Blinding Lights
~ Recording by The Weeknd
Appears on releases
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| 1.1 | Blinding Lights | 3:21 | The Weeknd | Blinding Lights |
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| 1.1 | Blinding Lights | 3:22 | The Weeknd | Blinding Lights |
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| 1.1 | Blinding Lights | 3:20 | The Weeknd | Blinding Lights |
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| 1.1 | Blinding Lights | 3:23 | The Weeknd | Blinding Lights |
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| 1.9 | Blinding Lights | 3:20 | The Weeknd | After Hours (explicit, 24bit/44.1 kHz) |
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| 1.9 | Blinding Lights | 3:20 | The Weeknd | After Hours (Target exclusive) |
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| 1.9 | Blinding Lights | 3:20 | The Weeknd | After Hours (explicit) |
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| 1.9 | Blinding Lights | 3:20 | The Weeknd | After Hours (clean) |
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| 1.9 | Blinding Lights | 3:20 | The Weeknd | After Hours (clean) |
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| 1.9 | Blinding Lights | 3:20 | The Weeknd | After Hours |
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| 1.9 | Blinding Lights | 3:20 | The Weeknd | After Hours | |||||
| 1.9 | Blinding Lights | 3:20 | The Weeknd | After Hours (alternate cover) |
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| 1.9 | Blinding Lights | 3:20 | The Weeknd | After Hours (explicit) |
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| 1.9 | Blinding Lights | 3:24 | The Weeknd | After Hours | |||||
| 1.9 | Blinding Lights | 3:20 | The Weeknd | After Hours (deluxe, explicit) |
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| 1.9 | Blinding Lights | 3:20 | The Weeknd | After Hours (deluxe, explicit; 24bit/44.1kHz) |
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| 1.9 | Blinding Lights | 3:20 | The Weeknd | After Hours (deluxe) |
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| 1.9 | Blinding Lights | 3:20 | The Weeknd | After Hours (deluxe, clean) |
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| 1.9 | Blinding Lights | 3:20 | The Weeknd | After Hours (explicit) |
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| 1.9 | Blinding Lights | 3:20 | The Weeknd | After Hours |
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| 1.9 | Blinding Lights | 3:20 | The Weeknd | After Hours (clean) |
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| 1.9 | Blinding Lights | 3:20 | The Weeknd | After Hours (deluxe, clean) |
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| 1.9 | Blinding Lights | 3:20 | The Weeknd | After Hours (deluxe, explicit) |
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| 1.9 | Blinding Lights | 3:24 | The Weeknd | After Hours (deluxe, explicit) |
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| 1.9 | Blinding Lights | 3:20 | The Weeknd | After Hours (deluxe, clean) |
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| 1.9 | Blinding Lights | 3:20 | The Weeknd | After Hours (deluxe, explicit; 24bit/44.1kHz) |
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| 1.9 | Blinding Lights | 3:20 | The Weeknd | After Hours (deluxe, explicit) |
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| 1.2 | Blinding Lights | 3:22 | The Weeknd | Heartless / Blinding Lights |
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| 1.9 | Blinding Lights | 3:20 | The Weeknd | After Hours (deluxe, clean) |
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| 1.9 | Blinding Lights | 3:20 | The Weeknd | After Hours (deluxe, explicit) |
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| 1.9 | Blinding Lights | 3:20 | The Weeknd | After Hours (deluxe, explicit) |
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| 1.9 | Blinding Lights | 3:20 | The Weeknd | After Hours (deluxe, clean) |
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| 1.1 | Blinding Lights | 3:23 | The Weeknd | 538: Hitzone 93 |
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| 1.3 | Blinding Lights | 3:19 | The Weeknd | NOW That’s What I Call Music! 74 (USA) |
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| 1.3 | Blinding Lights | 3:19 | The Weeknd | NOW That’s What I Call Music! 74 (USA) |
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| 1.1 | Blinding Lights | 3:22 | The Weeknd | Bravo Hits 109 |
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| 1.1 | Blinding Lights | 3:22 | The Weeknd | Now That’s What I Call Music! 105 |
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| 1.1 | Blinding Lights | 3:22 | The Weeknd | Now That’s What I Call Music! 105 | |||||
| 1.4 | Blinding Lights | 3:24 | The Weeknd | The Dome, Vol. 94 |
