Blinding Lights

~ Recording by The Weeknd

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleCountry/Date
Official
1.1Blinding Lights3:21The WeekndBlinding Lights
  • 2019-11-29 XW
1.1Blinding Lights3:22The WeekndBlinding Lights
  • 2019-11-29 XW
1.1Blinding Lights3:20The WeekndBlinding Lights
  • 2019-11-29 XW
1.1Blinding Lights3:23The WeekndBlinding Lights
  • 2019-11-29 XE
1.9Blinding Lights3:20The WeekndAfter Hours (explicit, 24bit/44.1 kHz)
  • 2020-02-19 XW
1.9Blinding Lights3:20The WeekndAfter Hours (Target exclusive)
  • 2020-03-20 US
1.9Blinding Lights3:20The WeekndAfter Hours (explicit)
  • 2020-03-20 XW
1.9Blinding Lights3:20The WeekndAfter Hours (clean)
  • 2020-03-20 XW
1.9Blinding Lights3:20The WeekndAfter Hours (clean)
  • 2020-03-20 XW
1.9Blinding Lights3:20The WeekndAfter Hours
  • 2020-03-20 US
1.9Blinding Lights3:20The WeekndAfter Hours
  • 2020-03-20 AU
  • 2020-03-20 NZ
1.9Blinding Lights3:20The WeekndAfter Hours (alternate cover)
  • 2020-03-20 XE
1.9Blinding Lights3:20The WeekndAfter Hours (explicit)
  • 2020-03-20 XW
1.9Blinding Lights3:24The WeekndAfter Hours
  • 2020-03-20 CA
  • 2020-03-20 GB
  • 2020-03-20 US
1.9Blinding Lights3:20The WeekndAfter Hours (deluxe, explicit)
  • 2020-03-20 -
1.9Blinding Lights3:20The WeekndAfter Hours (deluxe, explicit; 24bit/44.1kHz)
  • 2020-03-20 XW
1.9Blinding Lights3:20The WeekndAfter Hours (deluxe)
  • 2020-03-20 XW
1.9Blinding Lights3:20The WeekndAfter Hours (deluxe, clean)
  • 2020-03-20 XW
1.9Blinding Lights3:20The WeekndAfter Hours (explicit)
  • 2020-03-20 XW
1.9Blinding Lights3:20The WeekndAfter Hours
  • 2020-03-20 XE
1.9Blinding Lights3:20The WeekndAfter Hours (clean)
  • 2020-03-20 XW
1.9Blinding Lights3:20The WeekndAfter Hours (deluxe, clean)
  • 2020-03-23 XW
1.9Blinding Lights3:20The WeekndAfter Hours (deluxe, explicit)
  • 2020-03-23 XW
1.9Blinding Lights3:24The WeekndAfter Hours (deluxe, explicit)
  • 2020-03-23 -
1.9Blinding Lights3:20The WeekndAfter Hours (deluxe, clean)
  • 2020-03-30 XW
1.9Blinding Lights3:20The WeekndAfter Hours (deluxe, explicit; 24bit/44.1kHz)
  • 2020-03-30 XW
1.9Blinding Lights3:20The WeekndAfter Hours (deluxe, explicit)
  • 2020-03-30 XW
1.2Blinding Lights3:22The WeekndHeartless / Blinding Lights
  • 2020-03 US
1.9Blinding Lights3:20The WeekndAfter Hours (deluxe, clean)
  • 2020-04-03 XW
1.9Blinding Lights3:20The WeekndAfter Hours (deluxe, explicit)
  • 2020-04-03 XW
1.9Blinding Lights3:20The WeekndAfter Hours (deluxe, explicit)
  • 2020-04-03 XW
1.9Blinding Lights3:20The WeekndAfter Hours (deluxe, clean)
  • 2020-04-03 XW
1.1Blinding Lights3:23The Weeknd538: Hitzone 93
  • 2020-05-01 NL
1.3Blinding Lights3:19The WeekndNOW That’s What I Call Music! 74 (USA)
  • 2020-05-01 US
1.3Blinding Lights3:19The WeekndNOW That’s What I Call Music! 74 (USA)
  • 2020-05-01 US
1.1Blinding Lights3:22The WeekndBravo Hits 109
  • 2020-05-08 DE
1.1Blinding Lights3:22The WeekndNow That’s What I Call Music! 105
  • 2020-05-08 GB
1.1Blinding Lights3:22The WeekndNow That’s What I Call Music! 105
  • 2020-05-08 IE
  • 2020-05-08 GB
1.4Blinding Lights3:24The WeekndThe Dome, Vol. 94
  • 2020-06-05 -
1.4Blinding Lights3:20The WeekndNow That’s What I Call Music 61
  • 2020-07-03 NZ
1.1Blinding Lights3:21The WeekndMNM Big Hits 2020, Vol. 2
  • 2020-07-10 BE
1.1Blinding Lights3:20The WeekndMega Hits 2020
  • 2020-07-31 PT
1.1Blinding Lights3:20The WeekndM6 Hits été 2020
  • 2020-07 FR
1.5Blinding Lights3:24The WeekndÖ3 Greatest Hits 89
  • 2020-09-04 AT
1.5Blinding Lights3:20The WeekndÖ3 Greatest Hits 89
  • 2020-09-04 AT
1.1Blinding Lights3:20The WeekndBlinding Lights
  • 2020-09-11 XW
2.1Blinding Lights3:21The WeekndAfter Hours
  • 2020-09-25 XE
2.1Blinding Lights3:21The WeekndAfter Hours (Target exclusive)
  • 2020-09 US
