Chasing Lights is the debut studio album by British-Irish girl group The Saturdays. It was released in the United Kingdom through Fascination Records on 27 October 2008. The album was re-issued on 16 March 2009 to include their cover of Depeche Mode's 1981 song "Just Can't Get Enough".
The Saturdays started production of their debut album in May 2008. They were offered the chance to record songs that were rejected by Girls Aloud, with whom they shared a record label. Their music is often compared to that of Girls Aloud and Sugababes. Band member Mollie King told the Daily Star, "We all thought it was a bit of a cheek. Why would we want their rejects? ... It's bad enough with all the comparisons being made". The last track of Chasing Lights, "Why Me, Why Now", was originally a demo that was written and recorded by Alex Cartañá but was later picked up by The Saturdays. The members of The Saturdays have no writing credits on the record but they do have writing credits on their subsequent albums.
Chasing Lights received a positive reception from music critics. Nick Levine from Digital Spy called it a "consistently enjoyable debut album. He found that "their sassy, modern, chart-ready pop is more straightforward than most Girls Aloud singles and younger than the music Sugababes are now recording. The world, or at least the top ten, should be their oyster." Elle J. Small from BBC Music called Chasing Lights a "brazen pop album, brimming with catchy hooks" [that] "has plenty more chart potential." Caroline Sullivan, writing for The Guardian, called the album a "reasonably promising debut," describing it as "high-quality pop." She felt that "despite too much shrill filler, such as the title track (and the more generic the song, the more they ladle on the gritted-teeth sincerity), there are some delicious moments."
AllMusic editor Jon O'Brien found that the album "isn't exactly a radical departure from their counterparts, but it has an infectious quality [...] If they're lucky to make it to album number two, the Saturdays will have to try and develop a sound of their own. But brimming with hooks and sparkling melodies, Chasing Lights is undoubtedly a consistent pop album that should, at the very least, keep their rivals on their toes." Virgin Media editor Johnny Dee described the album as "slick and shiny but safe." Peter Hayward from musicOMH called Chasing Light a "slick album of mostly passable and at times really rather good pop [that] is no poor showing, but it does little to pick The Saturdays out as anything much more than Girls Aloud Junior." The album was number four on Popjustice's 2008 year-end chart of the best albums.
In the UK, Chasing Lights debuted at number eleven while in Ireland it debuted at number forty-nine. By April 2009, the album reached number thirty-four in Ireland. The album climbed from number fourteen to number nine in the UK on 25 January 2009. The album was certified Platinum in the UK on 6 November 2009.