Different Light

{{Other uses|A Different Light (disambiguation){{!}}A Different Light}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Different Light | type = studio | artist = the Bangles | cover = The Bangles - Different Light.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|1986|01|13}} | recorded = 1985 | studio = Sunset Sound and Sunset Sound Factory (Hollywood, California) | genre = Pop rock | length = 38:48 | label = Columbia | producer = David Kahne | prev_title = All Over the Place | prev_year = 1984 | next_title = Everything | next_year = 1988 | misc = {{Singles | name = Different Light | type = studio | single1 = Manic Monday | single1date = December 23, 1985<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Bangles&titel=Manic+Monday&cat=s|title=Bangles singles}}</ref> | single2 = If She Knew What She Wants | single2date = April 14, 1986<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Bangles&titel=If+She+Knew+What+She+Wants&cat=s|title=Bangles singles}}</ref> | single3 = Walk Like an Egyptian | single3date = September 1, 1986<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/8037-499-1|title=BPI}}</ref> | single4 = Walking Down Your Street | single4date = December 1986 (UK)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/40/mode/2up?q=Bangles|title=Great Rock Discography|date=1995 |page=40|isbn=978-0-86241-541-9 |last1=Strong |first1=Martin Charles |publisher=Canongate Press }}</ref> | single5 = Following | single5date = April 1987 (UK) }} }}

'''''Different Light''''' is the second studio album by American pop rock band the Bangles, released on January 13, 1986, by Columbia Records.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uyQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT157 |title=Richie Heads List of January Releases |magazine=Billboard |volume=97 |issue=52 |date=December 28, 1985 |access-date=July 17, 2025 |last=Grein |first=Paul |pages=6, 90}}</ref> The band recorded the album in 1985 with producer David Kahne.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Different Light |others=The Bangles |publisher=Columbia Records |year=1986 |id=BFC 40039 |type=liner notes}}</ref> Its Top 40 sound was a departure from the Bangles' earlier 1960s-style rock and roll sound. It is their most successful album, reaching number two on the ''Billboard'' 200 and producing five charting singles, including the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 top two hits "Manic Monday" and "Walk Like an Egyptian". It is also the first album in which bassist Michael Steele sings lead vocals on some tracks.

The 2008 CD reissue on the Wounded Bird Records label (WOU 4039) adds a bonus track: "Walk Like an Egyptian (Extended Dance Mix)".

==Singles== ''Different Light'' produced five singles, the first three of which were written by someone other than the Bangles. Lead single "Manic Monday", written by Prince under the pseudonym "Christopher"<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ACQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT40 |title=The Rhythm & the Blues |magazine=Billboard |volume=98 |issue=4 |date=January 25, 1986 |access-date=July 18, 2025 |last=George |first=Nelson |author-link=Nelson George |page=41}}</ref> in 1984 as a duet for Apollonia 6's self-titled album, peaked at number two in the United Kingdom and the United States in 1986.<ref name="Billboard">{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-bangles/chart-history/hsi/ |title=The Bangles Chart History (Hot 100) |website=Billboard |access-date=July 18, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107120720/https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-bangles/chart-history/hsi/ |archive-date=January 7, 2022 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="OCC">{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/22369/bangles/ |title=Bangles |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=July 18, 2025}}</ref> "If She Knew What She Wants", the second single from ''Different Light'', was recorded by Jules Shear on his 1985 album ''The Eternal Return''. The song was written in the first person, however the Bangles rewrote the lyrics in the third person as they considered it more appropriate; their version charted at number 29 in the United States<ref name="Billboard"/> and number 31 in the United Kingdom.<ref name="OCC"/> "Walk Like an Egyptian" was written by Liam Sternberg after seeing people on a ferry walking awkwardly to keep their balance as figures do in ancient Egyptian reliefs; it became one of the most successful singles by the Bangles, hitting number one in the United States,<ref name="Billboard"/> Denmark,<ref>[http://ki.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/~topsi/deu1986/deu_dec86.html Infinity charts] German Top 20 - The Chart Of December 1986 Accessed: November 2, 2006</ref> and the Netherlands,<ref>[http://www.top4000.nl/page/hitlijsten/1986/49/ Top4000.nl] Chart week 49, 1986 Accessed: November 2, 2006</ref> as well as peaking at number three in the United Kingdom.<ref name="OCC"/> "Walking Down Your Street" hit number 11 in the United States<ref name="Billboard"/> and number 16 in the United Kingdom,<ref name="OCC"/> and a fifth single, "Following", was released exclusively in the latter country, where it reached number 55.<ref name="OCC"/>

==Album cover variations== The covers of most of the album's cassette pressings and the sheet music songbook only show 12 (out of 16) of the "different" snapshots, eliminating the third column to best fit the rectangular layout of cassette cases and book.

