Toes (Lights song)

"Toes"
Single by Lights
from the album Siberia
Released	August 16, 2011
Format	Digital download
Recorded	2011
Genre	Synthpop, new wave
Length	3:21
Label	Universal Music, Last Gang, LIGHTS Music
Writer(s)	Lights Poxleitner
Producer(s)	Lights, Tawgs Salter, Holy Fuck
Lights singles chronology
"Everybody Breaks a Glass" (2011) "Toes" (2011) "Where the Fence Is Low" (2012)

"Toes" is the a song recorded by Canadian singer-songwriter Lights for her second studio album, Siberia. The song made its radio premiere on 104.5 CHUM-FM on August 5, 2011 and was released digitally on August 16, 2011 as the official lead single for the album.^[1][2][3] It debuted and peaked at number 62 on the Canadian Hot 100.^[4]

Composition

"Toes" is written in the key of F# minor, at 124 BPM.

Music video

The music video for "Toes" premiered September 14, 2011.^[5] The video features Lights' hometown, Toronto, mostly in Dufferin Station. Lights is shown playing with her band in a brightly lit room. She then gets out of a taxi and goes to a skate park and a subway. Afterwards she goes back to the brightly lit room to play with her band. The video ends with a shot of LIGHTS walking away on a sidewalk.^[6]

Charts

Chart (2011)	Peak position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[7]	62
Netherlands (Dutch Tipparade)[8]	11

References

1. "LIGHTS' New Album Siberia Out October 4th!". LIGHTS. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
2. Bird, Michele. "LIGHTS releases new single, “Toes”". Alternative Press. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
3. LIGHTS. "LIGHTS- Toes by LIGHTS on SoundCloud". SoundCloud. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
4. "Lights - Toes - Music Charts". aCharts.us. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
5. "Lights - Toes (2011)". IMVDb. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
6. "LIGHTS - Toes [Official Music Video]". YouTube. Google. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
7. "Lights – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Lights. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
8. "Lights - Toes". Top40.nl. Retrieved 9 October 2014.

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics