| Neon Light | |
| Cover: | NeonLight.jpg |
| Border: | yes |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Blake Shelton |
| Album: | Bringing Back the Sunshine |
| Recorded: | 2014 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Label: | Warner Bros. Nashville |
| Producer: | Scott Hendricks |
| Prev Title: | My Eyes |
| Prev Year: | 2014 |
| Next Title: | Lonely Tonight |
| Next Year: | 2014 |
"Neon Light" is a song written by Andrew Dorff, Mark Irwin and Josh Kear and recorded by American country music artist Blake Shelton.[1] It was released to country radio on August 18, 2014, as the lead single to his eighth studio album Bringing Back the Sunshine.[2] The album was released on September 30, 2014.[3]
The song is a mid-tempo with a "pulsing drum loop" and "banjo, acoustic guitar, and Telecaster piling on layer by layer". It is about a man who heads to a bar after a breakup and states that "there's a neon light at the end of the tunnel".
Jon Freeman of Country Weekly gave the song a "B". He called the song "a move back toward center and the more traditional country fare that launched his career" but criticized the repetition of the lyrics on the verses.[4]
The song was certified Gold by the RIAA on January 5, 2015. It has sold 526,000 copies in the US as of January 2015.[5]
The music video was directed by Cody Kern and premiered on 12 September 2014.[6]
| Chart (2014) | Position |
|---|---|
| US Country Airplay (Billboard)[7] | 43 |
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[8] | 43 |