Trace Adkinsโ€™ โ€œEvery Light In The Houseโ€ Illuminates The Emptiness Of A Broken Heart

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If youโ€™ve been a Trace Adkins fan since the beginning, thereโ€™s one song that immediately comes to mind, and thatโ€™s his first Top 5 hit single, โ€œEvery Light in the Houseโ€.

The memorable and catchy ballad was written by Kent Robbins and recorded by Adkins. It was released in August 1996 off of Adkinsโ€™ debut album, Dreaminโ€™ Out Loud and later peaked at #3 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.

โ€œEvery Light in the Houseโ€ tells the story of a heartbroken man leaving every light on in his house just in case his former lover decides to return home:

โ€œThe backyardโ€™s bright as the crack of dawn. The front walk looks like runway lights. Itโ€™s kind of like noon in the dead of night.โ€œ

Rick Cohoon from AllMusic says the mid-tempo tune โ€œis a creative approach to the age-old good-bye I miss you song.โ€ We agree when Cohoon goes on to say that Adkins โ€œcommunicates pain so well with his deep baritone.โ€

The official music video starts off with Adkins sitting on his front porch with his dog. He heart-wrenchingly states, โ€œItโ€™s just me and you now boy,โ€ as the music starts. The black and white video shows Adkinsโ€™ character working endlessly around his yard and at his job, trying to keep himself busy as the woman who left him behind does the same, except in the big city with her modeling career.

Fortunately, at the very end of the video, the woman runs back into his arms and the bright lights dissipate into the night. In this case, the sad tale got a happy ending.

Throw it back with some classic Adkins by checking out his music video for โ€œEvery Light in the Houseโ€ below.

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Miranda Raye

Hello, I'm Miranda, a lifelong country music fan! There are old home videos of me in my baby swing, swinging along to Dolly Parton and Ricky Van Sheltonโ€™s โ€œRockinโ€™ Years.โ€ Being able to unite my passions for storytelling, researching, and music into my work has been a dream come true.

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