Lights performs 'Building a Mystery' (Sarah McLachlan) at the 2024 Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame

"Building a Mystery" was written and composed by Sarah McLachlan and Pierre Marchand in 1997. Lights delivered a breathtaking tribute performance of this timeless song as part of Sarah McLachlan's induction at the 2024 Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ceremony at Toronto's Massey Hall.

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About the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame:
The CSHF, Canada's biggest night in songwriting, is a national non-profit organization dedicated to honouring and celebrating Canada's greatest songwriters.

2024 Show Credits:
Executive Producer, CSHF - Nick Fedor
Executive Producer, e=mc2 productions - Jocelyn Flanagan
Producer, e=mc2 productions - Jessica Capobianco
Show Committee, CSHF: Nicole Beausoleil, Kim Cooke, Frank Davies, Stan Meissner (Chairman), Robert Paquette
Associate Producer - Brittany Ralph
Experience Producers - Sarah Downing, Reid Hubick
Production Coordinator - Chris Dejonghe

House band:
Music Director- Piano, Organ - Lou Pomanti
Keys - Peter Kadar
Guitars - Justin Abedin, Adrian X
Bass Guitar - Marina Lopez
Drums - Davide Direnzo
Background Vocals - Robyn Black, Gavin Hope, Rafaëlle Roy
Pedal Steel, Mandolin & Viola - Jimmy Bowskill
Strings - Drew Jurecka, Rebekah Wolkstein, Amahl Arulanandam & Kathleen Kajioka

Production Design & Screen Visuals - Champagne Club Sandwich, Gabriel Poirier-Galarneau
Intro Video – HUMYN, Ram Accoumeh & Simon Ahmadi
Video Production - Makers, Katie Lafferty & Samantha J Hall
AV Production - Bespoke AV
Lighting Designer - Chris DePape
Production Manager: Black Cab Productions - Oliver Kiddell, Sandra Ania
Audio Production - Metalworks
Music mix FOH Anthony Crea
Showcaller - Jennifer Stein
Stage Managers - Katy Venneri, Kristine Pleau, Vanessa Conley, Natalie Kurdyla, Katherine Maven, Cheryl Izen & Constance Fox

Video Capture:
Director/Editor - Adrian Vieni
Camera Director - Shelagh O’Brien
Assistant Editor - Samuel Iannicelli
Camera Operators - Adrian Vieni, Brittany Farhat, Colin Cameron, Colin Medley,
Julian Peter, Scott Watson
Assistant Camera Director - Erin Graham
Audio mixing – Revolution Recording, Stephen Koszler

[aruaru]

No combo like nostalgia and Lights, enough to make this grown man tear up😢

[trapz]

I have not seen Sarah in twenty years, as I was a gardener on her beautiful property. As soon as you entered her gates you were overwhelmed by a sense of peace and tranquility. I miss that.

[BebeDaull]

My goodness Sarah is still so beautiful, maybe more beautiful than ever?

[TalhaKhawaja]

I genuinely feel like her beautiful voice works with all sorts of production.. I know fans resonate with different records but Siberia is super special..

[mathisj]

Lights! Haven't seen her in years. I'm so happy.

[acoustix]

Lights cover album anyone? This was great. One of my favorites covering another one of my favorites.

[itsmechrispy]

I met her years ago, in Toronto she's such a nice person I was with an event promoter that knew her and she invited us up to her apartment i remember it so well, still to this day, probably because we were and still are video game and wow nerds just talked about wow. Its awesome to see her cover this song.

[RickNelsonMn]

It's genuinely a solidarity moment to know someone else went to 5-6 high schools. It means no connections, nobody knows you later on. That's what happened to me. I remember one friend, and 3 possible acquaintances. And I teacher, who I don't say made a difference in my bigger picture, it's that she was kind and liked me. A very lonely, trying so hard, know nothing. So, beautiful song by a beautiful lass.

[tidefallmusic]

Simply a beautiful performance. This song is childhood in 4.5 minutes. <3

[faigler]

We must be about the same age because yep, this throws me directly back into 9th grade and having a Sarah McLachlan songbook that I taught myself to fake on piano using the guitar chords. <3 Excellent cover :D

[aldolajak]

Lights puts almost as much heart and soul as Sarah into this decades old number, but I still prefer Sarah's rendition, especially since it it the original.

[mattstephenson]

Wow, she took the song to another level …and that guitar, just Wow ❤

[craigiscanadian]

Everyone dressed to the nines, then there's the drummer lol

[MusicAsWeMakeIt]

Ironically a bad vocal mix. Barely hear her. 😮

[elainemeyer]

🤔 I’ve never heard of Lights before now, but don’t think THIS song was a good, or easy choice for her to attempt even though she did her best. I’m NOT implying she isn’t talented and believe she is, but SARAH ‘owns’ the original which has been around for years and is known by many people. For this reason my assumption is a lot who listen to Lights cover it are automatically, intentionally or not, going to ‘compare’ the two. I honestly don’t think anyone could do it the justice it deserves other than 🌟 Sarah herself, and imho it’s NOT fair to fault or degrade someone else bc their interpretation doesn’t come across as being equally well done!

[mark]

Jeez... this guitarist is the definition of overplaying. And he's way too high in the mix.

Great performance otherwise, though.

[acesjackdaniels]

Dude on the Les Paul ... excellent work !!!

[AndreasMSchroeder]

As a guitar player, all I want to say is „turn down the f*cking guitar, it‘s ruining the mix“!

[theindieshow]

No offense to Sarah, but Lights is the greatest performer to ever come out of Canada.

[A_A_ron-Phillips]

Cringe fest. This was painful to watch. Wow! When you watch something like this, you realize how good and how truly amazing Sarah McLachlan really is.