The back cover of European-made CDs replicates the back cover of the vinyl LP edition, with all 16 snapshots and the track index at the top. The back cover of the US version, however, only shows the first column of four snapshots, with the track index list occupying the rest of the space – a rare deviation for Columbia's CD issues during the 1980s.

==Critical reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-different-light-mw0000192898 |title=A Different Light – The Bangles |last=Deming |first=Mark |website=AllMusic |access-date=April 4, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120621101500/https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-different-light-mw0000192898 |archive-date=June 21, 2012}}</ref> | rev2 = ''The Baltimore Sun'' | rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Gilbert |first=Kelly |title=Bangles, Different Light (Columbia) |newspaper=The Evening Sun |date=January 22, 1986 |page=16}}</ref> | rev3 = ''Classic Pop'' | rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Simpson">{{cite magazine |last=Simpson |first=Will |title=The Bangles: Different Light |magazine=Classic Pop |issue=78 |date=November 1, 2022 |page=92}}</ref> | rev4 = ''Los Angeles Times'' | rev4score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Pond |first=Steve |last2=Strauss |first2=Duncan |last3=Hochman |first3=Steve |title=Stars Twinkle on Top 40 Shopping List |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=December 21, 1986 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-12-21-ca-3772-story.html |access-date=May 3, 2026}}</ref> | rev5 = ''Record Mirror'' | rev5score = 3.5/5<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Cross |first=Di |title=Bangles: Different Light |magazine=Record Mirror |date=March 8, 1986 |page=16}}</ref> | rev6 = ''The Rolling Stone Album Guide'' | rev6score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Evans |first1=Paul |last2=Lechner |first2=Ernesto |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |publisher=Simon & Schuster |edition=4th |year=2004 |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |pages=43–44}}</ref> | rev7 = ''Slant Magazine'' | rev7score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Cinquemani">{{cite web |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/the-bangles-different-light/ |title=Review: The Bangles, Different Light |last=Cinquemani |first=Sal |website=Slant Magazine |date=September 23, 2003 |access-date=October 23, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200108101500/https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/the-bangles-different-light/ |archive-date=January 8, 2020}}</ref> | rev8 = ''Smash Hits'' | rev8score = 7/10<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Hibbert |first=Tom |author-link=Tom Hibbert |title=The Bangles: In a Different Light |magazine=Smash Hits |volume=8 |issue=5 |date=February 26, 1986 |page=59}}</ref> | rev9 = ''Spin Alternative Record Guide'' | rev9score = 6/10<ref>{{cite book |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |author-link=Rob Sheffield |title=Spin Alternative Record Guide |title-link=Spin Alternative Record Guide |editor1-last=Weisbard |editor1-first=Eric |publisher=Vintage Books |year=1995 |isbn=0-679-75574-8 |page=29}}</ref> | rev10 = ''The Village Voice'' | rev10score = B<ref>{{cite news |url=https://robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv6-86.php |title=Christgau's Consumer Guide |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |newspaper=The Village Voice |date=June 3, 1986 |access-date=April 28, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515123000/http://robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv6-86.php |archive-date=May 15, 2008}}</ref> }}

