Lifted (Lighthouse Family song)

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"Lifted"

Single by Lighthouse Family
from the album Ocean Drive
B-side(s)	"Absolutely Everything"
Released	22 May 1995 (UK) 5 February 1996 (Re-release) (UK) 24 June 1996 (Austria)
Format	CD, 12", cassette [1]
Recorded	Battery Studios
Genre	Pop
Length	4:31
Label	Wildcard / Polydor
Writer(s)	Paul Tucker, Tunde Baiyewu, Martin Brammer
Producer(s)	Mike Peden
Chart positions
#4 (UK) #15 (Europe) #36 (Austria)
Lighthouse Family singles chronology
	"Lifted" (1995, 1996)	"Ocean Drive" (1995, 1996)
Alternate cover

Second re-released cover of "Lifted", which was released on 4 June 1999

"Lifted" is a pop song written by British duo Lighthouse Family, for their debut album Ocean Drive (1996). The song was produced by Mike Peden. It was released as the lead single on May 1995 and reached the top 70 in the United Kingdom.

It was later re-released on February 1996 and reached the top 10 in the United Kingdom.

In 1999, "Lifted" was again re-released but with a different single cover.

In 2001, "Lifted" was chosen as the song for the Labour Party's 2001 UK General Election campaign.

1 Track listing and formats
2 Charts
3 Chart performance
4 External links

[edit] Track listing and formats

#	Title	Length
UK CD single[2]
1.	"Lifted" (full mix)
2.	"Beautiful Night"
3.	"Absolutely Everything"	4:18
4.	"Lifted" (instrumental)

#	Title	Length
UK CD single[3]
1.	"Lifted" (7" edit)
2.	"Lifted" (Linslee extended mix)
3.	"Lifted" (Linslee instrumental)
4.	"Lifted" (Nostalgia Freaks dub)

#	Title	Length
UK CD single Re-release
1.	"Lifted" (Single Version)	4:31
2.	"Lifted" (Jones Nu Horizon Club Mix)
3.	"Lifted" (Jones Nu Horizon Club Mix Edit)
4.	"Lifted" (Rokstone R&B Mix)
5.	"Lifted" (Linslee 7" Mix)
6.	"Lifted" (Jones Nu Horizon Dub)

[edit] Charts

Chart (1995)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart	61

Chart (1996)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart	4 (Re-release)
Eurochart Hot 100 Singles	15
Austria Singles Chart	36

[edit] Chart performance

When the Lighthouse Family originally released "Lifted", they only reached to #61 in the UK Singles Chart. However, they decided to re-release this as they didn't want a "good song" to not do well in the Singles Chart. After heavy promotion, they reached to #4 and were in the UK singles Chart for 10 weeks.

The Lighthouse Family also reached the Austria Singles Chart and peaked at #36.

"Lifted" had also done well throughout Europe, where they reached to #15 in the Eurochart Top 100.