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You Light Up My Life (song)

"You Light Up My Life" is a ballad written by Joseph Brooks, and originally recorded by Kasey Cisyk for the soundtrack album to the 1977 film of the same title.[1] The song was lip synced in the film by its lead actress, Didi Conn. The best-known cover version of the song is a cover by Debby Boone, the daughter of singer Pat Boone. It held the No. 1 position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for ten consecutive weeks in 1977 and topped Record World magazine's Top 100 Singles Chart for a record 13 weeks.[2]

"You Light Up My Life"
Vocal side of the US single
Single by Kasey Cisyk (credited to Original Cast)
from the album You Light Up My Life: Original Soundtrack
A-side
  • "You Light Up My Life"
  • (instrumental)
ReleasedAugust 16, 1977 (Charted the week of September 3)
Recorded1977
GenrePop
Length3:29
LabelArista
Songwriter(s)Joe Brooks[1]
Producer(s)Joe Brooks
Music video
"Kasey Cisyk and Didi Conn - You Light Up My Life(1977)" on YouTube

Original film version Edit

 
Kasey Cisyk, 1989

Cisyk's original soundtrack recording was included in the film's soundtrack album. It was then later released as a single to bolster sales of the soundtrack album after Debby Boone included her version on her first solo album (also titled You Light Up My Life). Although the soundtrack album was certified Gold, peaking at No. 17 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, it never included Boone's hit single version of the song.

Cisyk's single was credited to "Original Cast", not to Cisyk herself, and even though Brooks is listed on the A-side of the single, the "Original Cast" B-side charted on the Billboard Hot 100 and only reached No. 80. Brooks also released an instrumental version of the song from the soundtrack as a promotional single, but that version failed to chart.

Following the success of Boone's version, the song earned Brooks a Grammy Award for Song of the Year, an Academy Award for Best Original Song, a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and an American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) award.[1]

Track listing Edit

7" vinyl single

  1. "You Light Up My Life" (Instrumental) — 3:02
  2. "You Light Up My Life" (Original Cast) — 3:29

Chart performance (Original Cast single) Edit

Chart (1977) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 80

The Joseph Brooks controversies Edit

In a 2013 biographical essay about Cisyk,[3] Cisyk's second husband, Ed Rakowicz (who worked as a sound engineer, but not for this song), wrote that songwriter Brooks was initially pleased with Cisyk's recording of the song with orchestra (and her version appeared in the movie and soundtrack) but "tried to evade payment by false promises and by asking her to be an incidental actor in his film, implying huge rewards yet to come..."[3] Rackowicz claimed that Brooks made improper advances toward Cisyk, that after being rebuffed, he refused to speak directly to her again, and that he continued to evade payments to her while commissioning another recording with Debby Boone.[citation needed]

According to Rackowicz, "Besides wanting Boone to copy Kacey's [sic][4] iconic hit reading of his songs, Brooks needed to cover up Kacey's vocal leakage in the microphones in the piano recorded at the original demo session on which was overdubbed the orchestral track used in the film. Brooks didn't want to pay to re-record the piano and orchestra again."[3] In 2003, Boone admitted, "I had no freedom whatsoever. Joe told me exactly how to sing it and imitate every inflection from the original recording." in an interview with Entertainment Weekly Magazine.[5] Cisyk later retained a lawyer and sued Brooks for the fees she had earned for her work on the record and for credit on the soundtrack, which she later received.[3]

Debby Boone version Edit

"You Light Up My Life"
 
Side A of the US single
Single by Debby Boone
from the album You Light Up My Life
B-side
ReleasedAugust 16, 1977
RecordedApril 1977
Genre
Length3:35
LabelWarner Bros.-Curb
Songwriter(s)Joe Brooks[1]
Producer(s)Joe Brooks
Debby Boone singles chronology
"You Light Up My Life"
(1977)
"California"
(1978)
 
Debby Boone, 1997

In 1977, Debby Boone, Pat Boone's daughter, recorded the song under the guidance of Curb Records executive Mike Curb[7] and songwriter Joseph Brooks.[5] Boone recorded her vocals over a pre-existing instrumental track that Brooks already had developed for the film's soundtrack.[7] The song was released as both a Warner-Curb Records single and as the title track to her first solo album, You Light Up My Life, which she released on Warner Bros. Records, Curb Records' parent label.

Cash Box said that "Ms. Boone builds it to a powerful emotional peak as a massive string section lends support."[8]

The single became the biggest single of the 1970s in the United States,[9] setting a new Billboard Hot 100 record for most weeks spent at number one. Elvis Presley's double-sided hit "Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog", then recognized as the longest-running number one song of the rock era, spent eleven weeks atop the Billboard Best Sellers chart in 1956, before the 1958 debut of the Hot 100. The previous Hot 100 record was held by Bobby Darin's "Mack the Knife", Percy Faith's recording of "Theme from A Summer Place" (1960) and the Beatles' "Hey Jude" (1968), all three of which remained at No. 1 for nine weeks.[10] The ten-week record was matched in 1982 by Olivia Newton-John's "Physical",[11] but was not surpassed until a 1991 change in chart methodology allowed songs to achieve longer reigns at No. 1. In 1992, "End of the Road" by Boyz II Men would set the new record with 13 weeks.[12]

Besting her chart performance in Billboard, Boone's "You Light Up My Life" single topped Record World's Top 100 Singles Chart for an unbroken record of 13 weeks.[2] On Billboard's chart, Boone was unseated from No. 1 by the Bee Gees, with "How Deep Is Your Love", the first of three No. 1 singles from the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. On Record World's chart, Boone kept the Bee Gees out of the number-one spot. In Cash Box magazine, "You Light Up My Life" managed only an eight-week stay at the top of the chart, before being dethroned by Crystal Gayle's "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue". Its least-lengthy run was on the Radio and Records chart, with six weeks at No. 1 before relinquishing the spot to the Bee Gees;[13] it had knocked Carly Simon's "Nobody Does It Better" out of the top spot after only one week.

The single, which was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), also hit No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart and reached No. 4 on the Country chart. The single peaked at No. 48 on the UK Singles Chart.[14] Boone's hit single led to her winning the 1978 Grammy Award for Best New Artist, with additional Grammy nominations for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female and Record of the Year. Boone also won the 1977 American Music Award for Favorite Pop Single.

Decades after its release, the Debby Boone version is still considered one of the top ten Billboard Hot 100 songs of all time. In 2008, it was ranked at No. 7 on Billboard's "Hot 100 All-Time Top Songs" list (August 1958 - July 2008).[7] An updated version of the all-time list in 2013 ranked the song at No. 9.[15]

Although it was written by Brooks as a love song, the devout Boone interpreted it as inspirational and proclaimed that it was instead God who "lit up her life." This fact was later alluded to when the song appeared in The Simpsons episode "I Married Marge", Season 3, Episode 12.

Track listing Edit

  • 7" vinyl single
  1. "You Light Up My Life"* – 3:35
  2. "Hasta Mañana"** – 3:12

* Note: Produced and arranged by Joe Brooks.
** Note: Produced by Mike Curb and arranged by Al Capps.

Chart performance (Debby Boone single) Edit

LeAnn Rimes version Edit

"You Light Up My Life"
 
Single by LeAnn Rimes
from the album You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs
B-side"I Believe"
ReleasedAugust 26, 1997
GenreCountry
Length3:37
LabelCurb
Songwriter(s)Joe Brooks[1]
Producer(s)Mike Curb
Chuck Howard
Wilbur C. Rimes
LeAnn Rimes singles chronology
"How Do I Live"
(1997)
"You Light Up My Life"
(1997)
"On the Side of Angels"
(1998)
Music video
"You Light Up My Life" by LeAnn Rimes on YouTube

LeAnn Rimes released her own version of "You Light Up My Life" as a single in 1997, 20 years after Boone's version was released, and on the same record label, the Warner Bros. Records label's Curb Records label. Her version fared modestly by comparison to the original at radio (No. 34 Pop, No. 48 Country). However, her single was certified gold and was the title track to her No. 1 pop and country album, You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs.

Track listing Edit

  1. "You Light Up My Life"* – 3:37
  2. "I Believe"** – 2:22

* Note: Produced by Wilbur C. Rimes, Chuck Howard and Mike Curb.[24]
** Note: Produced by Wilbur C. Rimes.[24]

Chart performance (LeAnn Rimes single) Edit

Chart (1997) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[25] 57
US Billboard Hot 100[26] 34
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[27] 48

Other versions Edit

Many artists have covered "You Light Up My Life" since 1977.