''Billboard'' commented that "the Californian quartet's spare '60s-influenced pop/rock gets a facelift from producer Kahne, who shepherds the band's shift toward a more emphatic pop sensibility by focusing on a lusher, more layered vocal sound." "Old fans will be divided over whether the change represents new subtlety or simply a softer edge," the review continued, "but the polish should help broaden their radio profile."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1986/BB-1986-01-18.pdf |title=Reviews |magazine=Billboard |volume=98 |issue=3 |date=January 18, 1986 |access-date=December 8, 2024 |page=58}}</ref> ''Cashbox'' said that the band had "taken its ragged L.A. street image and polished it for what looks like a national campaign", noting that the album's "American sound, repleat with guitar-laden nascent psychedelia," makes it "right in line with current musical taste."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1986/CB-1986-01-18.pdf |title=Album Releases |magazine=Cash Box |volume=49 |issue=30 |date=January 18, 1986 |access-date=December 8, 2024 |page=8}}</ref>

''Rolling Stone'' critic Laura Fissinger observed that ''Different Light'' uses "less hook-happy song structure and more modernized production" than the Bangles' 1984 debut ''All Over the Place'', "covering their roots without burying them ten feet under." She disagreed with objections to its more "deliberate, sophisticated and airwaves ready" production and felt that the album "puts then and now in significantly better balance", while also finding that the band had advanced "past the fan-apes-idol phase" in their musicianship.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thebangles/albums/album/301864/review/5940772/different_light |title=The Bangles: Different Light |magazine=Rolling Stone |issue=469 |date=March 13, 1986 |access-date=July 26, 2007 |last=Fissinger |first=Laura |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080208134743/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thebangles/albums/album/301864/review/5940772/different_light |archive-date=February 8, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In a retrospective review for ''Slant Magazine'', Sal Cinquemani wrote that while ''Different Light'' was perceived as "a slicker, more commercial move for the Bangles at the time of its release", it "sounds surprisingly fresh in hindsight", adding that the band's "'60s-style pop melodies and classic rock references{{nbsp}}... were deftly matched with the then-current new wave and rock rhythms of the early '80s."<ref name="Cinquemani"/> ''Classic Pop''{{'}}s Will Simpson said that with its mix of hit singles and other songs recalling the band's Paisley Underground origins, "the grit and gloss balance nicely."<ref name="Simpson"/> ''Slant Magazine'' ranked ''Different Light'' at number 78 on its 2012 list of the best albums of the 1980s.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/best-albums-of-the-1980s/ |title=The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s |website=Slant Magazine |date=March 5, 2012 |access-date=January 3, 2022}}</ref> ''Slant'' also included it on their 2003 list of 50 Essential Pop Albums.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/features/vital-pop-50-essential-pop-albums/ |title=Vital Pop: 50 Essential Pop Albums |work=Slant Magazine |date=June 30, 2003 |access-date=May 3, 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200511153000/https://www.slantmagazine.com/features/vital-pop-50-essential-pop-albums/ |archive-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref>

==Track listing== {{Track listing | total_length = 38:48 | extra_column = Lead vocals | title1 = Manic Monday | writer1 = "Christopher" (Prince) | extra1 = Hoffs | length1 = 3:06 | title2 = In a Different Light | writer2 = Susanna Hoffs, Vicki Peterson | extra2 = V. Peterson | length2 = 2:52 | title3 = Walking Down Your Street | writer3 = Hoffs, Louis Gutierrez, David Kahne | extra3 = Hoffs | length3 = 3:04 | title4 = Walk Like an Egyptian | writer4 = Liam Sternberg | extra4 = V. Peterson, Steele and Hoffs | length4 = 3:24 | title5 = Standing in the Hallway | writer5 = Hoffs, Kahne, Debbi Peterson, V. Peterson | extra5 = D. Peterson | length5 = 2:56 | title6 = Return Post | writer6 = Hoffs, V. Peterson | extra6 = V. Peterson | length6 = 4:22 | title7 = If She Knew What She Wants | note7 = Jules Shear cover, 1985 | writer7 = Jules Shear | extra7 = Hoffs | length7 = 3:49 | title8 = Let It Go | writer8 = Hoffs, D. Peterson, V. Peterson, Michael Steele | extra8 = Group | length8 = 2:32 | title9 = September Gurls | note9 = Big Star cover, 1974 | writer9 = Alex Chilton | extra9 = Steele | length9 = 2:45 | title10 = Angels Don't Fall in Love | writer10 = Hoffs, V. Peterson | extra10 = V. Peterson | length10 = 3:23 | title11 = Following | writer11 = Steele | extra11 = Steele | length11 = 3:21 | title12 = Not Like You | writer12 = Hoffs, Kahne, D. Peterson | extra12 = D. Peterson | length12 = 3:06 }}

