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Wikipedia article
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"'Light On'" is a song by American singer and songwriter Maggie Rogers. It was released on October 10, 2018 as the fifth single of Rogers' major-label debut studio album, 'Heard It in a Past Life'. Rogers co-wrote the song with Kid Harpoon and both co-produced it with Greg Kurstin.
Background
Announcing the song release, she revealed that the track was about "gratitude". "its the most vulnerable ive ever felt in a song" , she tweeted. In an interview with 'Billboard', Rogers revealed that the song was about "feeling out of control". She recalled, "There's always a part of it that has to feel like work or something that's not entirely you".
During an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music's Beats 1 on October 10, 2018, Rogers said,
Critical reception
Meredith Nardino of 'Atwood Magazine' said that "...Rogers is laying her whole heart on the table, bringing us backstage to some of the most challenging moments of her creative life." Upon reviewing for the associated album, 'Clash' called it as the "stand out track" of the album, commented: "['Light On' is] where infectious energy and choppy beats are enough to bob Rogers characteristically peppy vocals over some of the prettiest melody you are likely to hear this year." Writing for 'Variety', Chris Willman said the track "gets passionate about feeling strangely passionless."
Live performances
On November 3, 2018, Rogers performed the song during her appearance on the forty-fourth season of 'Saturday Night Live'. The performance was met with a mixed response, with 'Bustle' called it as "may not have been the best introduction". She performed it on 'Ellen' on January 16, 2019. During her Heard It in a Past Life Tour stop at the O2 Academy, Brixton, England, she brought out musician Florence Welch to perform the song. Rogers performed the track during her morning television debut set on 'Today Show' on April 25, 2019.
Personnel
*Maggie Rogers vocals, production, percussion
*Chris Allgood mastering engineer assistance
*Julian Burg engineering
*Serban Ghenea mixing
*John Hanes mixing engineering
*Kid Harpoon production, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, electric guitar, piano, drum programming
*Greg Kurstin production, bass, drums, guitar, keyboards, piano, engineering
*Emily Lazar mastering
*Alex Pasco engineering
Credits adapted from Tidal.
Track listings
*'Digital download'
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*'Digital download Winston Marshall Remix'
#"Light On" 5:11
Charts
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References
Category:2018 singles
Category:2018 songs
Category:Capitol Records singles
Category:Maggie Rogers songs
Category:Songs written by Kid Harpoon
Category:Song recordings produced by Greg Kurstin
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