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"All of the Lights"
SinglebyKanye WestfeaturingRihannaandKid Cudi
from the albumMy Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
ReleasedJanuary 18, 2011(2011-01-18)
Recorded2009–2010
Genre
Length
  • 4:20(radio edit)
  • 5:00 (album version)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • West
  • Bhasker (co.)
Kanye Westsingles chronology
"Hurricane 2.0"
(2010) 		"All of the Lights"
(2011) 		"Christmas in Harlem"
(2010)
Rihannasingles chronology
"Raining Men"
(2010) 		"All of the Lights"
(2011) 		"S&M"
(2011)
Kid Cudisingles chronology
"Mr. Rager"
(2010) 		"All of the Lights"
(2011) 		"No One Believes Me"
(2011)
Music videos
"All of the Lights"onYouTube
"All of the Lights (Revised)"onYouTube

"All of the Lights"is a song by American rapperKanye West,released as the fourthsinglefrom his fifth studio album,My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy(2010). It was produced by West and features additional vocals from several other recording artists, includingJohn Legend,The-Dream,Drake,Alicia Keys,Fergie,Elton John,Ryan Leslie,Charlie Wilson,Tony Williams,La Roux,Alvin Fields,Ken Lewis,Kid Cudi,andRihanna;the latter two are credited on the official music video and single version, but not on the album version. It is often played along with its accompanying interlude "All of the Lights (Interlude)", which precedes the song on the album's tracklist.

"All of the Lights" was universally acclaimed by music critics, who complimented its detailed, maximalist production and dramatic theme. It was commercially successful in the U.S., peaking at number 18 on theBillboardHot 100and number two on theHot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs;it landed at number 59 on theBillboardYear-End Chartsin 2011. At the54th Annual Grammy Awards,the song wonGrammy AwardsforBest Rap SongandBest Rap/Sung Collaboration,and was nominated forSong of the Year.By December 2011, the song had sold over 1,561,000 digital units in the US.[1]As of November 2020, it has been certified quintuple platinum by theRIAA.

The song's accompanying music video, directed byHype Williams,[2]featured strobe-lit performances of Rihanna and West, as well as Kid Cudi. It was given a discretionary warning byEpilepsy Action,stating that the video "potentially triggers seizures for people withphotosensitive epilepsy".[3]West and Rihanna performed the song at the2011 NBA All-Star Game,while it was also featured in the promo for the same event.[4]A snippet of the song was performed by Rihanna at the2023 Super Bowl Halftime Show.

Background and recording

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Fourteen artists lent their voices as background vocals on "All of the Lights" including Rihanna (pictured) who also sang the song's hook.

"All of the Lights" was written by Kanye West,Jeff Bhasker,Malik Jones,Warren Trotter,Stacy FergusonandTerius Nash.[5][6]Its production was helmed by West himself and co-produced by Bhasker. Fourteen artists lent their voices as background vocals to the song:Alicia Keys,John Legend,The-Dream,Drake,Fergie,Kid Cudi,Elton John,Ryan Leslie,Charlie Wilson,Tony Williams,La Roux,Alvin Fields,Ken Lewis,andRihanna,who also sang the song'shookand is labeled as a featured artist on the single version.[5][7]West and Rihanna previously collaborated withJay-Zon "Run This Town"(The Blueprint 3,2009).[8]

The early working title for "All of The Lights" was previously "Ghetto University" when the production on the song was just beginning.[9]SongwriterMalik Yusefrevealed that the original demo for the song contained a sample ofMuhammad Alisaying "The champ is here"; Yusef attempted to create rhymes around it, but ended up telling the engineer to remove the sample to clear space on the song.[10]After having taken the sample out, Yusef eventually came up with the "all of the lights" part after thinking about his son's first words which were "light";[10]

I thought, light is a beautiful word. There's all kinds of light–there's sunlight, there's flashlight, there's strobe lights, there's night lights, there's streetlights...all of the lights. When I said that, a literal light went off in my brain, I was like [singing] "All of the lights, all of the lights". I had it. I went upstairs and told Rick Ross, "I've got it", he said "you sure?" and I said, "I got it!" Jeff Bhasker was in there and he came down, we recorded it, and it just started after that.[10]

