Ocean Drive (Lighthouse Family song)

Infobox Single
Name = Ocean Drive


Caption = 1995 CD single
Artist = Lighthouse Family
from Album = Ocean Drive
Released = 9 October, 1995
27 May, 1996 (Re-release)
Format = CD, 12", cassette
Recorded = Battery Studios
Genre = Pop, Easy Listening
Length = 3:46
Label = Wildcard / Polydor
Writer = Paul Tucker
Producer = Mike Peden
Last single = "Lifted"
(1995, 1996)
This single = "Ocean Drive"
(1995, 1996)
Next single = "Goodbye Heartbreak"
(1996)
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = Greatest Hits
Type = Greatest hits
prev_track = "Lifted
prev_no = 1
this_track = "Ocean Drive"
track_no = 2
next_track = "High"
next_no = 3Extra album cover
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Background = khaki


Lower caption = 1996 CD single

"Ocean Drive" is a pop song written by British duo Lighthouse Family, for their debut album "Ocean Drive" (1996). The song was produced by Mike Peden. It was released as the second single in October 1995 and reached the top 40 in the United Kingdom.

It was later re-released in May 1996 and reached the top 20 in the United Kingdom.

The song was written in 1989 by Paul Tucker. He wrote and composed the lyrics, but he did not sing it. It was this song that the Lighthouse Family formed where Tunde Baiyewu provided the vocals.

Track listing and formats

Chart performance

When the Lighthouse Family originally released "Ocean Drive", they reached to #34 in the UK Singles Chart. However, they decided to re-release this due to their successful re-release of their debut song "Lifted". After their re-release of "Ocean Drive", they reached to #11 and were in the UK singles Chart for 8 weeks.

The single "Ocean Drive" also went in the Eurochart Hot 100 twice. The single peaked at #87 during the original release in October 1995. After the re-release, the song re-entered at a new peak of #40 in June 1996. They stayed in the charts for a total of 6 weeks.

External links

* [http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=23453 Chart Stats - UK chart performance of the original release of Lighthouse Family's "Ocean Drive"]
* [http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=24159 Chart Stats - UK chart performance of the re-released version of Lighthouse Family's "Ocean Drive"]
* [http://jove.prohosting.com/euro100/archive/1996/euro9623.txt Eurochart Hot 100 which shows the peak position of Lighthouse Family's "Ocean Drive"]