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Green Light is een nummer van de Nieuw-Zeelandse zangeres Lorde uit 2017. Het is de eerste single van haar tweede studioalbum Melodrama.

Van het album "Melodrama" is "Green Light" het eerste nummer dat Lorde uit wilde brengen, omdat het anders is dan wat ze eerder uitbracht. Zelf zei ze erover: "Ik ben zo trots op dit nummer. Het is heel anders en een beetje onverwacht. Het is complex, grappig, droevig en blij, en het laat je dansen!". Lorde scoorde in haar thuisland Nieuw-Zeeland een nummer 1-hit met "Green Light". Buiten Nieuw-Zeeland was het nummer iets minder succesvol, maar wel was het in veel landen een bescheiden succes. In de Nederlandse Top 40 haalde het de 31e positie, en in de Vlaamse Ultratop 50 de 19e.

"Green Light" is a song by New Zealand singer-songwriter Lorde, released on 2 March 2017 as the lead single from her second studio album Melodrama (2017). It was written and produced by Lorde and Jack Antonoff, with additional writing by Joel Little and production assistance from Frank Dukes, and was released to radio stations by Universal. Musically, "Green Light" is an electropop, dance-pop, and post-disco song. The lyrics use a "green light" as a traffic light metaphor that gives Lorde permission to move on with her life after a breakup.

The song received widespread acclaim from critics, many of whom praised its production and Lorde's vocal delivery. It earned the Silver Scroll Award at the New Zealand APRA Awards and appeared on various year-end and decade-end lists. Commercially, the song topped the charts in New Zealand, whilst peaking inside the top ten in Australia, Canada, Scotland, and Israel, and in the top twenty in the Austria, Belgium, Hungary, Ireland, Spain, Switzerland, the UK, and the US. "Green Light" received platinum and multi-platinum certifications in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Italy, New Zealand, the UK, and the US.

Grant Singer directed the music video for "Green Light", which shows Lorde leaving a nightclub and walking through the city streets as she tries to move on from a breakup. Photography took place primarily at MacArthur Park in Los Angeles. She performed "Green Light" at Saturday Night Live and at multiple music festivals. A remix of the song by Canadian electro-funk duo Chromeo was released on 19 May 2017. Lorde included the song on the set list for the Melodrama (2017–2018) and Solar Power (2022–2023) concert tours.