Toes (Lights song)
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| "Toes" | ||||
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| Single by Lights | ||||
| from the album Siberia | ||||
| Released | August 16, 2011 | |||
| Recorded | 2011 | |||
| Studio | Metalworks (Mississauga, ON)[1] | |||
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| Length | 3:19 | |||
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| Songwriter | Lights Poxleitner | |||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Toes" on YouTube | ||||
"Toes" is a song recorded by Canadian singer-songwriter Lights for her second studio album, Siberia (2011). The song made its radio premiere on 104.5 CHUM-FM on August 5, 2011 and was released digitally on August 16, 2011 as the official second single for the album.[2][3][4] It debuted and peaked at number 62 on the Canadian Hot 100.[5] "Toes" was released to the UK in July 2012.[6]
Critical reception
In a review of Siberia, James Murray of musicOMH wrote that "Toes" had a "contagious" pop chorus and exemplified "some of the best songwriting Lights has to offer."[7] Matt Collar of AllMusic labelled "Toes" an "album pick" and described it as a "sparkling, anthemic" song that brings to mind popular contemporaries.[8]
Music video
The music video for "Toes" premiered September 14, 2011.[9] The video features Lights' hometown, Toronto, mostly in Dufferin Station. Lights is shown playing with her band in a brightly lit room. She then gets out of a taxi and goes to a skate park and a subway. Afterwards she goes back to the brightly lit room to play with her band. The video ends with a shot of LIGHTS walking away on a sidewalk.[10]