"White Light Moment" is a song by Swedish singer

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from her debut studio album, ''

'' (2010).

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released it as the album's second single on 26 October 2010. Styrke wrote the song with its producers, Jan Kask and Peter Ågren. "White Light Moment" received general praise from

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. The song attained commercial success in Sweden, where it peaked at number five on the

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chart, becoming Styrke's best-performing single on the chart. It was certified

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by the

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(GLF) in 2010. "White Light Moment" was nominated for Song of the Year at the 2012

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Background

wrote "White Light Moment" with Jan Kask and Peter Ågren. In an interview for ''

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'', she explained that the song is about longing for "grandiose moments" in life. The song was produced by Kask and Ågren, while Anders Hvenare handled mixing. "White Light Moment" was serviced to radio stations in Sweden on 25 October 2010, followed by a

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release the following day, through

. It served as the second single from her debut studio album ''

'' (2010). Styrke re-recorded the song for a limited-run

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single in 2015. The re-worked version, titled "WLM", was produced by Johan Eckeborn. The single was released for

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on 18 April 2015 and included a remix of her 2015 song "Ego" on its

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Reception

"White Light Moment" was met with positive reviews in the Swedish press. Carin Jönsson of

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described the song as

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-esque, "but better". Mattias Dahlström of ''

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'' named it the best track on ''Tove Styrke'', and both ''Västerbottens-Kuriren'' Simon Österhof and ''

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'' Anneli Sandberg considered it one of the highlights of the album. Peter Carlsson, writing for ''Örnsköldsviks Allehanda'', regarded it a hit single. Karin Fredriksson of ''

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'' described it as a "glossy and nice

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disco" song. The song earned Styrke her first

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nomination in the category for Song of the Year. "White Light Moment" debuted at number 21 on the

singles chart on 19 November 2010. The following week, it attained its peak position at number five, becoming Styrke's best-performing single on the chart. The song remained on the chart for 21 weeks. It was certified

by the

(GLF), indicating sales of 20,000 units. As measured by

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, the song was the fifth-most-played song on Swedish radio stations during the second half of 2010 and the first half of 2011.

Track listing

*Digital single # "White Light Moment" – 3:42 *7-inch # "WLM" – 3:42 # "Ego" (Bearson remix) – 3:59

Credits and personnel

Credits are adapted from the ''Tove Styrke'' liner notes. *

songwriting *Jan Kasksongwriting, production *Peter Ågrensongwriting, production *Anders Hvenaremixing *Christoffer Stannowmastering

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

{{Tove Styrke 2010 songs 2010 singles Tove Styrke songs Songs written by Peter Ågren Songs written by Tove Styrke Sony Music singles