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| Genre = Symphonic [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]
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| Length = 4:59 <small>(Album version)</small> <br> 4:19 <small>(Radio edit)</small>
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| Label = [[Roc-A-Fella Records|Roc-A-Fella]], [[Def Jam Recordings|Def Jam]]
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"All of the Lights"
Song

"All of the Lights" is a song by American hip hop recording artist Kanye West, released January 18, 2011, as the fourth single from his fifth studio album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010). It was produced by West and features additional vocals from several other recording artists, including John Legend, The-Dream, Elly Jackson, Alicia Keys, Fergie, Kid Cudi, Elton John, and Rihanna, who is solely credited as a featured artist on the single.

The single reached number 18 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart in the United States, while it attained respectable charting in several other countries. "All of the Lights" was well-received by music critics, who complimented its detailed production and dramatically-themed style. As of May 2011, the song has sold over 1,000,000 digital units in the US.[1]

Background

"All of the Lights"
The song exemplifies its album's contrasting elements and has been called "a celebration of fame and a lament of its consequences".[2]
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The music of "All of the Lights" was written by West, producer Jeff Bhasker, rapper Malik Yusef, and rapper Really Doe.[3] It was produced by West, with co-production by Bhasker.[3] For the song's recording, West enlisted 14 guest vocalists, namely Alicia Keys, John Legend, The-Dream, Drake, Fergie, Kid Cudi, Elton John, Ryan Leslie, Charlie Wilson, Tony Williams, Elly Jackson, Alvin Fields, Ken Lewis, and Rihanna,[3] who sings the song's hook.[4] In an interview for MTV, Jackson explained the layering of the vocals for the song, stating "He got me to layer up all these vocals with other people, and he just basically wanted to use his favorite vocalists from around the world to create this really unique vocal texture on his record, but it's not the kind of thing where you can pick it out".[5]

Release

West announced through his Twitter account that "All of the Lights" will be the album's fourth single.[6] Following the album's release, the song debuted at number 92 on the Billboard Hot 100.[7][8] "All of the Lights" was released as a single on January 18, 2011 in the US and is set for a February 21, 2011 release in the UK.[9][10] Rihanna was credited as a featured artist for the single in its release to radio.[9][11] In the United Kingdom, it was included in BBC Radio 1's B-Playlist.[12]

Reception

Allmusic's Andy Kellman stated "At once, the song features one of the year’s most rugged beats while supplying enough opulent detail to make Late Registration collaborator Jon Brion's head spin".[2] Alex Denney of NME called it "the sleb-studded centrepiece", commenting that "In anyone else’s hands it’d be an A-list circle-jerk of horrid proportions, but through Kanye’s bar-raising vision it becomes a truly wondrous thing".[13] Zach Baron of The Village Voice found the song's lyrics relevant to the "year of economic suffering", writing that "West interrupted his own wealthy anomie to pen 'All of the Lights,' an incongruously star-stuffed song about a disoriented parolee trying to beat a restraining order and see his daughter, working out a brief reunion with her estranged mother: 'Public visitation, we met at Borders'".[14] Chicago Sun-Times writer Thomas Conner viewed that "as crowded as 'All of the Lights' is [,] it maintains an almost operatic drama, telling a tale of adultery and its aftermath that winds up being quite moving".[15] The Guardian's Kitty Empire cited the song as "the album's most magnificent high", writing that it "backs up operatic levels of sound with great drama".[16]

Music video

West on a police car in the music video.

The music video for "All of the Lights" was filmed in January 2011 and directed by Hype Williams.[17][18] It features strobe-lit images of Rihanna and West, Kid Cudi in a red leather suit, and visual references to Gaspar Noé's 2009 film Enter the Void.[19][20] The video premiered through West's Vevo channel on February 19, 2011.[18][19] After reports of the video's images causing seizures with epileptic viewers and a public response from British organization Epilepsy Action, an alternate video was released that includes a discretionary warning that the video "potentially trigger[s] seizures for people with photosensitive epilepsy",[21] and removed its opening prologue and neon credits.[22]

Remix

An earlier version of the song's remix was leaked in 2010, featuring a verse by Drake.[23] On March 14, 2011, an unfinished version of the remix of was leaked to the internet, featuring guest verses from Big Sean, Lil Wayne, and Drake, a different verse from the leak.[24] However, it did not feature West himself.[25]

Personnel

Credits for "All of the Lights" adapted from liner notes.[3]

Charts

References

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  3. ^ a b c d My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (Media notes). Roc-A-Fella Records. 2010. {{cite AV media notes}}: Unknown parameter |bandname= ignored (help)
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