Junction, NH-VT | 99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2017 | 99 |
| 2017 | 6 | 93.3 WMMR Philadelphia, PA | WMMR Top 25 Songs of 2017 | 25 |
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