In other media Edit

The song features as a running joke in an episode of Girlfriends, titled "Can't Stan Ya!"

See also Edit

References Edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 136. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  2. ^ a b "Top 100 Singles Chart for 1/7/1978" (PDF). Record World. 35 #1591: 29. January 7, 1978.
  3. ^ a b c d Kvitka’s Biography by Ed Rakowicz, 2013 Accessed Jan 14, 2014.
  4. ^ Rakowicz's biography consistently spells the Americanized version of his wife's name as "Kacey" rather than "Kasey."
  5. ^ a b Brown, Scott (21 February 2003). "The Light Stuff". Entertainment Weekly. pp. 76–78.
  6. ^ "VH1's 40 Most Softsational Soft-Rock Songs". Stereogum. SpinMedia. May 31, 2007. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
  7. ^ a b c . Billboard. July 2008. Archived from the original on 1 October 2008. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  8. ^ "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. August 27, 1977. p. 30. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
  9. ^ . Rolling Stone. New York City. 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-06-24. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
  10. ^ Bronson, Fred (1 October 2003). The Billboard Book of Number One Hits (5th ed.). New York: Billboard Books. p. 939. ISBN 978-0823076772.
  11. ^ Bronson, p. 550.
  12. ^ Bronson, pp. 938-939.
  13. ^ "Records & Radio" (PDF). Worldradiohistory.com. 1977-11-25. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  14. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 136. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  15. ^ Bronson, Fred (2 August 2013). "Hot 100 55th Anniversary: The All-Time Top 100 Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
  16. ^ "Debby Boone Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  17. ^ "Kent Music Report No 236 – 1 January 1979 > National Top 100 Singles for 1978". Kent Music Report. Retrieved 8 January 2022 – via Imgur.com.
  18. ^ "Top 100 Músicas Mais Tocadas em 1977" [Top 100 Most Played Songs of 1977]. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  19. ^ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
  20. ^ "Top 20 Hit Singles of 1978". Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  21. ^ "Top 50 Adult Contemporary Hits of 1978 - 45cat". 45cat.com. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  22. ^ "Hot 100 turns 60". Billboard. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
  23. ^ "You Light Up My Life / I Believe: Leann Rimes: Music". Amazon. Retrieved 2011-10-09.
  24. ^ a b You Light Up My Life / I Believe (CD single). LeAnn Rimes. Curb Records. 1997. D2-73027.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  25. ^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 3346." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. October 6, 1997. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
  26. ^ "LeAnn Rimes Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  27. ^ "LeAnn Rimes Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  28. ^ "Cover versions of You Light Up My Life by Debby Boone". SecondHandSongs.com. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
  29. ^ "Video of the Day: Patti Smith Sings "You Light Up My Life" to Kids". Retrieved 24 February 2014.

External links Edit

  • "You Light Up My Life" by Whitney Houston on YouTube
  • "You Light Up My Life" (1978, previously unreleased) by Aretha Franklin on YouTube

