Lifted
Lighthouse Family
1996
Annual listening list: initial release cycle, with recent carryovers; not an original-release-date field. Release chronology remains partly unverified.
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About Lighthouse Family
Song-specific inspiration or recording background is not established for this entry. This sourced artist profile provides career context.
Lighthouse Family developed in Newcastle as the partnership of singer Tunde Baiyewu and keyboard player Paul Tucker. Their debut album, Ocean Drive, appeared in 1995 and included Lifted. Postcards from Heaven followed in 1997. Baiyewu's husky voice and the duo's relaxed, melodic arrangements give these recordings their characteristic sound, while concerts helped bring the songs to audiences beyond the recorded versions.
Artist background sources
Lighthouse Family - Universal Music Japan biography
Japanese biography supports Newcastle duo, named vocal/keyboard roles, 1995 and 1997 albums, Lifted, vocal/melodic approach and live performance. Advertising claims, concert totals, sales and national-status judgments are omitted. | Retrieved 2026-10-18
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-18. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
Retained annual-list context
Lifted by Lighthouse Family is included for 1996 on the basis of the cited chart-associated source. This establishes the annual connection, not the circumstances in which the song was written. No reliable song-specific account of its inspiration was established in this review.
Annual-list context only; songwriting inspiration remains unestablished
UK top-ten singles in 1996 (Wikipedia chart transcription)
Secondary chart transcription reviewed: title, artist and presence in the UK top ten during this year. Supplemental annual selection, not an original release date or a U.S. year-end rank.
Other appearances and versions
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Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
UK top-ten singles in 1996 (Wikipedia chart transcription)
Secondary chart transcription reviewed: title, artist and presence in the UK top ten during this year. Supplemental annual selection, not an original release date or a U.S. year-end rank.
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