Towards the Light (Chinese: 向着光亮那方) aka "Towards the Bright Side" is a song recorded by Chinese singer Xu Weizhou. The single was officially released on 2 May 2016 as one of the promotional songs of the film Yesterday Once More[2]
| "Towards the Light" | ||||
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| Single by Xu Weizhou | ||||
| Released | 2 May 2016 | |||
| Recorded | 2016 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Label | 光线易视 [1] | |||
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| Producer(s) | Liu Tong | |||
| Xu Weizhou singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Towards the Light" on YinYueTai | ||||
Background
editTowards the Light is a soundtrack with a length of four minutes and thirty seconds. It pertains to the struggles and passion of youths. Its music video was first released on 21 April 2016 for the promotion of the film Yesterday Once More[3] but the single was officially released on 2 May 2016.[4] It gained praises and it was the first time a song achieved top spots on both China V chart and Mandarin chart in Billboard China at the same week.[5][6]
Xu Weizhou performed the song live on his "First Light Asia Tour" with the other songs from his album Light.[7][8] Afterwards, he performed it on music festivals such as Forest Music Festival, Zebra Music Festival and 20th PEACEBIRD Music Festival on late 2016.
Composition
editThis single was composed by Chen Yu while the lyrics was written by Tintin Zhang.[9] It was produced by Liu Tong, vice president of Beijing Enlight Pictures and the writer of the said movie. [10] Liu stated that they chose Xu to sing Towards the Light because they think he is very suitable for it and "it also wasn't easy for him to be known by people, but because of certain policy reasons, he was being suppressed"; pertaining to the ban of Xu to appear on television shows by SAPPRFT but Liu added that people can't blame the higher-ups because things got out of control. He also added that "...even though he is in this state right now, he will definitely still head towards the direction of the light and become better and better".[11]
Chart performance
editWeekly
edit| Chart (2016) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| China V Chart | 1[12][13][14] |
| Billboard Radio China Chart | 1[15] |
Year-end
edit| Chart (2016) | Position |
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| China V Chart | 9[16] |
References
edit- ^ "向着光亮那方". y.qq.com. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
- ^ "Towards the Light". jiangsu.china.com. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
- ^ "许魏洲献声《青茫》 青春不迷茫梦想有光亮". enjoy.eastday.com. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
- ^ "《谁的青春不迷茫》曝推广曲 许魏洲倾情献唱". ent.people.com.cn. Retrieved 2017-09-06.
- ^ "China V-Chart". billboard.com. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
- ^ "Billboard Radio China Chart". billboardradiochina.com. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
- ^ "许魏洲Light北京签唱会开票 让摇滚浪漫起来". ent.people.com.cn. Retrieved 2017-09-06.
- ^ "《摇滚Boy许魏洲来了！Light北京签唱会全线启动". ent.qq.com. Retrieved 2017-09-06.
- ^ "《青茫》正式公映 许魏洲倾情献唱推广曲". ent.sina.com.cn. Retrieved 2017-09-06.
- ^ "《向着光亮那方》销售破百万 荣获多项大奖". book.sina.com. Retrieved 2017-09-06.
- ^ "向着光亮那方". weibo.cn. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
- ^ "1st Hit Song For 2nd week of May 2016". billboard.com. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
- ^ "1st Hit Song For 3rd week of May 2016". billboard.com. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
- ^ "1st Hit Song For 1st week of June 2016". billboard.com. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
- ^ "Billboard Radio China Chart". billboardradiochina.com. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
- ^ "YinYueTai's TOP 100 Songs of the year 2016". vchart.yinyuetai.com. Retrieved 2017-04-08.