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"If the Lights Go Out" is a song written by Mike Batt for The Hollies, and first released by them in the July 1983 on the album What Goes Around.[1]

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"If the Lights Go Out"
Single by Katie Melua
from the album Pictures
B-side	"Looking for Clues"
Released	25 February 2008
Genre	Art rock
Length	3:14
Label	Dramatico
Songwriter(s)	Mike Batt
Producer(s)	Mike Batt
Katie Melua singles chronology
"Mary Pickford" (2007) "If the Lights Go Out" (2008) "The Flood" (2010)

Cash Box said that "a love-will-prevail-even-if-doomsday-comes message is affirmed by the group’s classic harmonies and guitar tones."[2]

The cover version by Georgian-born, British singer Katie Melua, was released on 25 February 2008. It is Melua's eleventh single (not counting her number one duet of "What a Wonderful World" with Eva Cassidy) and the third from her third album, Pictures.

Track listings

1. "If The Lights Go Out" (Radio Mix)
2. "Looking For Clues"

References

External links

• Katie Melua website
• Katie Melua 'If The Lights Go Out' Interview & Preview YouTube

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