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“Light On” by Maggie Rogers

From the album Heard It in a Past Life (2019)

“Light On” by Maggie Rogers appears on 21 radio countdowns from 12 stations between 2018 and 2026. It was first released in 2019 on the album Heard It in a Past Life. Its best result is #9 on the WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2018.

21countdowns
12stations
#9best position
0#1 finishes
2top 10 finishes
2018–2026years charted

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"Light On" arrived in October 2018 as the fifth single ahead of Heard It in a Past Life, Maggie Rogers' major-label debut, and it was the last song she wrote for the record. After an album's worth of songs about being overwhelmed and unsure, this is the one about joy: a thank-you note to the fans who had carried her there, and an honest look at what it feels like when things slip out of your control. She called it the most exposed she had ever felt in a song.

Rogers wrote it with Kid Harpoon, and the two produced it with Greg Kurstin. Between them the producers play nearly everything, pianos, guitars, bass, keys and drums, while Rogers adds percussion, and Serban Ghenea's mix lets the chorus swell into a warm, sunlit rush.

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#StationCountdownof
2018 9 WTMD Baltimore, MD WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2018 89
2018 50 The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN The Current Top 89 Songs of 2018 89
2018 45 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2018 107
2018 35 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO 90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Songs of 2018 90
2018 35 WXPN Philadelphia, PA WXPN Year in Review: Top 50 Songs of 2018 50
2018 35 Lightning 100 Nashville, TN Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2018 200
2018 43 WFUV New York, NY WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2018 90
2018 9 WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2018 104
2019 63 WXPN Philadelphia, PA WXPN Top 100 Most Played Songs of 2019 100
2019 104 Lightning 100 Nashville, TN Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2019 200
2019 53 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2019 88
2019 82 Exit 97.7 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY WEXT Top 97 of 2019 97

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2019 14 WYEP WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 1017
2019 14 WYEP WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 1099
2020 1799 WXPN WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time 2020
2022 299 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time 1055
2024 420 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century 1055
2024 195 WXPN WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) 885
2025 185 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century 909
2025 96 The Current 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now 893
2026 85 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound 1055

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