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"Lighters" is a song by the American hip hop duo Bad Meets Evil, a group composed of Royce da 5'9" and Eminem and the second single from their first EP, ''Hell: The Sequel''. Shady Records serviced the song for mainstream radio airplay in the United States on July 5, 2011. Written and produced by Eminem, Battle Roy and The Smeezingtons, the song features vocals by the American singer Bruno Mars, who was added after the original cut. "Lighters" is an alternative hip hop song with elements of soul music and synthpop. Critics noted it for being different in style from other tracks on the EP. The song features bass, cymbals and keyboards. "Lighters" received mixed reviews; some critics praised the change in style, as a break from more hardcore and aggressive themes of the other tracks found in ''Hell: The Sequel'', while others criticized it for the same reason. The song reached the top ten in New Zealand, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. "Lighters" was performed at the 2011 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival and the Lollapalooza music festival. The accompanying music video was filmed in July 2011 and was directed by Rich Lee. It portrays the two rappers in character as they guide themselves through an underground tunnel to reach an event by night. The video had a positive reception for its message. ==Production and release== Royce da 5'9" spoke to Canadian music magazine ''Exclaim!'' about the origins of Bad Meets Evil's collaboration with R&B and pop singer Bruno Mars. Originally, "Lighters" was intended to be featured on Royce's fifth solo studio album, ''Success Is Certain''. It was produced solely by Rochester, NY producer Battle Roy. After Royce had presented the track to Eminem, he was inspired to write and record the first verse, prompting Royce to write his the day afterwards.〔 Bad Meets Evil then flew to Los Angeles, where Mars heard the song. Eminem and Bruno Mars then made minor changes to the musical arrangement.〔 The song was recorded at Effigy Studios (Ferndale, Michigan) by Mike Strange, Isolation Studios by Asar and Levcon Studios (Los Angeles, California) by Ari Levine of The Smeezingtons, a music production and songwriting group consisting of Philip Lawrence and Mars as well. The song was written by Eminem, Royce, The Smeezingtons and Battle Roy, all of whom (save for Royce) also produced the song. Battle Roy and Joe Strange also engineered the song.〔 Detroit producer Luis Resto provided additional keyboards for the song, who did so for six other tracks on the EP.〔 On May 25, 2011, when the album track listing of ''Hell: The Sequel'' was announced, "Lighters" was revealed to the public to feature Mars. "Lighters" hit contemporary hit radio on July 5, 2011 as the second single from the EP, released by Shady Records.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lighters (song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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