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| 1.4 | Blinding Lights | 3:20 | The Weeknd | Now That’s What I Call Music 61 |
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| 1.1 | Blinding Lights | 3:21 | The Weeknd | MNM Big Hits 2020, Vol. 2 |
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| 1.1 | Blinding Lights | 3:20 | The Weeknd | Mega Hits 2020 |
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| 1.1 | Blinding Lights | 3:20 | The Weeknd | M6 Hits été 2020 |
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| 1.5 | Blinding Lights | 3:24 | The Weeknd | Ö3 Greatest Hits 89 |
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| 1.5 | Blinding Lights | 3:20 | The Weeknd | Ö3 Greatest Hits 89 |
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| 1.1 | Blinding Lights | 3:20 | The Weeknd | Blinding Lights |
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| 2.1 | Blinding Lights | 3:21 | The Weeknd | After Hours |
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| 2.1 | Blinding Lights | 3:21 | The Weeknd | After Hours (Target exclusive) |
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| 3.23 | Blinding Lights | 3:20 | The Weeknd | Ballermann Hits Party 2021 (XXL Fan Edition) |
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| 1.1 | Blinding Lights | 3:20 | The Weeknd | Best of 2020: Die Hits des Jahres | |||||
| 1.21 | Blinding Lights | 3:24 | The Weeknd | NRJ Music Awards 2020 |
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| 2.2 | Blinding Lights | 3:20 | The Weeknd | Premier sur le rap 2021 |
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| 1.1 | Blinding Lights | 3:23 | The Weeknd | 538: Hitzone: Best of 2020 |
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| 1.1 | Blinding Lights | 3:22 | The Weeknd | Bravo: The Hits 2020 |
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| 1.1 | Blinding Lights | 3:22 | The Weeknd | Bravo: The Hits 2020 |
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| 1.2 | Blinding Lights | 3:22 | The Weeknd | Die ultimative Chart Show: Die erfolgreichsten Hits 2020 |
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| 1.2 | Blinding Lights | 3:21 | The Weeknd | MNM Big Hits: Best of 2020 |
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| 1.9 | Blinding Lights | 3:20 | The Weeknd | After Hours |
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| 2.1 | Blinding Lights | 3:20 | The Weeknd | Absolute Music 89 |
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| 1.2 | Blinding Lights | 3:21 | The Weeknd | Les Hits RTL 2020 |
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| 1.6 | Blinding Lights | 3:20 | The Weeknd | Now That’s What I Call Music, Vol. 83 |
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| 1.2 | Blinding Lights | 3:21 | The Weeknd | What’s Up Feel the Vibes |
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| 1.1 | Blinding Lights | 3:20 | The Weeknd | Blinding Lights | |||||
| 3.1 | Blinding Lights | 3:21 | The Weeknd | Caribe 2020 + Disco Estrella, Vol. 23 |
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| 1.6 | Blinding Lights | 3:20 | The Weeknd | Megahits: Sommer 2020 | |||||
| 1.1 | Blinding Lights | 3:21 | The Weeknd | Now 35 |
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| 1.1 | Blinding Lights | ?:?? | The Weeknd | So Fresh: The Hits of Winter 2020 |
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| 1.2 | Blinding Lights | 3:22 | The Weeknd | The Highlights (explicit) |
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| 1.2 | Blinding Lights | 3:20 | The Weeknd | The Highlights (44.1kHz/24bit, clean) |
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| 1.2 | Blinding Lights | 3:20 | The Weeknd | The Highlights |
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| 1.2 | Blinding Lights | 3:20 | The Weeknd | The Highlights (24bit/44.1kHz, explicit) |
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| 1.2 | Blinding Lights | 3:22 | The Weeknd | The Highlights |
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| 1.2 | Blinding Lights | 3:22 | The Weeknd | The Highlights (explicit) |
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| 1.2 | Blinding Lights | 3:20 | The Weeknd | The Highlights (clean) |
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| 1.2 | Blinding Lights | 3:20 | The Weeknd | The Highlights (explicit) |
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| 1.2 | Blinding Lights | 3:20 | The Weeknd | The Highlights (deluxe video album) |
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| 1.2 | Blinding Lights | 3:20 | The Weeknd | The Highlights (clean) |
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| 1.2 | Blinding Lights | 3:20 | The Weeknd | The Highlights (explicit) |
