"Light Surrounding You" is the second single by

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band,

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, taken from their second studio album, ''

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'' (June 2006). It was written by

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, the group's drummer. The record is co-produced by

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. The song was released in October 2006 and peaked at No. 15 on the

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Singles Chart in New Zealand and number one on the

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, making it Evermore's most successful single in Australia. It was the first single by a New Zealand artist to top the Australian charts since "

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" by OMC in 1996. Dann Hume explained that the song is about "someone who had all the potential in the world but they didn’t believe in themselves". The music video features Australian

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. The song was used as a tribute to the leaving of ''

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''s long-term character Sally, portrayed by

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, in the 2006 season finale. It was earlier used for the Channel Ten series premiere of American show, ''

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''. In New Zealand it was used in TV One's on-air identity package.

Background

The song was released on 14 October 2006 from their second album, ''

'', which was earlier released on the

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label on 8 July 2006. The single peaked at No. 15 on the

Singles Chart in New Zealand. Drummer

composed much of the music for the song on a piano. It reached No. 1 on the

in their adopted country of Australia. It was the second song released from the album; whilst "Light Surrounding You" became Evermore's first number-one single in Australia, their first single "

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" remained their highest-charting New Zealand hit.

Track listing

Music video

* Official Version: * Channel Seven Version: Channel Seven released the song as a tribute video for Kate Ritchie's character

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Personnel

– vocals, lead and rhythm guitars * Peter Hume – piano, keyboards, bass guitar, backing vocals *

– drums, rhythm and acoustic guitars, backing vocals

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

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