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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]

For other uses, see You Light Up My Life.

"You Light Up My Life"

  • "You Light Up My Life"
  • (instrumental)

August 16, 1977 (Charted the week of September 3)

1977

Pop

3:29

Arista

Joe Brooks[1]

Joe Brooks

August 16, 1977

April 1977

Soft rock[6]

3:35

Warner Bros.-Curb

Joe Brooks[1]

Joe Brooks

7" vinyl single

"You Light Up My Life"

"I Believe"

August 26, 1997

Country

3:37

Curb

Joe Brooks[1]

Mike Curb
Chuck Howard
Wilbur C. Rimes

US CD single

[23]

performed it on Bob Hope's TV special in 1977 (then recorded for CD in 2000).

Perry Como

recorded the song and named his 1978 album after the song.

Johnny Mathis

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, José Carreras, Robert Goulet, Carole King, and Samantha Cole.[31]

Engelbert Humperdinck

recorded the song covered "Tú me haces feliz" for her 1979 album Yo soy tu canción....

Valeria Lynch

Japanese singer recorded it (in English) for her 1994 album Moi.

Yuki Saito

recorded the song for her 2002 album Just Whitney....

Whitney Houston

The 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.

Irish

A French rendering entitled "Tu remplis ma vie" was recorded by in 1977.

Anne Renée

winner Bianca Ryan covered the song for her 2006 debut album.

America's Got Talent season 1

performed the song on the ABC television program Kids Are People Too, accompanied by Brooks on piano.[32]

Patti Smith

Mexican pop singer, Yuri recorded the song cover “Tú iluminas mi vida” for her first album released in 1978.

Filipina singer, recorded the song for her second album Fall in Love Again released in 2012.

Angeline Quinto

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!"

List 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 States

on YouTube

"You Light Up My Life" by Whitney Houston

on YouTube

"You Light Up My Life" (1978, previously unreleased) by Aretha Franklin