In a 2013 interview withThe Breakfast Club,West said that the song took two years to finish, and detailed the creation and process of the song;

"'All The Lights' is a futurist song that started out as aJeezyrecord with horns on it, then we put in another bridge, then Dream wrote the hook, then Rihanna sang it, and by the time you got it, it was to the level of like, the Nike Flyknit or something like that.[11]

During the2010 MTV Europe Music Awards,on November 10, 2010, Rihanna was interviewed byMTV News' staff. In the interview she explained that, West already played his album to her three months ago and that "All of the Lights" was one of her favorite songs. About it, she further commented, "So when he asked me to come up to the studio at 2 o'clock in the morning, I had to, because I loved it, I knew it was that song."[7]

In an interview for the same publication, Elly Jackson said of the song's vocal layering, "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".[12]Andrew Dawson,Anthony Kilhoffer,Mike Dean,HI and Noah Goldstein recorded West's vocals at Avex Recording Studios inHonolulu,HawaiiandElectric Lady StudiosinNew York City.Rihanna's vocals were recorded by Marcos Tovar at theWestlake Recording StudiosinWest Hollywood,California.[5]

Leaks and release

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Even though not fully leaked, "All of the Lights" was featured for the first time onRunaway—a 35-minute film about West's "true labor of love" which was released on October 23, 2010.[13][14]The song was featured in the film together with other songs from West's then-upcoming fifth studio albumMy Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy(2010), including "Monster","Power"and"Lost in the World"among others.[14]The song fully leaked on November 4, 2010, online.[15]

West announced through hisTwitteraccount that "All of the Lights" would be the album's fourth single.[16]Following the album's release, the song debuted at number 92 on theBillboardHot 100.[17][18]It was sent to Australiancontemporary hitandalternativeradio stations on December 13, 2010.[19]"All of the Lights" was released as a single in the United States on January 18, 2011. Rihanna was credited as a featured artist for the single when impacting radio.[20]

Composition

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"All of the Lights"
According toAllMusic's Andy Kellman, the song exemplifies its album's contrasting elements and is "a celebration of fame and a lament of its consequences".[21]
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"All of the Lights" is ahip hopsong that runs for 4 minutes and 59 seconds.[22]According to the sheet music published byUniversal Music Publishing Groupat Musicnotes.com, it was composed in the key ofB flat minorusingcommon timeand a steady groove. The vocal range spans from the low note ofAb3to the high note ofF5.[22] Instrumentation is provided bydrums,bass,[23]piano[24]andhorns.[25]The piano is played by Elton John, who also together with thirteen other vocalists provides the background vocals.[22][23]American singers Fergie and Alicia Keys, sing thebreak-downsandad-libs,respectively.[26]Alex Deney fromNMEcalled the song a "sleb-studded centrepiece".[27]

Reception

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"All of the Lights" received universal critical acclaim.AllMusic's Andy Kellman stated "At once, the song features one of the year’s most rugged beats while supplying enough opulent detail to makeLate RegistrationcollaboratorJon Brion's head spin ".[21]Alex Denney ofNMEcalled 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".[28]Zach Baron ofThe Village Voicefound 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 atBorders' ".[29]Chicago Sun-Timeswriter 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".[30]The Guardian'sKitty Empirecited the song as "the album's most magnificent high", writing that it "backs up operatic levels of sound with great drama".[31]

Ann Powers ofNPRincluded "All of the Lights" in her list of the Top 10 Top 40 singles of 2011, commenting "its like an action painting: the artist scatters elements across its canvas to form a whole that's all motion and colorful build."[32]Slant Magazinenamed it the best single of 2011, describing the song as "perhaps the most acute example of Kanye West’s pitched mania for theatrical expressions of manic-depressive instability, his mixture of self-destruction and self-love",[33]they later listed it second in their list of the best singles of the 2010s in 2019.[34]

Tampa Bay Timesnamed it the second best pop song of the decade, proclaiming "Everything Kanye West has ever believed himself to be came to life in this song: The stadium-sized horns, the chilling Rihanna hook, the snarl of cockiness in his voice, the insane list of uncredited cameos.. It’s the moment King Midas figured out how to use his touch."[35]Elsewhere,Nothing but Hope and Passionlisted it 13th on its list of "100 Must Listen Songs of the 2010s".[36]Time Outnamed it the 13th best song of all time in 2016.[37]

Music video and remix

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West on a police car in the music video.

