"Burn the Bright Lights" is the fourth single by Australian boy band
The Collective, released on 30 May 2014 by
Sony Music Australia
Sony Music Entertainment Australia is the predominant record label operated by American parent company Sony Music Entertainment in Australia. SMEA also formerly published and distributed video games in Australia & New Zealand on behalf of Sony ...
. It was written by Justin Gray,
Zac Poor
Zachary Scott Poor is an American singer-songwriter based in Los Angeles, California who first appeared on the music scene in early 2010 with his EP, "Let's Just Call it Heartbreak", a collaboration with Glee producer Adam Anders. Universal Motow ...
and Christian Nilsson, and produced by the latter two with Adrian Breakspear and
Gary Pinto
Gary Pinto is an Australian singer, songwriter and musician and was the lead singer of dance group, CDB.
Early life
Gary Pinto is an Australian musician of Indian descent. His parents were from Chennai and members of a minority Christian Indi ...
. The song served as The Collective's first release since the departure of member
Zach Russell. Upon its release, "Burn the Bright Lights" debuted at number 34 on the
ARIA Singles Chart
The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling songs and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA became the offici ...
. The Collective promoted the track with performances on radio and television programs and at shopping centres. The accompanying music video features the band performing in a warehouse.
Background
"Burn the Bright Lights" was written by Christian Nilsson, Justin Gray and
Zac Poor
Zachary Scott Poor is an American singer-songwriter based in Los Angeles, California who first appeared on the music scene in early 2010 with his EP, "Let's Just Call it Heartbreak", a collaboration with Glee producer Adam Anders. Universal Motow ...
, and produced by the latter two with Adrian Breakspear and
Gary Pinto
Gary Pinto is an Australian singer, songwriter and musician and was the lead singer of dance group, CDB.
Early life
Gary Pinto is an Australian musician of Indian descent. His parents were from Chennai and members of a minority Christian Indi ...
.
It was
mixed by Miles Walker and
mastered
Mastering, a form of audio post production, is the process of preparing and transferring recorded audio from a source containing the final mix to a data storage device (the master), the source from which all copies will be produced (via meth ...
by Leon Zervos.
Amit Ofir provided the guitar for the song.
"Burn the Bright Lights" is The Collective's first release without member
Zach Russell, who left the band to become a firefighter.
According to the Australian Musician Network, "'Burn the Bright Lights' is a song that manifests their passion, drive and desire to succeed."
When The Collective heard a demo of the song, they immediately wanted to record it.
Julian De Vizio stated that the song has "a power and emotion inside" it "that everyone can relate to no matter what they're going through",
while
Trent Bell described "Burn the Bright Lights" as "a mature song" that "has got feeling and hits people's hearts."
Release and reception
On 8 May 2014, The Collective announced via social media that "Burn the Bright Lights" would be released as their new single.
Following the announcement, the song's title became the number-two trending topic on Twitter.
"Burn the Bright Lights" was made available to pre-order on 9 May 2014.
It was then released both
digitally and
physically on 30 May 2014.
The physical edition features The Collective's cover of "
Lazy Love
"Lazy Love" is a song by American recording artist Ne-Yo, premiere online on May 14, 2012. It officially impacted Urban radio on May 29, 2012 and was released on June 12, 2012 by Motown Records for purchase as a digital download. It is the firs ...
" by
Ne-Yo
Shaffer Chimere Smith (born October 18, 1979), known professionally as Ne-Yo, is an American singer, songwriter, actor, dancer, and record producer. He gained fame for his songwriting abilities when he penned Mario's 2004 hit " Let Me Love You ...
as a
B-side
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track.
Keely Kovacevic of
Optus Zoo described "Burn the Bright Lights" as a "slow-burning pop track" that showcases "their impressive vocal talents."
My Canberra Digital wrote that the song "has an impressive strong punch to it which lets us hear just how much the group's vocals have grown and developed." For the week commencing 9 June 2014, "Burn the Bright Lights" debuted at number 34 on the
ARIA Singles Chart
The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling songs and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA became the offici ...
and became the highest new entry that week as well as The Collective's eleventh entry on that chart.
In its second week, the song dropped thirty-five places to number 69.
Promotion
Music video
The music video for "Burn the Bright Lights" was filmed at
Carriageworks
Carriageworks is a multi-arts urban cultural precinct located at the former Eveleigh Railway Workshops in Redfern, Sydney, Australia. Carriageworks showcases contemporary art and performing arts, as well as being used for filming, festivals, fa ...
. It was later uploaded to The Collective's
Vevo
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account on 30 May 2014.
The video opens with the band driving a black car in front of an old building.
