City Lights (Tim McGraw song)

"City Lights" is a song recorded by American country music artist Tim McGraw from his second studio album for Big Machine Records, Sundown Heaven Town.^[2] It was released as a promotional single in May 2015.

Critical reception

In his review of the album, Billy Dukes of Taste of Country praised McGraw's vocals and comparing to this previous single "Red Rag Top", saying that "The opening of ‘City Lights’ recalls ‘Red Ragtop’ from 2002. McGraw clips along to a restrained cadence, punctuating his verses as he compares himself to his love: “I’m a cigarette burnin’ slow on a summer night / She’s city lights,” he sings."^[3]

Live performances

McGraw performed the song live on the finals of the sixth season of The Voice a day after the single's release.^[4]^[5]

Chart performance

Chart (2014)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[6]	46

References

1 2 "City Lights - Tim McGraw". Allmusic. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
↑ "Tim McGraw “City Lights” (The Voice Performance)". Ultimate Music. 21 May 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
↑ "Album Spotlight: Tim McGraw, ‘Sundown Heaven Town’ – ToC Critic’s Pick". Taste of Country. 16 September 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
↑ "Tim McGraw Debuts ‘City Lights’ on ‘The Voice’ Finale". Taste of Country. 21 May 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
↑ "Tim McGraw Performs New Song ‘City Lights’ on ‘The Voice’". Taste of Country. 21 May 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
↑ "Tim McGraw – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Tim McGraw.

Tim McGraw singles

Discography

Not a Moment Too Soon	"Indian Outlaw" "Don't Take the Girl" "Down on the Farm" "Not a Moment Too Soon" "Refried Dreams"

All I Want	"I Like It, I Love It" "Can't Be Really Gone" "All I Want Is a Life" "She Never Lets It Go to Her Heart" "Maybe We Should Just Sleep on It"

Everywhere	"It's Your Love" (with Faith Hill) "Everywhere" "Just to See You Smile" "One of These Days" "Where the Green Grass Grows" "For a Little While"

A Place in the Sun	"Please Remember Me" "Something Like That" "My Best Friend" "Some Things Never Change" "My Next Thirty Years"

Set This Circus Down	"Grown Men Don't Cry" "Angry All the Time" "The Cowboy in Me" "Unbroken"

Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors	"Red Rag Top" "Tiny Dancer" "She's My Kind of Rain" "Real Good Man" "Watch the Wind Blow By"

Live Like You Were Dying	"Live Like You Were Dying" "Back When" "Drugs or Jesus" "Do You Want Fries with That" "My Old Friend"

Reflected: Greatest Hits Vol. 2	"When the Stars Go Blue" "My Little Girl"

Let It Go	"Last Dollar (Fly Away)" "I Need You" (with Faith Hill) "If You're Reading This" "Suspicions" "Kristofferson" "Let It Go" "Nothin' to Die For"

Southern Voice	"It's a Business Doing Pleasure with You" "Southern Voice" "Still"

Number One Hits	"Felt Good on My Lips"

Country Strong	"Me and Tennessee" (with Gwyneth Paltrow)

Emotional Traffic	"Better Than I Used to Be"

Two Lanes of Freedom	"Truck Yeah" "One of Those Nights" "Highway Don't Care" (with Taylor Swift and Keith Urban) "Southern Girl"

Sundown Heaven Town	"Lookin' for That Girl" "Meanwhile Back at Mama's" (with Faith Hill) "Shotgun Rider" "Diamond Rings and Old Barstools" (with Catherine Dunn)

Damn Country Music	"Top of the World" "Humble and Kind"

Guest singles	"Just to Hear You Say That You Love Me" (with Faith Hill) "Let's Make Love" (with Faith Hill) "Bring On the Rain" (with Jo Dee Messina) "Over and Over" (with Nelly) "Like We Never Loved at All" (with Faith Hill) "Find Out Who Your Friends Are" (with Tracy Lawrence and Kenny Chesney) "Nine Lives" (with Def Leppard) "Feel Like a Rock Star" (with Kenny Chesney) "Lovin' Lately" (with Big & Rich)

Other songs	"City Lights" "The Ride"

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