Saving Light

"Saving Light"
Single by Gareth Emery and Standerwick featuring Haliene
from the album Monstercat 030 – Finale
Released	30 January 2017 (2017-01-30)
Studio	Emery's home studio
Genre	Uplifting trance
Length	4:36 (original mix) 6:38 (extended mix)
Label	Monstercat Armada Music
Songwriter(s)	Roxanne Emery Kelly Sweet Matthew Steeper Karra Madden
Producer(s)	Gareth Emery Ian Standerwick
Gareth Emery singles chronology
"Isolate" (2014) "Saving Light" (2017) "Call to Arms" (2018)
Standerwick singles chronology
"Rebirth" (2016) "Saving Light" (2017) "Streets of Gold" (2017)
Music video
"Saving Light" on YouTube

"Saving Light" is a song by English trance producers Gareth Emery and Standerwick, featuring vocals from Haliene. Roxanne Emery, Haliene, Matthew Steeper, and Karra wrote the song. It premiered in June 2016, during the Electric Daisy Carnival music festival and was digitally released on 30 January 2017. "Saving Light" is an uplifting trance song with lyrics about standing up to bullying and supporting victims by being their "saving light". Monstercat released the song as part of an initiative called "Make Trance No. 1 Again". Their goal was to encourage fans to purchase "Saving Light" on Beatport to support Ditch the Label and get the song to the top of the Beatport charts; this was achieved on 16 February 2017.

Critical response to "Saving Light" was positive: critics praised Haliene's vocal performance and the song's composition. The song was voted the 2017 Tune of the Year on Armin van Buuren's radio show A State of Trance and the Best Original Trance track of 2017 by the r/EDM subreddit. "Saving Light" was featured on Monstercat 030 – Finale, released on 22 February 2017. Armada Music later re-released it as part of A State of Trance 2017. Later in 2021, "Saving Light" was ranked #12 in A State of Trance's Top 1000. ^[1]

The song's music video was shot and directed by Lee Jones and depicts a schoolgirl contemplating suicide after being a victim of bullying. The video received positive reviews and was praised for its depiction of bullying. The official remixes of "Saving Light" featured Notaker and Nwyr, and were released in August 2017. Various artists performed the song at music festivals such as Ultra Music Festival, Dreamstate Vancouver, and Bliss: Transcendence. Emery included "Saving Light" on his Laserface setlists.