"Light Years Away" is a song by Dutch disc jockey and producer Tiësto in collaboration with British band Dbx, which is composed of the producers Pete Kirtley and Sacha Collision and the singer-songwriter John James Newman. It was released on 28 November 2014 by PM:AM Recordings as the fourth single from Tiësto's fifth studio album, A Town Called Paradise.
"Light Years Away" | ||||
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Single by Tiësto featuring Dbx | ||||
from the album A Town Called Paradise | ||||
Released | 28 November 2014 | |||
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Length | 3:22 | |||
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Tiësto declared about the song : "'Light Years Away' is a very beautiful song. It's very pretty. It reminds me a little bit of an old Massive Attack track. It sounds really big and euphoric. I think the vocals are great and also it's very haunty."[2] Pete Kirtley from Dbx affirmed in an interview that the song is about "not giving up, even though the path ahead sometimes seems impossible and unreachable".[3]
The music video shows the expedition of a scientist and her white robot on a planet to analyse its composition.[4]
Chart (2014) | Peak position |
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Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[5] | 67 |
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[6] | 19 |
US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)[7] | 23 |