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For other uses see You Light Up My Life You Light Up My Life is a ballad written by Joseph Brooks and originally recorded by Kasey Cisyk for the soundtrack album to the 1977 film of the same title 1 The song was lip synced in the film by its lead actress Didi Conn The best known cover version of the song is a cover by Debby Boone the daughter of singer Pat Boone It held the No 1 position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for ten consecutive weeks in 1977 and topped Record World magazine s Top 100 Singles Chart for a record 13 weeks 2 You Light Up My Life Vocal side of the US singleSingle by Kasey Cisyk credited to Original Cast from the album You Light Up My Life Original SoundtrackA side You Light Up My Life instrumental ReleasedAugust 16 1977 Charted the week of September 3 Recorded1977GenrePopLength3 29LabelAristaSongwriter s Joe Brooks 1 Producer s Joe BrooksMusic video Kasey Cisyk and Didi Conn You Light Up My Life 1977 on YouTube Contents 1 Original film version 1 1 Track listing 1 2 Chart performance Original Cast single 1 3 The Joseph Brooks controversies 2 Debby Boone version 2 1 Track listing 2 2 Chart performance Debby Boone single 2 2 1 Weekly charts 2 2 2 Year end charts 2 2 3 All time charts 3 LeAnn Rimes version 3 1 Track listing 3 2 Chart performance LeAnn Rimes single 4 Other versions 5 In other media 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksOriginal film version Edit nbsp Kasey Cisyk 1989Cisyk s original soundtrack recording was included in the film s soundtrack album It was then later released as a single to bolster sales of the soundtrack album after Debby Boone included her version on her first solo album also titled You Light Up My Life Although the soundtrack album was certified Gold peaking at No 17 on the Billboard 200 albums chart it never included Boone s hit single version of the song Cisyk s single was credited to Original Cast not to Cisyk herself and even though Brooks is listed on the A side of the single the Original Cast B side charted on the Billboard Hot 100 and only reached No 80 Brooks also released an instrumental version of the song from the soundtrack as a promotional single but that version failed to chart Following the success of Boone s version the song earned Brooks a Grammy Award for Song of the Year an Academy Award for Best Original Song a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and an American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers ASCAP award 1 Track listing Edit 7 vinyl single You Light Up My Life Instrumental 3 02 You Light Up My Life Original Cast 3 29Chart performance Original Cast single Edit Chart 1977 PeakpositionUS Billboard Hot 100 80The Joseph Brooks controversies Edit In a 2013 biographical essay about Cisyk 3 Cisyk s second husband Ed Rakowicz who worked as a sound engineer but not for this song wrote that songwriter Brooks was initially pleased with Cisyk s recording of the song with orchestra and her version appeared in the movie and soundtrack but tried to evade payment by false promises and by asking her to be an incidental actor in his film implying huge rewards yet to come 3 Rackowicz claimed that Brooks made improper advances toward Cisyk that after being rebuffed he refused to speak directly to her again and that he continued to evade payments to her while commissioning another recording with Debby Boone citation needed According to Rackowicz Besides wanting Boone to copy Kacey s sic 4 iconic hit reading of his songs Brooks needed to cover up Kacey s vocal leakage in the microphones in the piano recorded at the original demo session on which was overdubbed the orchestral track used in the film Brooks didn t want to pay to re record the piano and orchestra again 3 In 2003 Boone admitted I had no freedom whatsoever Joe told me exactly how to sing it and imitate every inflection from the original recording in an interview with Entertainment Weekly Magazine 5 Cisyk later retained a lawyer and sued Brooks for the fees she had earned for her work on the record and for credit on the soundtrack which she later received 3 Debby Boone version Edit You Light Up My Life nbsp Side A of the US singleSingle by Debby Boonefrom the album You Light Up My LifeB side Hasta Manana US amp selected territories He s a Rebel performed by the Boones selected countries ReleasedAugust 16 1977RecordedApril 1977GenreSoft rock 6 Length3 35LabelWarner Bros CurbSongwriter s Joe Brooks 1 Producer s Joe BrooksDebby Boone singles chronology You Light Up My Life 1977 California 1978 nbsp Debby Boone 1997In 1977 Debby Boone Pat Boone s daughter recorded the song under the guidance of Curb Records executive Mike Curb 7 and songwriter Joseph Brooks 5 Boone recorded her vocals over a pre existing instrumental track that Brooks already had developed for the film s soundtrack 7 The song was released as both a Warner Curb Records single and as the title track to her