== Personnel == '''The Bangles''' * Susanna Hoffs – vocals, guitars * Vicki Peterson – vocals, lead guitar * Michael Steele – vocals, bass * Debbi Peterson – vocals, drums

'''Additional musicians''' * Mitchell Froom – keyboards * David Kahne – keyboards, LinnDrum programming * Rusty Anderson – additional guitars * Barbara Chapman – additional guitars, harp * William Jones – electric sitar (uncredited) * Carlos Vega – additional drums

== Production == * Producer – David Kahne * Engineers – Tchad Blake and Peggy McLeonard * Assistant engineers – David Glover and Mike Kloster * Mixing – David Leonard * Art direction – Nancy Donald and Tony Lane * Photography – Raul Vega * Wardrobe – Genny Schorr and Tony Riviera

==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}

===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Weekly chart performance for ''Different Light'' ! scope="col"| Chart (1986–1987) ! scope="col"| Peak<br/>position |- ! scope="row"| Australian Albums (Kent Music Report){{sfn|Kent|1993|p=26}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1987/1987-05-02-Billboard-Page-0091.pdf |title=Hits of the World |magazine=Billboard |volume=99 |issue=18 |date=June 27, 1987 |page=71 |issn=0006-2510 |via=World Radio History}}</ref> | 2 |- {{album chart|Canada|8|chartid=0780|rowheader=true|access-date=August 24, 2021}} |- {{album chart|Netherlands|26|artist=Bangles|album=Different Light|rowheader=true|access-date=August 24, 2021}} |- ! scope="row"| European Albums (''Music & Media'')<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/80s/87/M&M-1987-03-14-OCR-Page-0011.pdf |title=European Hot 100 Albums |magazine=Music & Media |volume=4 |issue=10 |date=March 14, 1987 |page=21 |oclc=29800226 |via=World Radio History}}</ref> | 19 |- ! scope="row"| Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)<ref>{{cite book |last=Pennanen |first=Timo |title=Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 |language=fi |edition=1st |location=Helsinki |publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava |year=2006 |isbn=978-951-1-21053-5}}</ref> | 30 |- {{album chart|Germany|21|id=378|artist=Bangles|album=Different Light|rowheader=true|access-date=August 24, 2021}} |- ! scope="row"| Italian Albums (''Musica e dischi'')<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musicaedischi.it/classifiche_archivio.php |title=Classifiche |work=Musica e dischi |language=it |access-date=June 8, 2022}} ''Select "Album" in the "Tipo" field, type "Different Light" in the "Titolo" field and press "cerca".''</ref> | 15 |- {{album chart|New Zealand|4|artist=Bangles|album=Different Light|rowheader=true|access-date=August 24, 2021}} |- {{album chart|Norway|5|artist=Bangles|album=Different Light|rowheader=true|access-date=August 24, 2021}} |- {{album chart|Sweden|24|artist=Bangles|album=Different Light|rowheader=true|access-date=August 24, 2021}} |- {{album chart|Switzerland|16|artist=Bangles|album=Different Light|rowheader=true|access-date=August 24, 2021}} |- {{album chart|UK2|3|date=19870201|rowheader=true|access-date=August 24, 2021}} |- ! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-bangles/chart-history/tlp/ |title=The Bangles Chart History (''Billboard'' 200) |website=Billboard |access-date=August 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107122629/https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-bangles/chart-history/tlp/ |archive-date=January 7, 2022 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | 2 |- ! scope="row"| US ''Cash Box'' Top 200 Albums<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1987/CB-1987-02-14.pdf|title=Cash Box Top 200 Albums |magazine=Cash Box|date=February 14, 1987|page=18|access-date=26 July 2024}}</ref> | 2 |} {{col-2}}

