“Leave a Light On (Talk Away the Dark)” marks the band’s fourth No. 1 from Ego Trip
Papa Roach has achieved its 12th career No. 1 single with “Leave A Light On (Talk Away The Dark),” which has steadily risen the radio airwaves since its release in October 2023 at active rock radio.
“Leave A Light On” was first performed live during the The Revolutions Live Tour starting in September, with 250,000 attendees at 30 shows. In each city, the song was preceded by an emotional video PSA delivered by frontman Jacoby Shaddix, who pledged a donation to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) on behalf of each city’s attendees, culminating in a $155,000 donation at the end of the tour in Denver, CO. Following the tour, the band officially released the official video recorded on tour and subsequently renamed the single to radio as “Leave A Light On (Talk Away The Dark),” in conjunction with the AFSP’s Talk Away The Dark campaign. Following the critically acclaimed tour, they pledged a perpetual royalty from the song’s use, in any manner, to the AFSP, continuing their mission to save lives and bring hope to those affected by suicide long after the Revolutions Live Tour finished.
“We had a passion for this song from the time we finished it over three years ago,” shares lead singer Jacoby Shaddix. “When creating the set list for the final leg of the Ego Trip album cycle, we really wanted to see if the live audience would connect with “Leave A Light On” the way we did – and the best way to do that is to perform it to ten thousand fans a night! From that first show, it connected. We could see it on their faces. We instantly knew the power of this song and its ability to help ‘leave a light on’ for those who needed it most.”
“Leave A Light On (Talk Away The Dark)” is taken from the band’s tenth studio album, Ego Trip, which has accumulated over 260 million streams since its April 2022 release. The album — produced by Colin Brittain, Nick Furlong, and Papa Roach — also achieved three previous No. 1 singles: “Kill The Noise,” “No Apologies,” and “Cut The Line” featuring Beartooth’s Caleb Shomo. “Leave a Light On” has already streamed over 25 million times to date globally, currently streaming nearly 1.5 million per week.
Released via the band’s label, New Noize Records, distributed by ADA Warner Music, Papa Roach celebrated the initial global launch of Ego Trip in Mexico which led to a series of unique integrations for the album. The “trip” started with a two-night performance at Pa’l Norte Festival in Monterrey, The band partnered with Vans and invited fans to an exclusive album listening event at the House of Vans in Mexico City and then featuring those in attendance in a music video shot for the album’s title track and concluded the takeover of Mexico with a co-headline arena performance with Simple Plan. The following week was followed by a TikTok-presented global live-stream performance at an unsuspecting Shakey’s Pizza Parlor in Hollywood, CA for invited fans, Amazon Music Originals then partnered with the band to release the Battle Drum Marching Band version of the track “Stand Up” alongside a campaign for the UFC on ESPN+, culminating in the monumental growth in the band’s streaming and social media imprint, which earned Ego Trip a 2022 MusicAlly Best Marketing Campaign honor.
Papa Roach is already planning an extended World Tour for 2025-26, with next year marking 25 years since the release of the band’s iconic debut album Infest.
