"Sparks" is a song by English pop

Pop music

Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

 singer-songwriter Steve Appleton

Steve Appleton (musician)

Steve Appleton is a British singer, songwriter and record producer.At the age of fifteen, he began playing piano in a Soho restaurant performing his own material and covers from the likes of Elton John and Billy Joel...

 from his second studio album, Colours. The track was released on July 20, 2011, and is marketed as the lead single from his Colours album.

Chart performance

The single has peaked at #21 in Japan and it has reached #4 in the country's national airplay chart. The album Colours charted at 24 according to the official Oricon chart.

Charts

Chart (2011)	Peak position
Japan (Japan Hot 100 Japan Hot 100 The Japan Hot 100 is a music singles chart in Japan. It is compiled by Billboard and Hanshin Contents Link ever since February 2008. The chart is updated every Wednesday at billboard-japan.com and every Thursday at billboard.com .... )	21

Release history

Country	Date	Format
Japan	July 20, 2011	Digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...