3.23Blinding Lights3:20The WeekndBallermann Hits Party 2021 (XXL Fan Edition)
  • 2020-10-23 DE
1.1Blinding Lights3:20The WeekndBest of 2020: Die Hits des Jahres
  • 2020-10-23 AT
  • 2020-10-23 DE
  • 2020-10-23 CH
1.21Blinding Lights3:24The WeekndNRJ Music Awards 2020
  • 2020-10-30 FR
2.2Blinding Lights3:20The WeekndPremier sur le rap 2021
  • 2020-11-06 FR
1.1Blinding Lights3:23The Weeknd538: Hitzone: Best of 2020
  • 2020-11-13 NL
1.1Blinding Lights3:22The WeekndBravo: The Hits 2020
  • 2020-11-13 DE
1.1Blinding Lights3:22The WeekndBravo: The Hits 2020
  • 2020-11-13 DE
1.2Blinding Lights3:22The WeekndDie ultimative Chart Show: Die erfolgreichsten Hits 2020
  • 2020-11-20 DE
1.2Blinding Lights3:21The WeekndMNM Big Hits: Best of 2020
  • 2020-11-27 BE
1.9Blinding Lights3:20The WeekndAfter Hours
  • 2020-12-04 JP
2.1Blinding Lights3:20The WeekndAbsolute Music 89
  • 2020-12-11 SE
1.2Blinding Lights3:21The WeekndLes Hits RTL 2020
  • 2020-12-11 FR
1.6Blinding Lights3:20The WeekndNow That’s What I Call Music, Vol. 83
  • 2020-12-11 ZA
1.2Blinding Lights3:21The WeekndWhat’s Up Feel the Vibes
  • 2020-12-16 JP
1.1Blinding Lights3:20The WeekndBlinding Lights
3.1Blinding Lights3:21The WeekndCaribe 2020 + Disco Estrella, Vol. 23
1.6Blinding Lights3:20The WeekndMegahits: Sommer 2020
1.1Blinding Lights3:21The WeekndNow 35
1.1Blinding Lights?:??The WeekndSo Fresh: The Hits of Winter 2020
1.2Blinding Lights3:22The WeekndThe Highlights (explicit)
  • 2021-02-05 AU
1.2Blinding Lights3:20The WeekndThe Highlights (44.1kHz/24bit, clean)
  • 2021-02-05 XW
1.2Blinding Lights3:20The WeekndThe Highlights
  • 2021-02-05 US
1.2Blinding Lights3:20The WeekndThe Highlights (24bit/44.1kHz, explicit)
  • 2021-02-05 XW
1.2Blinding Lights3:22The WeekndThe Highlights
  • 2021-02-05 XE
1.2Blinding Lights3:22The WeekndThe Highlights (explicit)
  • 2021-02-05 US
1.2Blinding Lights3:20The WeekndThe Highlights (clean)
  • 2021-02-05 XW
1.2Blinding Lights3:20The WeekndThe Highlights (explicit)
  • 2021-02-05 XW
1.2Blinding Lights3:20The WeekndThe Highlights (deluxe video album)
  • 2021-02-05 XW
1.2Blinding Lights3:20The WeekndThe Highlights (clean)
  • 2021-02-05 XW
1.2Blinding Lights3:20The WeekndThe Highlights (explicit)
  • 2021-02-05 XW
4.20Blinding Lights?:??The WeekndNRJ Music Awards 2021 (Deluxe Edition)
  • 2021-02-27 FR
1.11Blinding Lights3:21The Weeknd40 Tubes printemps 2021
  • 2021-03-12 FR
1.1Blinding Lights3:22The WeekndJust the Hits: 2010’s
  • 2021-03-19 AU
3.3Blinding Lights3:20The WeekndNRJ Good Vibes Only 2021
  • 2021-05-28 FR
1.11Blinding Lights3:20The WeekndNOW That’s What I Call Gold
  • 2021-07-16 GB
3.3Blinding Lights3:20The WeekndNRJ Good Vibes Only 2021
  • 2021-10-15 FR
4.1Blinding Lights3:20The WeekndFetenhits: 25 Years
3.2Blinding Lights3:23The WeekndLes Hits de l'Année 2021
2.2Blinding Lights3:21The Weeknd538: Hitzone 100
  • 2022-02-18 NL
1.9Blinding Lights3:20The WeekndAfter Hours (deluxe)
  • 2022-03-21 XW
1.3Blinding Lights3:24The WeekndBravo Hits: 30 Jahre
  • 2022-04-29 DE
1.5Blinding Lights3:21The WeekndTrue Fam
  • 2022-09-21 -
1.1Blinding Lights3:21The WeekndHalloween 2022
  • 2022-10-20 -
2.10Blinding Lights3:20The WeekndNOW #1s: 70 Years of the Official Singles Chart
  • 2022-11-11 GB
3.3Blinding Lights3:22The WeekndRTL: 50 ans de tubes pop
1.8Blinding Lights3:22The WeekndIconic Pop
  • 2023-01-31 -
1.3Blinding Lights3:22The WeekndMega Hits 2019
  • 2023-02-01 -
1.57Blinding Lights3:21The WeekndTop Hits 2023
  • 2023-02-02 -
1.6Blinding Lights3:21The WeekndPop Blockbusters 2
  • 2023-03-06 US
1.1Blinding Lights3:22The WeekndBEST ROAD TRIP 10’S POP HITS
  • 2023-06-06 -
1.1Blinding Lights3:21The WeekndNow That’s What I Call a Sizzling Summer
  • 2023-06-30 GB
1.5Blinding Lights3:18The WeekndNOW That's What I Call Music! 25th Anniversary, Volume 1
  • 2023-10-27 US