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| 4.20 | Blinding Lights | ?:?? | The Weeknd | NRJ Music Awards 2021 (Deluxe Edition) |
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| 1.11 | Blinding Lights | 3:21 | The Weeknd | 40 Tubes printemps 2021 |
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| 1.1 | Blinding Lights | 3:22 | The Weeknd | Just the Hits: 2010’s |
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| 3.3 | Blinding Lights | 3:20 | The Weeknd | NRJ Good Vibes Only 2021 |
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| 1.11 | Blinding Lights | 3:20 | The Weeknd | NOW That’s What I Call Gold |
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| 3.3 | Blinding Lights | 3:20 | The Weeknd | NRJ Good Vibes Only 2021 |
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| 4.1 | Blinding Lights | 3:20 | The Weeknd | Fetenhits: 25 Years |
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| 3.2 | Blinding Lights | 3:23 | The Weeknd | Les Hits de l'Année 2021 |
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| 2.2 | Blinding Lights | 3:21 | The Weeknd | 538: Hitzone 100 |
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| 1.9 | Blinding Lights | 3:20 | The Weeknd | After Hours (deluxe) |
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| 1.3 | Blinding Lights | 3:24 | The Weeknd | Bravo Hits: 30 Jahre |
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| 1.5 | Blinding Lights | 3:21 | The Weeknd | True Fam |
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| 1.1 | Blinding Lights | 3:21 | The Weeknd | Halloween 2022 |
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| 2.10 | Blinding Lights | 3:20 | The Weeknd | NOW #1s: 70 Years of the Official Singles Chart |
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| 3.3 | Blinding Lights | 3:22 | The Weeknd | RTL: 50 ans de tubes pop |
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| 1.8 | Blinding Lights | 3:22 | The Weeknd | Iconic Pop |
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| 1.3 | Blinding Lights | 3:22 | The Weeknd | Mega Hits 2019 |
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| 1.57 | Blinding Lights | 3:21 | The Weeknd | Top Hits 2023 |
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| 1.6 | Blinding Lights | 3:21 | The Weeknd | Pop Blockbusters 2 |
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| 1.1 | Blinding Lights | 3:22 | The Weeknd | BEST ROAD TRIP 10’S POP HITS |
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| 1.1 | Blinding Lights | 3:21 | The Weeknd | Now That’s What I Call a Sizzling Summer |
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| 1.5 | Blinding Lights | 3:18 | The Weeknd | NOW That's What I Call Music! 25th Anniversary, Volume 1 |
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Relationships
| programming and producer: | Oscar Holter Max Martin The Weeknd |
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| assistant engineer: | Cory Bice Sean Klein Jeremy Lertola |
| engineer: | Shin Kamiyama |
| assistant mixer: | John Hanes |
| mixer: | Serban Ghenea |
| bass, drums (drum set), guitar and keyboard [keyboards]: | Oscar Holter Max Martin The Weeknd |
| background vocals: | Abel Tesfaye |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | The Weeknd XO, Inc. (in 2019) |
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| produced for: | MXM Productions Wolf Cousins Productions |
| recorded at: | Jungle City Studios in New York, New York, United States MXM Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States |
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| mixed at: | MixStar Studios in Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States |
| part of: | Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2020 (number: 1) (order: 1) Billboard: Greatest of All Time Hot 100 Songs (number: 1) (order: 1) Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2021 (number: 3) (order: 3) iHeartRadio Music Awards: Song of the Year nominees (number: 2021 winner) (order: 8) BILLIONS CLUB (order: 40) Helsingin Sanomat: 100 maailman parasta laulua (number: 51) (order: 50) Top Songs of 2024: Global (number: 65) (order: 65) Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 79) (order: 79) |
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| recording of: | Blinding Lights (from 2019-06 until 2019-11) |
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Related works
Blinding Lights
| writer: | Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye Ahmad Balshe Oscar Holter Jason “DaHeala” Quenneville Karl Martin Sandberg |
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| later parody versions: | Blinding Gyatts |
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| later translated versions: | Blinding Lights Blinding Lights (Japanese version) |