Song · Lorde
“Green Light” by Lorde
From the album Melodrama (2017)
“Green Light” by Lorde appears on 13 radio countdowns from 11 stations between 2017 and 2025. It was first released in 2017 on the album Melodrama. Its best result is #6 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2017. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #31 alternative song of 2017.
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"Green Light" announced Melodrama, Lorde's second album, when it arrived on 2 March 2017, and it's a breakup song that refuses to sit still. She wrote and produced it with Jack Antonoff, with Joel Little adding to the writing, Frank Dukes lending a hand on production and Serban Ghenea mixing, and it lurches from a moody hush into a full-tilt electropop and post-disco rush. The title works like a traffic signal: the moment she finally gets permission to leave the heartbreak behind and keep moving.
Grant Singer's video follows her out of a nightclub and through the streets, shot mostly around MacArthur Park in Los Angeles. It topped the chart back home in New Zealand, won the Silver Scroll at the APRA Awards, got a Chromeo remix that May, and has stayed in her set through tour after tour.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 41 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2017 | 91 |
| 2017 | 70 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2017 | 88 |
| 2017 | 63 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2017 | 103 |
| 2017 | 26 | WERS 88.9 Boston, MA | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2017 | 88 |
| 2017 | 18 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2017 | 89 |
| 2017 | 49 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2017 | 104 |
| 2017 | 33 | X96 Salt Lake City, UT | X96 Top 50 Songs of 2017 | 50 |
| 2017 | 6 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2017 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 61 | Triple J | Triple J Hottest 100 of the 2010s (2020) | 100 |
| 2024 | 876 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 482 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
| 2025 | 455 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
| 2025 | 612 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
Also listed as: Greenlight.
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