Relationships

programming and producer:Oscar Holter
Max Martin
The Weeknd
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)
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
mixed at:MixStar Studios in Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States
DJ-mixes:Be Fine / Someone Else / Blinding Lights by Madeon / Rezz & Grabbitz / The Weeknd
Blinding Lights
Someone Else / Blinding Lights by Rezz, Grabbitz & The Weeknd
has remixes:BLINDING LIGHTS (CARMACK 80’S REMIX) by WEEKND
Blinding Lights (Chromatics remix) by The Weeknd feat. Chromatics
Blinding Lights (DnB Remix) by Eldi
Blinding Lights (Graz remix)
Blinding Lights (HUBRID remix)
Blinding Lights (remix) by The Weeknd with ROSALÍA
sampled by:Good 4 U by The Speed Freak
positions (the megamix) by PaulGMashups
mash-ups:A Gangsta’s Blinding Lights of Paradise (Coolio vs. The Weeknd) by Talk Hard Productions
Blinded with the Flow (The Weeknd vs. Queens of the Stone Age) by ah!
Blinding Boulevard (The Weeknd vs. Green Day) by TCMusic!
Blinding Heartbeat by Triple‐Q
BLINDING LIGH777S (Joji vs. The Weeknd) by gniRob
Blinding Maneater (The Weeknd vs. Daryl Hall & John Oates) by Hahnstudios
Lose Your Blinding Lights (Eminem vs. The Weeknd) by SKiBiLiBoP
music videos:Blinding Lights
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)
stream for free:https://open.spotify.com/track/0sf12qNH5qcw8qpgymFOqD [info]
https://open.spotify.com/track/00uqj8HXl0hWr3tnxC0NZ5 [info]
https://open.spotify.com/track/6qYkmqFsXbj8CQjAdbYz07 [info]
https://www.deezer.com/track/1078622712 [info]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHI8X4OXluQ [info]
streaming page:https://tidal.com/track/155054813 [info]
https://tidal.com/track/155056940 [info]
recording of:Blinding Lights (from 2019-06 until 2019-11)

Blinding Lights

writer:Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye
Ahmad Balshe
Oscar Holter
Jason “DaHeala” Quenneville
Karl Martin Sandberg
publisher:BOTA Publishing II
HiFi Music IP Issuer, L.P.
KMR Music Royalties II SCSp
MXM
SAL&CO
Songs of Wolf Cousins
Universal Music Corp.
Warner Chappell Music Scand
WB Music Corp.
WC Music Corp.
Wolf Cousins
sub-publisher:Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Neue Welt Musikverlag GmbH
Universal/MCA Music Publishing GmbH
later parody versions:Blinding Gyatts
later translated versions:Blinding Lights
Blinding Lights (Japanese version)