Lights Over Paris was an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California. Ranked #6 on Billboard's Heatseekers Albums in August 2010, the band's music video for the song "Turn Off The Lights" was featured on Yahoo! Music, MTV, VH1 and received over 1 million views on YouTube. The band also hired artists such as singer Dev and hip-hop artist Game to record on its songs. The band is now on indefinite hiatus due to Robert Mawhinney's conviction and incarceration of fraudulently obtaining four bank loans in October 2013.
On April 13, 2010, Lights Over Paris released its first EP, Turn Off the Lights, on Digital Records/Type One Records. The EPs 3 songs, "Melody", "Lime Light Girl" and "Rescue Me" were mixed by noted engineers Tom Lord-Alge and Chris Lord-Alge
The music video for "Turn Off the Lights" was shot at various locations in Los Angeles. The video was premiered on Yahoo! Music MTV, VH1 and received over 1 million views on YouTube.
On May 10, 2011, Lights Over Paris released their second single, "I'm Not a Gangsta", on Digital Records/Type One Records. The single featured the highly-touted rapper, The Game (rapper). The single was the first single off their highly anticipated album. On August 16, 2011, a remix to the single was released titled "I'm Not a Gangsta (I'm a Gangsta Remix)". The remix featured The Game, YG (rapper), Ty Dolla Sign and DJ Mustard.