Diamond Lights Diamond Lights "Diamond Lights" is a 1987 single by footballers Glenn Hoddle and Chris Waddle, released under their first names, "Glenn & Chris". The song, by the then-Tottenham Hotspur and England teammates, reached number 12 in the UK Singles Chart in May 1987 and was by far the more successful of two chart releases for the duo. Despite its success, public opinion of the record's quality has been decidedly negative with the pair's television performance of the song being widely ridiculed. Chris Waddle recalls the single coming about following an appearance two of them made for their personal sponsors, Budget
Lights Out (Santigold song) programme, hosted by Jo Whiley. She performed "Lights Out" and a cover of Adele's "Hometown Glory". Lights Out also appeared in hit TV show Grey's Anatomy. "Rolling Stone" compared "Lights Out" to "a lost Pretenders single." "NME", meanwhile, said the song "harkens back to the sleek ’80s new wave of The Cars." "Blender" seconded the comparison, saying the "butterfly fragile" song uses "chunky Cars guitars and a plaintive early-MTV synth" as a "shy come-on". "Lights Out" also received comparisons to Pixies; "The List" said that the "uplifting indie rock number 'Lights Out' – the track most generously endowed with those