"Green light" is a song recorded by

Cliff Richard Sir Cliff Richard (born Harry Rodger Webb; 14 October 1940) is a British singer and actor. He has total sales of over 21.5 million singles in the United Kingdom and, as of 2012, was the third-top-selling artist in UK Singles Chart histo ...

and released as a single in February 1979. It was the third single and title track taken from his 1978 studio album ''

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''. The song is written by

Alan Tarney Alan Tarney (born 19 November 1945) is an English record producer and musician. He was born in Northside, Workington, Cumberland, but spent his teenage years in Adelaide, Australia, where he met his songwriting and musical partner Trevor Spenc ...

who went on to write some of Richard's biggest hits, such as the follow-up single " We Don't Talk Anymore" (1979), " Dreamin'" (1980), "

Wired for Sound ''Wired for Sound'' is the 24th studio album by Cliff Richard, released in September 1981. The album peaked at number 4 in the UK album charts upon release, and spent a total of 25 weeks on the chart in 1981–82. The album was certified Pl ...

" (1981) and " Some People" (1987).

Release and reception

Released as a single over four months after the released of the album, the single peaked at number 57 on the UK Singles Chart in a three-week run. Nevertheless, it broke his singles-chart drought after his previous three singles in 1978 had all missed the charts. In the US, the track received FM radio airplay on AOR formats, but did not chart. Richard especially included the original version on his 1994 greatest hits album '' The Hit List'' (primarily made up of all Richard's top 5 hits to that time) despite it not even making the Top 40 of the UK Singles Charts. About the two bonus tracks on the album, he said in the cover sleeve of the album "A lot of you asked for a re-release of "Miss You Nights" so just for you it's included as a bonus and just for me, so is "Green Light"! Music critic Bruce Eder, highlighted a rendition Richard recorded with the backing of the

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and released in 1983 on the live album '' Dressed for the Occasion''. In reviewing what he described as Richard's "most impressive concert album", he said:

Track listing

7" (UK) # "Green Light" – 3:45 # "Imagine Love" – 4:20 7" (US) # "Green Light" – 3:29 # "Needing a Friend" – 2:56 7" (Netherlands and Germany) # "Green Light" – 4:01 # "Needing a Friend" – 2:55

Chart performance

Covers

*1979:

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included her version on her album ''Yvonne'' (1979).

References

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