Guiding Light (song)

"Guiding Light" is a song by English rock band Mumford & Sons. It was released as the lead single from their fourth studio album, Delta, on 20 September 2018.[1] The song has peaked at number 40 on the UK Singles Chart.

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"Guiding Light"
Single by Mumford & Sons
from the album Delta
Released20 September 2018
Recorded2017
Genre
Length3:37
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Paul Epworth
Mumford & Sons singles chronology
"Wona"
(2016)		 "Guiding Light"
(2018)		 "If I Say"
(2018)

Background

The song was first played live at Sziget Festival 2018, as one of three new songs that the band played. On 19 September 2018, an audio snippet from the song was released on the band's Twitter page. Guiding Light premiered on 20 September 2018 on BBC Radio 1. The song is described as a "dizzying folk-rock song that builds, builds, explodes and then explodes again". Speaking to Annie Mac on Radio 1 about the single, Marcus Mumford said: "It was a bit of a beast to try and get on record. It was hard work. We kind of tried it in loads of different ways...this one took a while. We wrote it like a year ago, but it’s taken a while to just get it to that point and now we're happy with it."[2] A lyric video was released simultaneously with the premiere of the track. The song made its television debut on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, and was later played on The Graham Norton Show, Saturday Night Live, and BBC Live Lounge, with acoustic performances at Radio.com and Sirius XM.

Music video

The official video premiered on October 17, 2018, and it uses footage from the band's mini concert that was originally filmed outside of the Tate Modern in London on September 21, 2018.

Track listing
Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Guiding Light"3:37

Charts

Release history
Region Date Format Label
United Kingdom 20 September 2018 Digital download

References
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