"Firelight" is the third single from Dutch

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band Within Temptation's seventh studio album '' Resist'', and features guest vocals from

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. It was released worldwide via digital download and

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on 23 November 2018.

Background

"Firelight" is a

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song originally composed for Sharon den Adel's solo album

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. The song was at that time considered too dark to fit the release, and then was put on hold. After meeting

on a

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tv show, den Adel invited the singer to do a part on the song as she found that they had a real connection and their voices matched well together. After some reworking, it then ended up appearing on den Adel's band Within Temptation seventh studio album Resist official tracklist. The song is considered dark and atmospheric and, according to

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, it oscillates between a "mystic goth and dark folk" mood. It later entered the Ultratip Bubbling Under charts in Belgium.

Track listing

Personnel

Within Temptation * Sharon den Adel – lead vocals * Ruud Jolie – lead guitar *Stefan Helleblad – rhythm guitar * Jeroen van Veen – bass *

Martijn Spierenburg Martijn Spierenburg (born 30 January 1975) is a composer and arranger. He is also keyboard player for the Dutch symphonic rock band Within Temptation. In 2018, it was announced that he would be the composer for the musical "Nieuw Amsterdam", which ...

– keyboards *Mike Coolen – drums Additional musicians *

– guest vocals

Charts

References

{{authority control 2018 singles 2018 songs Within Temptation songs Songs written by Sharon den Adel Male–female vocal duets