first solo album You Light Up My Life which she released on Warner Bros Records Curb Records parent label Cash Box said that Ms Boone builds it to a powerful emotional peak as a massive string section lends support 8 The single became the biggest single of the 1970s in the United States 9 setting a new Billboard Hot 100 record for most weeks spent at number one Elvis Presley s double sided hit Don t Be Cruel Hound Dog then recognized as the longest running number one song of the rock era spent eleven weeks atop the Billboard Best Sellers chart in 1956 before the 1958 debut of the Hot 100 The previous Hot 100 record was held by Bobby Darin s Mack the Knife Percy Faith s recording of Theme from A Summer Place 1960 and the Beatles Hey Jude 1968 all three of which remained at No 1 for nine weeks 10 The ten week record was matched in 1982 by Olivia Newton John s Physical 11 but was not surpassed until a 1991 change in chart methodology allowed songs to achieve longer reigns at No 1 In 1992 End of the Road by Boyz II Men would set the new record with 13 weeks 12 Besting her chart performance in Billboard Boone s You Light Up My Life single topped Record World s Top 100 Singles Chart for an unbroken record of 13 weeks 2 On Billboard s chart Boone was unseated from No 1 by the Bee Gees with How Deep Is Your Love the first of three No 1 singles from the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack On Record World s chart Boone kept the Bee Gees out of the number one spot In Cash Box magazine You Light Up My Life managed only an eight week stay at the top of the chart before being dethroned by Crystal Gayle s Don t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue Its least lengthy run was on the Radio and Records chart with six weeks at No 1 before relinquishing the spot to the Bee Gees 13 it had knocked Carly Simon s Nobody Does It Better out of the top spot after only one week The single which was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA also hit No 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart and reached No 4 on the Country chart The single peaked at No 48 on the UK Singles Chart 14 Boone s hit single led to her winning the 1978 Grammy Award for Best New Artist with additional Grammy nominations for Best Pop Vocal Performance Female and Record of the Year Boone also won the 1977 American Music Award for Favorite Pop Single Decades after its release the Debby Boone version is still considered one of the top ten Billboard Hot 100 songs of all time In 2008 it was ranked at No 7 on Billboard s Hot 100 All Time Top Songs list August 1958 July 2008 7 An updated version of the all time list in 2013 ranked the song at No 9 15 Although it was written by Brooks as a love song the devout Boone interpreted it as inspirational and proclaimed that it was instead God who lit up her life This fact was later alluded to when the song appeared in The Simpsons episode I Married Marge Season 3 Episode 12 Track listing Edit 7 vinyl single You Light Up My Life 3 35 Hasta Manana 3 12 Note Produced and arranged by Joe Brooks Note Produced by Mike Curb and arranged by Al Capps Chart performance Debby Boone single Edit Weekly charts Edit Chart 1977 1978 PeakpositionAustralian Kent Music Report 7Canadian RPM Top Singles 1Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks 1Canadian RPM Country Tracks 6New Zealand Singles Chart 12South African Singles Chart 3UK Singles OCC 1 48US Billboard Hot 100 16 1US Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 1US Billboard Hot Country Singles 4US Record World Singles Chart 1US Cashbox Top 100 Singles 1 Year end charts Edit Chart 1977 RankAustralia Kent Music Report 17 30Brazil 18 3Canada 19 1Chart 1977 and 1978 RankSouth Africa 20 10US Billboard Hot 100 1978 3US Cashbox Magazine 1977 1US Record World 1977 1US Billboard Easy Listening 1978 21 46All time charts Edit Chart 1958 2018 PositionUS Billboard Hot 100 22 11LeAnn Rimes version Edit You Light Up My Life nbsp Single by LeAnn Rimesfrom the album You Light Up My Life Inspirational SongsB side I Believe ReleasedAugust 26 1997GenreCountryLength3 37LabelCurbSongwriter s Joe Brooks 1 Producer s Mike CurbChuck HowardWilbur C RimesLeAnn Rimes singles chronology How Do I Live 1997 You Light Up My Life 1997 On the Side of Angels 1998 Music video You Light Up My Life by LeAnn Rimes on YouTubeLeAnn Rimes released her own version of You Light Up My Life as a single in 1997 20 years after Boone s version was released and on the same record label the Warner Bros Records label s Curb Records label Her version fared modestly by comparison to the original at radio No 34 Pop No 48 Country However her single was certified gold and was the title track to her No 1 pop and country album You Light Up My Life Inspirational Songs Track listing Edit US CD single 23 You Light Up My Life 3 37 I Believe 2 22 Note Produced by Wilbur C Rimes Chuck Howard and Mike Curb 24 Note Produced by Wilbur C Rimes 24 Chart performance LeAnn