Flashing Lights (album)

Flashing Lights
Studio album by Havana Brown
Released	11 October 2013
Recorded	2011–2013
Genre	Pop dance-pop house EDM electropop
Label	Island, Universal
Producer	Niclas Kings, RedOne, Havana Brown, R3hab, Carl Ryden, Paul Harris, Darkchild, Afrojack, DJ Buddha
Havana Brown chronology
When the Lights Go Out (2012) Flashing Lights (2013)
Singles from Flashing Lights
"Flashing Lights" Released: 23 August 2013 "Warrior" Released: 27 September 2013

Flashing Lights is the debut studio album by Australian recording artist Havana Brown. It was released on 11 October 2013 by Island Records Australia in Australia and New Zealand. The album was preceded by the singles "Flashing Lights" and "Warrior". The album debuted at number six ARIA Albums Chart and spent five weeks in the top 50.

Background

Brown has been recording songs since 2011 and released an EP When the Lights Go Out with singles "We Run the Night", "You'll Be Mine" and "Big Banana" all being released from the EP.

Release and promotion

Singles

The album's title track, "Flashing Lights" was released on 23 August 2013 as the album's lead single. It peaked at number 68 on the ARIA Singles Chart and number five on the US Hot Dance Club Songs chart. "Warrior" was released as the second single on 27 September 2013. It debuted on the ARIA Singles Chart at number 32 and peaked at number 11.

"Ba*Bing" was released on iTunes as the first promotional single from Flashing Lights on 13 September 2013.^[1]

Oz Tour

Oz Tour

Concert by Havana Brown
Location	Australia, United States and Canada
Associated album	Flashing Lights
Start date	26 October 2013
End date	1 January 2014
No. of shows	12

Brown embarked on her Oz Tour in October 2013 which included 12 shows in Australia, Canada and the United States. The tour concluded in Brisbane on 1 January 2014.

Date	City	Country	Venue
26 October 2013	Sydney	Australia	Marquee Nightclub
2 November 2013	Toorak		Trak Centre
9 November 2013	Atlantic City	United States	Haven Nightclub
15 November 2013	Miami Beach		Mynt Lounge
16 November 2013	Santa Clara		Taste Nightclub
23 November 2013	Uncasville		Avalon
7 December 2013	Miami Beach		Mynt Lounge
21 December 2013	Atlantic City		Haven Nightclub
22 December 2013	Edmonton	Canada	YEG Dance Club
31 December 2013	Melbourne	Australia	RIVA
	Sydney		Sydney Harbour
1 January 2014	Brisbane		Eatons Hill Hotel

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Warrior"	Jonas Saeed Niclas Kings Luciana Caporaso Nick Clow Sabi	Kings	3:46
2.	"We Run the Night" (featuring Pitbull)	Cassie Davis Snob Scrilla RedOne John Mamann Yohanne Simon Jean Claude Sindres	RedOne	3:48
3.	"Big Banana" (featuring R3hab & Prophet)	Brown R3hab AJ Junior Rivington Hajji Lenssen Rabon Brunings	Brown R3hab	3:08
4.	"Ba*Bing"	Brown Caporaso Clow Carl Ryden	Carl Ryden	3:40
5.	"Naughty"	Brown Caporaso Clow Ryden Paul Harris	Ryden Harris	3:35
6.	"Flashing Lights"	Brown RedOne John Mamann Sindres Simon Teddy Sky	RedOne	4:20
7.	"Any1"	Rodney Jerkins Francesco Burali-Forti Alicia Renee Williams	Darkchild	3:48
8.	"Someone to Love"	Ryden Clow Caporaso Kenneth Karlin	Ryden	4:05
9.	"One More Time" (featuring Cave Kings)	Brown Clow Caporaso Saeed Kings	Kings	3:27
10.	"No Tomorrow"	Jerkins Clow Caporaso Williams Greg Morgan	Darkchild	3:29
11.	"Last Night" (Pitbull featuring Havana Brown & Afrojack)	Armando C. Perez Clyde McKnight Urales Vargas Anthony Preston	Afrojack DJ Buddha	3:39
12.	"You'll Be Mine" (featuring R3hab)	RedOne Hajji Junior R3hab Fabian Lenssen Addy Van Der Zwan M.J. Lyrical Mark Simmons	Brown RedOne R3hab	4:10

The Overdose Mix — Deluxe edition
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Flashing Lights"
2.	"Big Banana"
3.	"Spread a Little Love"
4.	"You'll Be Mine"
5.	"Get It"
6.	"We Run the Night"
Total length:		49:35

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2013–14)	Peak position
scope="row"	Australian Albums (ARIA)[2]	6
scope="row"	Japanese Albums (Oricon)[3]	74

Year-end charts

Chart (2013)	Position
Australian Artist Albums Chart[4]	41

Release history

Country	Date	Format	Edition(s)	Label	Catalogue
Australia[5][6]	11 October 2013	CD digital download	Standard deluxe	Island Records Australia	3755801 (standard)
New Zealand[7][8]
Japan[9]	12 March 2014				N/A

References

1. "Flashing Lights (Deluxe Version) - Havana Brown". iTunes Store (Australia). Apple. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
2. "Australiancharts.com – Havana Brown – Flashing Lights". Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
3. "Oricon Top 50 Albums: {{{date}}}" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
4. "ARIA Top 50 Australian Artists Albums 2013". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
5. "Flashing Lights - Havana Brown". iTunes Store (Australia). Apple. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
6. "Flashing Lights". Sanity. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
7. "Flashing Lights - Havana Brown". iTunes Store (New Zealand). Apple. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
8. "Flashing Lights - Havana Brown". JB Hifi NZ. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
9. "Flashing Lights - Havana Brown". iTunes Store (Japan). Apple. Retrieved 14 March 2014.