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Flashing Lights
Kanye West, Dwele
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- Album
- Graduation
- Released
- 2007
- Genres
- rap, neo soul
- Length
- 3:58
- Tempo
- 90 BPM
- Label
- Roc-A-Fella
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About this song
A video was filmed during a studio session for Kanye West's 2010 album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, showing him and longtime collaborator Charlie Wilson jamming to the instrumental and singing the song with a new hook. The song was later given to the K-Pop group JYJ for their song Ayy Girl, which also featured Malik Yusef.
What it's about
Kanye reminisces about a flighty, capricious ex-girlfriend he can't stop thinking about. The woman also works as a metaphor for his public audience, whose chaotic whims he has to cater to.
Fun facts
- Sampled in 62 other songs, like “Starlights by David0Mario & TCMusic! (Mashup Artist)”.
- Covered 8 times, including “FLASHING LIGHTS but its just my voice by SQUALAY (YouTube)”.
- Written and produced by Kanye West, Eric Hudson and Larry Gold.
- Recorded at Chalice Studios and Chung King Studios.