Point of Light
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{{Infobox song
| name = Point of Light
| cover = Randy Travis - Point of light.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Randy Travis
| album = High Lonesome
| B-side = Waiting on the Light to Change
| released = May 9, 1991[http://music.aol.com/album/point-of-light/388741 AOL Music profile] for "Point of Light"
| recorded = The Nightingale, Nashville, 1990
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Country
| length = 3:34
| label = Warner Bros. Nashville 19283
| writer = Don Schlitz & Thom Schuyler
| producer = Kyle Lehning
| prev_title = Heroes and Friends
| prev_year = 1991
| next_title = Forever Together
| next_year = 1991
}}
"Point of Light" is a song written by Don Schlitz and Thom Schuyler, and recorded by American country music artist Randy Travis. It was released in May 1991 as the lead-off single from his album High Lonesome. It was his twenty-first single overall. It charted at #3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks and hit #1 on the Canadian RPM country Tracks chart.
Content
This song has a moral message to do the right thing and become a "point of light". The song goes on to praise social workers and teachers as points of light. Don Schlitz and Thom Schuyler were commissioned to write the song in response to then-United States President George H. W. Bush's "Thousand points of light" program.{{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p20396|pure_url=yes}} |title=allmusic ((( Don Schlitz > Biography ))) |accessdate=2007-09-29 |last=Brennan |first= Sandra |work=Allmusic}}
Musicians
As listed in liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=High Lonesome |others=Randy Travis |year=1991 |type=CD |publisher=Warner Bros. Records |id=26661}}
- Dennis Burnside - piano
- Larry Byrom - acoustic guitar
- Mark Casstevens - acoustic guitar
- Steve Gibson - electric guitar
- Doyle Grisham - steel guitar
- David Hungate - bass guitar
- Larrie Londin - drums
- Terry McMillan - percussion, harmonica
- Mark O'Connor - fiddle
- Randy Travis - lead vocals
- John Willis - electric guitar
Background vocals
- Carol Chase
- Cindy Richardson-Walker
- John Wesley Ryles
- Lisa Silver
- Dennis Wilson
- Curtis Young
Chart performance
"Point of Light" spent two weeks at number 1 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.
| class="wikitable sortable"
!align="left"|Chart (1991) !align="center"|Peak |
| {{singlechart|Canadacountry|1|chartid=1574|publishdate=July 20, 1991|accessdate=August 16, 2013}} |
| {{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|3|artist=Randy Travis}} |