Light It up ( Luke Bryan song ) - wikipedia Light It up ( Luke Bryan song ) `` Light It Up '' Single by Luke Bryan from the album What Makes You Country Released August 23, 2017 ( 2017 - 08 - 23 ) Format Digital download Genre Country Length 2 : 58 Label Capitol Nashville Songwriter ( s ) Luke Bryan Brad Tursi Producer ( s ) Jeff Stevens Jody Stevens Luke Bryan singles chronology `` Fast '' ( 2016 ) `` Light It Up '' ( 2017 ) `` Most People Are Good '' ( 2017 ) `` Light It Up '' is a song by American country music artist Luke Bryan. It is the lead single to his sixth studio album, What Makes You Country. Bryan wrote the song with Brad Tursi of the band Old Dominion. Contents 1 Content 2 Music video 3 Commercial performance 4 Charts 4.1 Weekly charts 4.2 Year - end charts 5 Certifications 6 References Content Rolling Stone Country described the song as `` a moody production, underpinned by a programmed beat and choppy piano chords, while icy synthesizer fills lifted from Eighties new wave ratchet up the tension. '' The song is an expression of unrequited love, with the narrator pleading for an unresponsive lover to `` light it up '', in reference to his cellular phone. Bryan wrote the song with Brad Tursi of the band Old Dominion, while Jeff Stevens and his son Jody produced it. Music video A video directed by Michael Monaco was released on October 26, 2017. It features Jimmy Butler in the lead role, in anticipation of a text as described in the lyrics. Commercial performance For the charts dated September 9, 2017, `` Light It Up '' debuted at No. 20 on Country Airplay and No. 21 on Hot Country Songs. It sold 18,000 downloads in under two days, and debuting at No. 3 on Country Digital Song Sales. The following week it rose to No. 2 on Country Digital Song Sales with 22,000 copies sold on a full week of sales. It also debuted at number 76 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart for the week of September 16, 2017. The song has sold 164,000 copies in the United States as of January 2018. Charts Weekly charts Chart ( 2015 -- 17 ) Peak position Canada ( Canadian Hot 100 ) 96 Canada Country ( Billboard ) US Billboard Hot 100 57 US Country Airplay ( Billboard ) US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) Year - end charts Chart ( 2017 ) Position US Billboard Country Airplay 59 Preceded by `` Ask Me How I Know '' by Garth Brooks Billboard Country Airplay number - one single December 23, 2017 Succeeded by `` I 'll Name the Dogs '' by Blake Shelton Certifications Region Certification Certified units / Sales Canada ( Music Canada ) Gold 40,000 shipments figures based on certification alone References Jump up ^ Whitaker, Sterling ( October 6, 2017 ). `` Luke Bryan Announces New Album, ' What Makes You Country ' ''. Taste of Country. Jump up ^ Freeman, Jon ( August 23, 2017 ). `` Hear Luke Bryan 's Chilly New Song ' Light It Up ' ''. Rolling Stone. Jump up ^ Simanek, Jason ( August 23, 2017 ). `` Listen to Luke Bryan 's Brand - New Single, `` Light It Up '' + Check Out the Lyrics ``. Nash Country Daily. Jump up ^ Stefano, Angela ( August 23, 2017 ). `` Luke Bryan Drops Brand - New Single, ' Light It Up ' ''. The Boot. Jump up ^ `` Luke Bryan 's ' Light It Up ' Video Stars NBA Player Jimmy Butler ''. Jump up ^ Asker, Jim ( August 29, 2017 ). `` Old Dominion Scores Third Country Airplay No. 1 ; Luke Bryan Shines ' Light ' on Hot Country Songs ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ Bjorke, Matt ( September 5, 2017 ). `` Top 30 Digital Country Singles Chart : September 5, 2017 ''. Roughstock. Jump up ^ Bjorke, Matt ( January 9, 2018 ). `` Top 30 Digital Country Singles Sales Chart : January 9, 2018 ''. Roughstock. Retrieved February 11, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Luke Bryan Chart History ( Canadian Hot 100 ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved September 6, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Luke Bryan Chart History ( Canada Country ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved December 14, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Luke Bryan Chart History ( Hot 100 ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved December 12, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Luke Bryan Chart History ( Country Airplay ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved December 12, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Luke Bryan Chart History ( Hot Country Songs ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved December 12, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Country Airplay Songs -- Year - End 2017 ''. Billboard. Retrieved December 18, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Canadian single certifications -- Luke Bryan -- Light It Up ''. Music Canada. Retrieved February 7, 2018. Luke Bryan Discography Studio albums I 'll Stay Me Doin ' My Thing Tailgates & Tanlines Crash My Party Kill the Lights What Makes You Country Compilations Spring Break... Here to Party Extended plays Spring Break 3... It 's a Shore Thing Spring Break 4... Suntan City Spring Break 6... Like We Ai n't Ever Spring Break... Checkin ' Out Farm Tour... Here 's to the Farmer Singles `` All My Friends Say '' `` We Rode in Trucks '' `` Country Man '' `` Do I '' `` Rain Is a Good Thing '' `` Someone Else Calling You Baby '' `` Country Girl ( Shake It for Me ) '' `` I Do n't Want This Night to End '' `` Drunk on You '' `` Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye '' `` Crash My Party '' `` That 's My Kind of Night '' `` Drink a Beer '' `` Play It Again '' `` Roller Coaster '' `` I See You '' `` Kick the Dust Up '' `` Strip It Down '' `` Home Alone Tonight '' ( w / Karen Fairchild ) `` Huntin ', Fishin ' and Lovin ' Every Day '' `` Move '' `` Fast '' `` Light It Up '' `` Most People Are Good '' Guest singles `` The Only Way I Know '' ( w / Jason Aldean and Eric Church ) `` This Is How We Roll '' ( w / Florida Georgia Line ) Other songs `` Buzzkill '' `` Suntan City '' `` Games '' Concert tours Dirt Road Diaries Tour ( 2013 ) That 's My Kind of Night Tour ( 2014 -- 15 ) Kick the Dust Up Tour ( 2015 ) Kill the Lights Tour ( 2016 -- 17 ) Huntin ', Fishin ' and Lovin ' Every Day Tour ( 2017 ) Related articles Michael Carter Jeff Stevens Cole Swindell `` Good Directions '' Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Light_It_Up_(Luke_Bryan_song)&oldid=833587132 '' Categories : 2017 singles 2017 songs Luke Bryan songs Capitol Records Nashville singles Songs written by Luke Bryan Songs written by Brad Tursi Hidden categories : Wikipedia pages semi-protected from banned users Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Canada Singlechart called without song Singlechart usages for Billboardcanadacountry Singlechart usages for Billboardhot100 Singlechart usages for Billboardcountryairplay Singlechart usages for Billboardcountrysongs Certification Table Entry usages for Canada Talk View source Contents About Wikipedia Русский Edit links This page was last edited on 1 April 2018, at 13 : 34. 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Question: who sings the country song light it up
Answer: Luke Bryan