Lifening
title: "Lifening" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["2012-singles", "snow-patrol-songs", "songs-written-by-gary-lightbody", "song-recordings-produced-by-jacknife-lee", "songs-written-by-jacknife-lee", "2011-songs", "polydor-records-singles"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifening" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Lifening |
| type | single |
| artist | Snow Patrol |
| album | Fallen Empires |
| released | 3 July 2012 |
| recorded | 2011 |
| length | 3:30 (Burst to Life Mix) |
| 3:53 (album version) | |
| label | Polydor |
| producer | Jacknife Lee |
| prev_title | In the End |
| prev_year | 2012 |
| next_title | The Lightning Strike (What If This Storm Ends?) |
| next_year | 2013 |
| :: |
| name = Lifening | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = Snow Patrol | album = Fallen Empires | released = 3 July 2012 | recorded = 2011 | studio = | genre = | length = 3:30 (Burst to Life Mix) 3:53 (album version) | label = Polydor | writer =
- Gary Lightbody
- Jacknife Lee | producer = Jacknife Lee | prev_title = In the End | prev_year = 2012 | next_title = The Lightning Strike (What If This Storm Ends?) | next_year = 2013 "Lifening" is a song by Northern Irish–Scottish alternative rock band Snow Patrol, released as the fifth single of their sixth album, Fallen Empires (2011). It was released as a free digital download on 3 July 2012 from their official website.
Background and writing
In various interviews, Lightbody has stated that the song "Lifening" was written after his sister had children. He stated that he felt "his body clock" telling him that it was time to have children himself, and he has stated that the song is his way of trying to work out what he actually wants from life.
Promotion
The single version of the song, Jacknife Lee's "Burst to Life Mix", received its worldwide first play on Radio 1's Review Show with Edith Bowman on 3 July 2012. Lightbody had originally stated that he thought the song would have a "soft" release.
Music video
According to Lightbody's blog, the video for "Lifening" was filmed live during the band's live set at Chicago, as the song "has become a real live moment over the course of this year and we wanted to capture it".
Charts
::data[format=table title="Chart performance for "Lifening""] | Chart (2012) | Peak position | |---|---| ::
References
References
- "Snow Patrol - Lifening first play". [[Snow Patrol]].
- "Snow Patrol - Lifening release". [[Snow Patrol]].
- "Snow Patrol - Lifening video". [[Snow Patrol]].
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