Livin' in the Light

"Livin' in the Light"
Single by Caron Wheeler
from the album UK Blak
Released27 August 1990
Recorded1990
Genre
Length
  • 5:44 (original version)
  • 4:55 (remix version)
LabelEMI
Songwriters
  • Caron Wheeler
  • N. P. Hail
Producers
  • Caron Wheeler
  • Afrika Baby Bam
  • Blacksmith
Caron Wheeler singles chronology
"Livin' in the Light"
(1990)
"UK Blak"
(1990)
Music video
"Livin' in the Light" on YouTube

"Livin' in the Light" is a song by British singer-songwriter Caron Wheeler, released in August 1990 by EMI Records as the first single from her debut solo album, UK Blak (1990). Wheeler wrote the song with N. P. Hail, and produced it with Afrika Baby Bam and Blacksmith. Its lyrics describe people being dragged away from their culture and having to survive within a new surrounding. The song references slavery and reparations.