Traffic Lights (Lena Meyer-Landrut song)

2015 single by Lena

"Traffic Lights"

Single by Lena

from the album Crystal Sky

B-side

"We Roam"

Released

1 May 2015

Length

2:46

Label

Universal Music Germany

Songwriter(s)

Hayley Aitken
Alexander James
Harry Sommerdahl

Producer(s)

Beatgees
Biffco

Lena singles chronology

"Mr. Arrow Key"
(2013)

"Traffic Lights"
(2015)

"Wild & Free"
(2015)

Music video

"Traffic Lights" on YouTube

"Traffic Lights" is a song by German recording artist Lena Meyer-Landrut. It was written by Hayley Aitken, Alexander James and Harry Sommerdahl and produced by production teams Beatgees and Biffco for her fourth studio album, Crystal Sky (2015). The song was released by Universal Music Germany as the album's lead single on 1 May 2015. The remix EP followed on 12 June 2015.

Track listing

CD single^[1]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Traffic Lights"	Alex James Harry Sommerdahl Hayley Aitken	Biffco Beatgees	2:46
2.	"We Roam"	Meyer-Landrut Beatgees Samuelsen Katrina Noorbergen	Biffco Beatgees	3:47

Remix EP^[2]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Traffic Lights" (Maywald Remix)	5:54
2.	"Traffic Lights" (Pharfar Remix)	3:20
3.	"Traffic Lights" (Dragonman Mix)	3:39
4.	"Traffic Lights" (DIA Remix)	5:22
5.	"Traffic Lights" (Mike Vamp Remix)	5:32

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "Traffic Lights"
Chart (2015)	Peak position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)^[3]	52
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)^[4]	67
Germany (Official German Charts)^[5]	14

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "Traffic Lights"
Chart (2015)	Position
Germany (Official German Charts)^[6]	69

Certifications

Certifications for "Traffic Lights"
Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Germany (BVMI)^[7]	Gold	200,000^‡
^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

"Traffic Lights" release history
Region	Date	Format(s)	Label	Ref.
Germany	March 10, 2015 (2015-03-10)	Mainstream contemporary hit radio	Universal	^[8]
Germany	May 1, 2015 (2015-05-01)	Digital download – Single		^[9]
Poland	June 17, 2015 (2015-06-17)	Airplay		^[10]

References

^ "Traffic Lights (2-Track) - Lena". Amazon.de. Retrieved April 3, 2015.
^ "Traffic Lights (Remix EP)". Amazon.de (in German). Retrieved 3 November 2023.
^ "Lena – Traffic Lights" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
^ "Lena – Traffic Lights" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
^ "Lena – Traffic Lights" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
^ "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts". GfK Entertainment (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Lena; 'Traffic Lights')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
^ "LENA präsentiert erste Single "Traffic Lights"". Radio-Wasserburg. March 14, 2015. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
^ "Erfahrt hier alles über Lenas erste Single "Traffic Lights" aus ihrem kommenden Album". Universal Music Germany. March 12, 2015. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
^ RMF FM 2015/06/17 Archived 2015-10-03 at the Wayback Machine