The first single from the forthcoming album The Longest Road turns loss, resilience and the irresistible pull of the dance floor into an anthem for beginning again.

Canadian singer-songwriter Lisa Hartt returns with “I Got My Spark Back,” the first single from her forthcoming album, The Longest Road—a joyful, defiant celebration of the moment when, after travelling through loss and darkness, you suddenly feel yourself coming back to life.

Written by Lisa Hartt and Kevin Fisher, “I Got My Spark Back” began with the simplest spark of an idea: What does it feel like when you finally turn the corner after a dark night of the soul?

Loss takes many forms. It can be the death of someone we love, the end of a relationship, the loss of a job, a financial setback, a health crisis, or simply the disappearance of the person we once believed ourselves to be.

And then, sometimes almost imperceptibly, something shifts.
A song comes on.
Your foot starts tapping.
Your shoulders move.
And before your mind has even caught up, your body remembers joy.
That moment is at the heart of “I Got My Spark Back.”

“I wanted to write about that extraordinary instant when you realize the darkness isn't everything anymore,” says Hartt. “Music gets into your body before you can intellectualize it. Suddenly you're moving again. You're laughing again. You're interested in life again. You recognize yourself. I wanted to capture that feeling and shout it from the rooftops: Look at me rise up. Nothing can hold me now. I got my spark back.”

Producer, musician and co-writer Kevin Fisher took Hartt's original idea and helped turn it into an exuberant, groove-driven declaration of renewal.