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"Every Light In The House" is a country music song written by Kent Robbins, and recorded by American country music artist Trace Adkins. It was the second single released from his debut album, Dreamin' out Loud, and his first Top Five single on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart, where it peaked at #3.

[edit] Content

The song is a mid-tempo ballad mostly accompanied by piano and fiddle. in which the narrator was recently split from his wife. He keeps lights on for her in case she wants to return to his side, because he still misses her.

[edit] Reception

Rick Cohoon of Allmusic gave the song a favorable review, calling it a "creative approach to the age-old 'goodbye, I miss you' song". He commended Adkins' voice for "communicat[ing] pain so well" despite the singer's stature, although he considered some of the similes forced (e.g. "the backyard's bright as the crack of dawn") ^[2]

[edit] Music video

The music video for this song begins with Adkins sitting on the porch of a house with his dog after his woman left home. He then gets off the porch, and he and some workers get to work on a power generator. Scenes also feature him singing inside of the same house.

[edit] Chart performance

"Every Light in the House" debuted at #72 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart dated August 24, 1996. It charted for 21 weeks on that chart, and peaked at #3 on the country chart dated December 14, 1996, giving Adkins the first Top 5 single of his career. In addition, it peaked at #78 on the Billboard Hot 100, also marking his first entry on that chart.

[edit] Parodies

On his 1998 album Did I Shave My Back for This?, country parodist Cledus T. Judd parodied the song as "Every Bulb in the House Is Blown".

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