Lights and Shadows (song)

"Lights and Shadows" is a song performed by Dutch girl group OG3NE. 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 OG3NE
from the album We Got This (Special Edition)
Released	3 March 2017
Genre	Pop R&B soul
Length	3:00
Label	BMG
Songwriter(s)	Rick Vol Rory de Kievit
Producer(s)	Rick Vol Rory de Kievit
OG3NE singles chronology
"Loved You First" (2016) "Lights and Shadows" (2017) "But I Do" (2017)
Eurovision Song Contest 2017 entry
Country	Netherlands
Artist(s)	OG3NE
Language	English
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 OG3NE 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 OG3NE.^[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.	Title	Length
1.	"Lights and Shadows"	3:00

Charts

Chart (2017)	Peak position
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under 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