The music video for "All of the Lights" was filmed in January 2011 and directed byHype Williams.[2][38]It features strobe-lit images of Rihanna and West, Kid Cudi in a red leather suit, and visual references toGaspar Noé's 2009 filmEnter the Void.[39][40]The video premiered through West'sVevochannel on February 19, 2011.[38][39]After reports of the video's images causing seizures with epileptic viewers and a public response from British organizationEpilepsy Action,an alternate video was released that includes a discretionary warning that the video "potentially trigger[s] seizures for people with photosensitive epilepsy",[3]and removed its opening prologue and neon credits.[41] In 2015, the video faced controversy when Gaspar Noé commented on the similarities between the video andEnter the Void,especially the portion where Hype Williams featured his name in the title and credit sequences over and over again.[40]

An earlier version of the song's remix was leaked in 2010, featuring a verse by Drake.[42]On March 14, 2011, an unfinished version of the remix was leaked to the internet, featuring guest verses fromLil Wayne,Big Sean,andDrake,a different verse from the leak.[43]It did not feature West himself, though he did write a verse for it, according to Big Sean.[44]

On May 3, 2023, a version of the song by rapperLil Uzi Vertwas leaked ontoTwitter.The few seconds were leaked by Waterfalls, an online user known for leaking songs from popular artists. The snippet has gained traction from social media and music services such asSoundCloudandYouTube.The song was supposed to release on Uzi's third album,Pink Tape.

Media

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In 2016, the song was used in aGatoradecommercial starringSerena Williams.[45]The song is also featured in the gameNBA 2K14as part of the soundtrack chosen byLeBron James.[46]In 2019, the song was featured in aPelotonTV commercial, entitled; Our Kind of Joy.[47]

In 2023, Rihanna sang the hook of the song as a part of theSuper Bowl LVII halftime show.[48][49]

Accolades

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Year Ceremony Category Result Ref(s)
2011 BET Awards Best Collaboration Nominated [50]
BET Hip Hop Awards Best Hip-Hop Video Nominated [51]
Viewer's Choice Nominated [51]
MP3 Music Awards Best Hip Hop/R&B/Rap Won [52]
MTV Video Music Awards Best Male Video Nominated [53]
Best Editing Nominated [53]
Best Collaboration Nominated [53]
Best Hip-Hop Video Nominated [53]
Soul Train Music Awards Song of the Year Nominated [54]
Hip-Hop Song of the Year Nominated [54]
Teen Choice Awards Choice Music: R&B/Hip-Hop Track Nominated [55]
2012 ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Awards Award Winning R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Won [56]
Award Winning Rap Songs Won [56]
MTV Video Play Awards Gold Won [57]
BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards Award Winning Songs Won [58]
54th Annual Grammy Awards Song of the Year Nominated [59]
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration Won [59]
Best Rap Song Won [59]
International Dance Music Awards Best Rap/Hip Hop/Trap Dance Track Nominated [60]

Credits and personnel

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Credits for "All of the Lights" adapted from liner notes.[5]

Charts

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Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[87] 2× Platinum 140,000^
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[88] Platinum 90,000‡
Germany (BVMI)[89] Gold 150,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ)[90] Gold 7,500*
United Kingdom (BPI)[91] 2× Platinum 1,200,000‡
United States (RIAA)[92] 7× Platinum 7,000,000‡
Streaming
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[93]
Streaming 		Gold 900,000†

*Sales figures based on certification alone.
^Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
†Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

Release history

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"All of the Lights" release history
Region Date Formats Labels Ref.
Australia December 13, 2010
[19]
United States January 18, 2011
  • Def Jam
  • Roc-A-Fella
 [20]

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