Lights and Shadows (song)

"Lights and Shadows" is a song performed by Dutch girl group O'G3NE. The song represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. It was written by Rick Vol and Rory de Kievit.[1] The song was released as a digital download on 3 March 2017 through BMG.

"Lights and Shadows"
Single by O'G3NE
from the album We Got This (Special Edition)
Released3 March 2017
Genre
Length3:00
LabelBMG
Songwriter(s)
  • Rick Vol
  • Rory de Kievit
Producer(s)
  • Rick Vol
  • Rory de Kievit
O'G3NE singles chronology
"Loved You First"
(2016)		 "Lights and Shadows"
(2017)		 "But I Do"
(2017)
"Lights and Shadows"
Eurovision Song Contest 2017 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Language
Composer(s)
Rory de Kievit
Lyricist(s)
Rick Vol
Finals performance
Semi-final result
4th
Semi-final points
200
Final result
11th
Final points
150
Entry chronology
◄ "Slow Down" (2016)   
"Outlaw in 'Em" (2018) ►

Eurovision Song Contest
Main article: Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017

On 29 October 2016, it was announced that O'G3NE would be representing the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017.[2] In January, it was confirmed that there were three songs in the running to represent the Netherlands, and that one of them was written by Rick Vol, the father of the three members of O'G3NE.[3] It was confirmed that Vol's song had been selected on 2 February.[4] The song title was revealed to be "Lights and Shadows" on 2 March, while the song was released the following day.[5][1][6] The Netherlands competed in the first half of the second semi-final at the Eurovision Song Contest and finished in 11th place in the final.[7][8]

Track listing
Digital download[9]
No.TitleLength
1."Lights and Shadows"3:00

Charts
Chart (2017) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[10] 29
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[11] 33
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[12] 14

Release history
Region Date Format Label
Worldwide 3 March 2017 Digital download BMG

References
  1. Juhász, Ervin (2 March 2017). "O'G3NE to sing "Lights And Shadows" at Eurovision 2017!". escbubble.com. ESCBubble. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  2. "Girl group O'G3NE to represent the Netherlands in Kyiv". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 29 October 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  3. Davies, Megan (2 January 2017). "THE NETHERLANDS: THREE SONGS IN THE RACE FOR KYIV". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix.
  4. Herbert, Emily (2 February 2017). "THE NETHERLANDS: O'G3NE'S FATHER BEHIND EUROVISION ENTRY". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix.
  5. Granger, Anthony (2 March 2017). "THE NETHERLANDS: O'G3NE TO SING "LIGHTS AND SHADOWS"". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix.
  6. The NPBC (3 March 2017). "NETHERLANDS: O'G3NE RELEASED EUROVISION ENTRY, "LIGHTS AND SHADOWS"". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix.
  7. Jordan, Paul (9 September 2016). "Kyiv to host Eurovision 2017!". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  8. Jordan, Paul (21 January 2016). "Semi-Final Allocation Draw on Monday, pots revealed". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  9. "Lights and Shadows - Single". Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  10. "Ultratop.be – O'G3NE – Lights and Shadows" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  11. "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 21, 2017" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40 Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  12. "Dutchcharts.nl – O'G3NE – Lights & Shadows" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 19 May 2017.



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