| Point of Light | |
| Cover: | Randy Travis - Point of light.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Randy Travis |
| Album: | High Lonesome |
| B-Side: | Waiting on the Light to Change |
| Released: | May 9, 1991[1] |
| Recorded: | The Nightingale, Nashville, 1990 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 3:34 |
| Label: | Warner Bros. Nashville 19283 |
| Producer: | Kyle Lehning |
| Prev Title: | Heroes and Friends |
| Prev Year: | 1991 |
| Next Title: | Forever Together |
| Next Year: | 1991 |
"Point of Light" is a song written by Don Schlitz and Thom Schuyler, and recorded by American country music artist Randy Travis. It was released in May 1991 as the lead-off single from his album High Lonesome. It was his twenty-first single overall. It charted at #3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks and hit #1 on the Canadian RPM country Tracks chart.
This song has a moral message to do the right thing and become a "point of light". The song goes on to praise social workers and teachers as points of light. Don Schlitz and Thom Schuyler were commissioned to write the song in response to then-United States President George H. W. Bush's "Thousand points of light" program.[2]
As listed in liner notes.[3]
"Point of Light" spent two weeks at number 1 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.
| Chart (1991) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[4] | 3 | |
| US Country Songs (Billboard)[5] | 31 |