Rimes single Edit Chart 1997 PeakpositionCanada Country Tracks RPM 25 57US Billboard Hot 100 26 34US Hot Country Songs Billboard 27 48Other versions EditMany artists have covered You Light Up My Life since 1977 Perry Como performed it on Bob Hope s TV special in 1977 then recorded for CD in 2000 Johnny Mathis recorded the song and named his 1978 album after the song Engelbert Humperdinck also recorded You Light Up My Life in 1978 including it on his album Last of the Romantics The song has also been recorded by Aretha Franklin Loleatta Holloway Jean Carn Kenny Rogers Angeline Quinto Jose Carreras Robert Goulet Carole King and Samantha Cole 28 Valeria Lynch recorded the song covered Tu me haces feliz for her 1979 album Yo soy tu cancion Japanese singer Yuki Saito recorded it in English for her 1994 album Moi Whitney Houston recorded the song for her 2002 album Just Whitney The Irish pop band Westlife recorded a cover of the song and made it to their The Love Album album in 2006 which went straight to No 1 in UK Albums Chart and performed it live subsequently A French rendering entitled Tu remplis ma vie was recorded by Anne Renee in 1977 America s Got Talent season 1 winner Bianca Ryan covered the song for her 2006 debut album Patti Smith performed the song on the ABC television program Kids Are People Too accompanied by Brooks on piano 29 Mexican pop singer Yuri recorded the song cover Tu iluminas mi vida for her first album released in 1978 Filipina singer Angeline Quinto recorded the song from the 2012 album Fall in Love Again In other media EditThe song features as a running joke in an episode of Girlfriends titled Can t Stan Ya See also EditList of RPM number one singles of 1977 List of Hot 100 number one singles of 1977 U S List of number one adult contemporary singles of 1977 U S List of Billboard Hot 100 chart achievements and milestones List of 1970s one hit wonders in the United StatesReferences Edit a b c d e f Roberts David 2006 British Hit Singles amp Albums 19th ed London Guinness World Records Limited p 136 ISBN 1 904994 10 5 a b Top 100 Singles Chart for 1 7 1978 PDF Record World 35 1591 29 January 7 1978 a b c d Kvitka s Biography by Ed Rakowicz 2013 Accessed Jan 14 2014 Rakowicz s biography consistently spells the Americanized version of his wife s name as Kacey rather than Kasey a b Brown Scott 21 February 2003 The Light Stuff Entertainment Weekly pp 76 78 VH1 s 40 Most Softsational Soft Rock Songs Stereogum SpinMedia May 31 2007 Retrieved July 31 2016 a b c The Billboard Hot 100 All Time Top Songs 10 01 Billboard July 2008 Archived from the original on 1 October 2008 Retrieved 13 November 2015 CashBox Singles Reviews PDF Cash Box August 27 1977 p 30 Retrieved 2021 12 26 Readers Poll The 10 Worst Songs of the 1970s 4 Debby Boone You Light Up My Life Rolling Stone New York City 2012 Archived from the original on 2012 06 24 Retrieved 2015 11 15 Bronson Fred 1 October 2003 The Billboard Book of Number One Hits 5th ed New York Billboard Books p 939 ISBN 978 0823076772 Bronson p 550 Bronson pp 938 939 Records amp Radio PDF Worldradiohistory com 1977 11 25 Retrieved March 15 2022 Roberts David 2006 British Hit Singles amp Albums 19th ed London Guinness World Records Limited p 136 ISBN 1 904994 10 5 Bronson Fred 2 August 2013 Hot 100 55th Anniversary The All Time Top 100 Songs Billboard Retrieved 9 August 2013 Debby Boone Chart History Hot 100 Billboard Kent Music Report No 236 1 January 1979 gt National Top 100 Singles for 1978 Kent Music Report Retrieved 8 January 2022 via Imgur com Top 100 Musicas Mais Tocadas em 1977 Top 100 Most Played Songs of 1977 23 March 2018 Retrieved 15 July 2022 Image RPM Weekly Library and Archives Canada Bac lac gc ca 17 July 2013 Retrieved 2016 10 13 Top 20 Hit Singles of 1978 Retrieved 2 September 2018 Top 50 Adult Contemporary Hits of 1978 45cat 45cat com Retrieved 24 April 2021 Hot 100 turns 60 Billboard Retrieved August 6 2018 You Light Up My Life I Believe Leann Rimes Music Amazon Retrieved 2011 10 09 a b You Light Up My Life I Believe CD single LeAnn Rimes Curb Records 1997 D2 73027 a href Template Cite AV media notes html title Template Cite AV media notes cite AV media notes a CS1 maint others in cite AV media notes link Top RPM Country Tracks Issue 3346 RPM Library and Archives Canada October 6 1997 Retrieved July 17 2013 LeAnn Rimes Chart History Hot 100 Billboard LeAnn Rimes Chart History Hot Country Songs Billboard Cover versions of You Light Up My Life by Debby Boone SecondHandSongs com Retrieved 2016 10 13 Video of the Day Patti Smith Sings You Light Up My Life to Kids Retrieved 24 February 2014 External links Edit You Light Up My Life by Whitney Houston on YouTube You Light Up My Life 1978 previously unreleased by Aretha Franklin on YouTube Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title You Light Up My Life song amp oldid 1168308426, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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