Luminous (Jedward song)

2012 single by Jedward

"Luminous"

Single by Jedward
from the album  Young Love
Released| 12 October 2012 (2012-10-12)
Recorded| Sweden, March 2012
Genre| Pop, synthpop, dance
Length| 3:25
Label| Universal Music Group
Songwriter(s)| Sebastian Lundberg, Fredrik Häggstam, Johan Gustafson and Marlene Strand
Producer(s)| Trinity Music
Jedward singles chronology
| "Young Love"
(2012)  | "Luminous"
(2012)  | "Free Spirit"
(2014)

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Music video
"Luminous" on YouTube

"Luminous" is a song by Irish pop duo Jedward. It is the third single from their third album, Young Love. It was released as a digital download on 12 October 2012. The song was written by Swedish songwriters Sebastian Lundberg, Fredrik Häggstam, Johan Gustafson and Marlene Strand, and produced by Trinity Music.

## Background

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On 27 June, Jedward announced that the third single from Young Love would be "Luminous", with a music video made by their record label, Universal Music Ireland.[1] In September, release dates were announced for 12 October in Ireland, 15 October in the UK and 16 October for the rest of the world.[2] "Luminous" received its first UK radio play during presenter Tina Campbell's show on Meridian Radio after Campbell interviewed them for her blog Craveonmusic - now Craveon Entertainment.[3]

## Music video

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The "Luminous" video was filmed at Ardmore Studios in Ireland on 30 August 2012.[4] Inspired by Star Wars and Avatar, the video has elements of science fiction and fantasy.[5] The "Luminous" video was previewed on Irish youth TV show Elev8 on 9 October, with a full release on 12 October.[6] The video reached #2 on the Irish iTunes video sales chart[7] and #3 on the UK iTunes video sales chart.[8]

## Chart performance

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Chart (2012)  | Peak
position

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Ireland (IRMA)[9] | 59
South Korea (GAON)[10] | 73

## References

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1. ^ "Jedward Interview - South East Radio - June 27th 2012". Tony Scott. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
2. ^ "The brand new single from @planetjedward is set for release Oct 12th (Irl), 15th (UK) & everywhere else Oct 16!". Universal Music Ireland. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
3. ^ "Jedward 'Luminous' interview". Retrieved 16 January 2013.
4. ^ "Luminous video". Jedward Genius. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
5. ^ "the video its like Avatar and Star Wars". Planet Jedward. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
6. ^ "Are you ready?". TRTE. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
7. ^ "Luminous". iTunes (Ireland). Retrieved 17 October 2012.
8. ^ "Luminous". iTunes (UK). Retrieved 17 October 2012.
9. ^ "Chart Track: Week 42, 2012". Irish Singles Chart.
10. ^ "South Korea Gaon International Chart (Week: October 14, 2012 to October 20, 2012)". Gaon Chart. Archived from the original on 3 March 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2012.

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* Planet Jedward
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* Planet Jedward (European version)

Singles|

* "Under Pressure (Ice Ice Baby)"
* "All the Small Things"
* "Lipstick"
* "Bad Behaviour"
* "Wow Oh Wow"
* "Waterline"
* "Young Love"
* "Luminous"
* "Free Spirit"

Related articles|

* Jedward: Let Loose
* Jedward's Big Adventure
* Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011
* Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012
* OMG! Jedward's Dream Factory

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