Blue Lights by Jorja Smith
Blue Lights by Jorja Smith

Blue Lights

Jorja Smith * Track #8 On Lost & Found

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Blue Lights by Jorja Smith

Release Date
Tue Jan 19 2016
Performed by
Jorja Smith
Produced by
Engine-Earz & Joice
Writed by
Nicholas Detnon & Dizzee Rascal & Roland Romanelli & Guy Bonnet & Joice & Jorja Smith
About

“Blue Lights” is the debut single from Jorja Smith. The song is questioning why you should have a guilty conscience if you’ve done nothing wrong, with a fitting sample from Dizzee Rascal’s 2007 single “Sirens” from his Maths + English album.

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Blue Lights Lyrics

[Intro]
I wanna turn those blue lights into strobe lights
Not blue flashing lights, maybe fairy lights
Those blue lights into strobe lights
Maybe even fairy lights, not blue flashing lights

[Verse 1]
Don't you run when you hear the sirens coming
When you hear the sirens coming
You better not run 'cause the sirens not coming for you
What have you done?
You went to school that day
Was a bit late but it was a Monday
Kept after class for answering back
You apologized, ain't no harm in that?

[Chorus]
(I wanna turn those blue lights)
What have you done?
(Into strobe lights)
There's no need to run
(Not blue flashing lights)
If you've done nothing wrong
(Maybe fairy lights)
Blue lights should just pass you by

[Verse 2]
Gun crime into your right ear
Drugs and violence into your left
Default white headphones flooding the auditory
Subconscious waves you accept
You're sitting on the 4 back home
"Where you at, G? Answer your phone"
Paused the poison to answer his message
Your boy sounds rushed, fears for his adolescence

[Chorus]
(I wanna turn those blue lights)
What have you done?
(Into strobe lights)
There's no need to run
(Not blue flashing lights)
If you've done nothing wrong
(Maybe fairy lights)
Blue lights should just pass you by

[Verse 3]
Tall black shadow as you're getting off the bus
Shadow shows no emotion so what's even the fuss?
But the face on your boy casts a darker picture
Of the red handed act, he's gonna whisper
"Look blud, I'm sorry, 'cause I know you got my back
He was running, I couldn't think, I had to get out of that"
Not long ago you were miming to the "Shook Ones"
Now this really is part two 'cause you're the shook one
Hands you the tool as you question your friendship
How's man like you gonna make me a convict?
Level of a felon when I've done nothing wrong
Blood on my hands but I don't know where it's from, oh
You got blood on your hands but you don't know where it's from

[Bridge]
You better run when you hear the sirens coming
When you hear the sirens coming
Better run when you hear the sirens coming
'Cause they will be coming for you
Run when you hear the sirens coming
Better run when you hear the sirens coming
When you hear the sirens coming
The blue lights are coming for you

[Chorus]
(I wanna turn those blue lights)
What have you done?
(Into strobe lights)
There's no need to run
(Not blue flashing lights)
If you've done nothing wrong
(Maybe fairy lights)
Blue lights should just pass you by

[Outro: Jorja Smith & Dizzee Rascal]
"Blud, when you hear the sirens coming"
Don't you run when you hear the sirens coming
"Blud, when you hear the sirens coming"
Don't you run when you hear the sirens coming
What have you d-d-d-done, done
Don't you run
Don't you run
Don't you run when you hear the sirens coming

Blue Lights Q&A

Who wrote Blue Lights's ?

Blue Lights was written by Nicholas Detnon & Dizzee Rascal & Roland Romanelli & Guy Bonnet & Joice & Jorja Smith.

Who produced Blue Lights's ?

Blue Lights was produced by Engine-Earz & Joice.

When did Jorja Smith release Blue Lights?

Jorja Smith released Blue Lights on Tue Jan 19 2016.

What inspired this song?

When I wrote “Blue Lights,” I took a break from doing my media course work. I was looking at post-colonialism in grime music. A video I was watching was Dizzee Rascal’s “Sirens.” I was inspired to write this song. I was listening to some beat in my room, and I found this one, called “Jamie Keys” pro...

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Did any real people inspire this song?

It was based on two of my friends. One of them left their bag at my house, and I’m really nosey. I found their bag, and I picked it up, and it was really light. I was like, “What the hell has he got in this bag, like this? Why’s he got this pouch and there’s nothing in there?” I opened it, there was...

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How does Jorja describe the tone of the song?

I was trying to give some hope saying, “Don’t run, don’t you run when you hear the sirens coming.” Then it flips at the end because I’m saying, “You better run now because the sirens are coming for you.” I feel like the song’s a bit of a circle, and that’s like life. Everything just repeating, every...

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What has the media said about the song?

In 2018, NPR ranked this as the #183 greatest song by a female or nonbinary artist in the 21st century, saying:

All it took was one viral single to springboard Jorja Smith from a Starbucks barista job in Walsall, England, to international stages. ‘Blue Lights,’ the R&B star’s debut single, ques...

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Is there a live performance of this song?

“Blue Lights” live performance for COLORS (April 2018)

Jorja also performed it live for:

Later… with Jools Holland (September 2017)

BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge (June 2018)

NPR Music Tiny Desk (June 2018)

Radio Nova (June 2018)

BBC Radio 1Xtra Live (September 2018)

MTV Push (January 2019)

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