As they drive inside the building, The Collective exit the car and go to perform the song in front of several bright lights.
Throughout the video, intercut scenes of each member singing the song separately are shown; De Vizio sings in front of the car, Bell sings at the building's entrance,
Jayden Sierra sings in front of a window and
Will Singe
Liam Anthony "William" Singe (born 2 July 1992) is an Australian YouTuber, singer, songwriter, and producer. He is most notable for his online videos on YouTube and Facebook.
Singe started his career as a member of The Collective, an Australian ...
sings in front of a wired fence.
Live performances
The Collective performed an acoustic version of "Burn the Bright Lights" on ''
The Bump Show
''Hit 30'' was an Australian radio show hosted by Angus O'Loughlin and Emma Freedman. It was broadcast across the Hit Network from 8-10pm weeknights.
The show was a national music countdown which features the hottest tunes around with a mix of p ...
'' on 30 May 2014. The following day, they performed "Burn the Bright Lights" during an instore appearance at
Westfield Plenty Valley
Westfield Plenty Valley is a shopping centre in the suburb of South Morang, Victoria, Australia. Until its expansion in 2008, it was known as Plenty Valley Town Centre and hosted one major store (Coles Supermarket), and approximately 22 specialty ...
in
Mill Park, Victoria
Mill Park is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 18 km north-east of Melbourne's central business district, located within the City of Whittlesea local government area. Mill Park recorded a population of 28,712 at the 2021 census. ...
. The Collective also performed the song on ''
Today
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* Day of the present, the time that is perceived directly, often called ''now''
* Current era, present
* The current calendar date
Arts, entertainment, and media Films
* ''Today'' (1930 film), a 1930 A ...
'' (4 June 2014), ''
The Riff
''The Riff'' was an Australian music video request television show that aired 6 days on Channel hosted by Billy Russell, Danny Clayton, Carissa Walford and Marty Smiley. The show ran from 2013 to 2015.
See also
* List of Australian music t ...
'' (6 June 2014) and during their instore appearances at
Westfield Liverpool
Westfield Liverpool is a major shopping centre, located in Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metr ...
in
Liverpool, New South Wales
Liverpool is a suburb of Greater Western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located approximately south-west of the Sydney CBD. Liverpool is the administrative seat of the local government area of the City of Liverp ...
(7 June 2014) and
Westfield Parramatta
Westfield Parramatta is a large shopping centre in the suburb of Parramatta in Greater Western Sydney.
Transport
The North Shore & Western, Inner West & Leppington and Cumberland Line offer frequent services to Westfield Parramatta.
Westfie ...
in
Parramatta
Parramatta () is a suburb and major Central business district, commercial centre in Greater Western Sydney, located in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located approximately west of the Sydney central business district on the ban ...
, New South Wales (28 June 2014). They performed an acoustic version of "Burn the Bright Lights" in the ''
Take 40 Australia
''Take 40 Australia'' was Australia's first and longest-running music countdown. It counted down the official top 40 singles on the ARIA chart on a weekly basis. It was broadcast nationally each week to over 1.2 million listeners. Starting in ...
'' Live Lounge on 26 June 2014.
Track listing
*Digital download
#"Burn the Bright Lights" – 3:31
*CD
#"Burn the Bright Lights" – 3:31
#"
Lazy Love
"Lazy Love" is a song by American recording artist Ne-Yo, premiere online on May 14, 2012. It officially impacted Urban radio on May 29, 2012 and was released on June 12, 2012 by Motown Records for purchase as a digital download. It is the firs ...
" – 4:01
Personnel
*The Collective – vocals
*Adrian Breakspear – producer
*Justin Gray – songwriter, producer
*Christian Nilsson – songwriter
*Amit Ofir – guitar
*
Gary Pinto
Gary Pinto is an Australian singer, songwriter and musician and was the lead singer of dance group, CDB.
Early life
Gary Pinto is an Australian musician of Indian descent. His parents were from Chennai and members of a minority Christian Indi ...
– producer
*
Zac Poor
Zachary Scott Poor is an American singer-songwriter based in Los Angeles, California who first appeared on the music scene in early 2010 with his EP, "Let's Just Call it Heartbreak", a collaboration with Glee producer Adam Anders. Universal Motow ...
– songwriter, producer
*Miles Walker –
mixing engineer
A mixing engineer (or simply mix engineer) is responsible for combining ("mixing") different sonic elements of an auditory piece into a complete rendition (also known as "final mix" or "mixdown"), whether in music, film, or any other content of a ...
*Leon Zervos –
mastering engineer
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Source:
Charts
Release history
References
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2014 songs
2014 singles
The Collective (band) songs
Sony Music Australia singles
Songs written by Zac Poor