===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ 1986 year-end chart performance for ''Different Light'' ! scope="col"| Chart (1986) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| Canada Top Albums/CDs (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.8824&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.8824.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.8824 |title=Top 100 Albums of '86 |magazine=RPM |volume=45 |issue=14 |date=December 27, 1986 |page=9 |issn=0033-7064 |via=Library and Archives Canada}}</ref> | 66 |- ! scope="row"| European Albums (''Music & Media'')<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/80s/86/M&M-1986-12-27-OCR-Page-0017.pdf |title=European Hot 100 Albums – Hot 100 of the Year 1986 |magazine=Music & Media |volume=3 |issue=51/52 |date=December 27, 1986 |page=35 |oclc=29800226 |via=World Radio History}}</ref> | 51 |- ! scope="row"| UK Albums (Gallup)<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Week-IDX/IDX/1987/Music-Week-1987-01-24-IDX-27.pdf |title=Top 100 Albums (January to December 1986) |magazine=Music Week |date=January 24, 1987 |page=25 |issn=0265-1548 |via=World Radio History}}</ref> | 36 |- ! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/1986/the-billboard-200 |title=Year End Charts – Top Billboard 200 Albums |magazine=Billboard |year=1986 |access-date=August 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121209212901/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/1986/the-billboard-200 |archive-date=December 9, 2012}}</ref> | 27 |}

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ 1987 year-end chart performance for ''Different Light'' ! scope="col"| Chart (1987) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| Australian Albums (Kent Music Report){{sfn|Kent|1993|p=439}} | 10 |- ! scope="row"| Canada Top Albums/CDs (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0918&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.0918.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0918 |title=Top 100 Albums of '87 |magazine=RPM |volume=47 |issue=12 |date=December 26, 1987 |page=9 |issn=0033-7064 |via=Library and Archives Canada}}</ref> | 39 |- ! scope="row"| European Albums (''Music & Media'')<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1987/M&M-1987-12-26.pdf |title=European Charts of the Year 1987 – Albums |magazine=Music & Media |volume=4 |issue=51/52 |date=December 26, 1987 |page=35<!-- 37 in PDF file --> |oclc=29800226 |via=World Radio History}}</ref> | 78 |- ! scope="row"| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/1987-12-31 |title=Top Selling Albums of 1987 |publisher=Recorded Music NZ |access-date=August 24, 2021}}</ref> | 45 |- ! scope="row"| UK Albums (Gallup)<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/80s/88/Record-Mirror-1988-01-23-OCR.pdf |title=Gallup Year End Charts 1987 – Albums |magazine=Record Mirror |date=January 23, 1988 |page=37<!-- 36 in PDF file --> |issn=0144-5804 |via=World Radio History}}</ref> | 82 |- ! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/archivesearch/article_display/855248 |title=Top Pop Albums of 1987 |magazine=Billboard |date=December 31, 1987 |access-date=August 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120802034725/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/archivesearch/article_display/855248 |archive-date=August 2, 2012}}</ref> | 25 |} {{col-end}}

==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for ''Different Light''}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|artist=Bangles|title=Different Light|award=Platinum|number=2|type=album|relyear=1986|certyear=|certref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/IbKbQxR.jpg|title=The Bangles ARIA chart history, received from ARIA on February 11, 2019|via=Imgur|access-date=February 11, 2020}} Note: This contains chart data only from the era where the chart was produced by ARIA (June 13, 1988, onward). The "High Point" number in the "NAT" column indicates the release's peak position on the national chart.</ref>}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=Bangles|title=Different Light|award=Platinum|number=2|type=album|relyear=1986|certyear=1987|date=February 26, 1987|access-date=August 24, 2021}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|artist=Bangles|title=Different Light|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=1986|id=1987-07-31|source=newchart|access-date=2024-11-20|date=August 2, 1987}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Bangles|title=Different Light|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=1986|certyear=1987|id=1796-499-2|date=January 5, 1987|access-date=August 24, 2021}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Bangles|title=Different Light|award=Platinum|number=3|type=album|relyear=1986|certyear=1994|date=October 7, 1994|access-date=August 24, 2021}} {{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=yes}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

===Bibliography=== {{refbegin}} * {{cite book |last=Kent |first=David |author-link=David Kent (historian) |title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 |edition=illustrated |location=St Ives, N.S.W. |publisher=Australian Chart Book |year=1993 |isbn=0-646-11917-6}} {{refend}}

==External links== *[http://www.thebangles.com The Bangles official website]

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