Sweet Blindness
1968 single by The 5th Dimension
| "Sweet Blindness" | ||||
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| Single by The 5th Dimension | ||||
| from the album Stoned Soul Picnic | ||||
| B-side | "Bobbie's Blues (Who Do You Think Of?)" | |||
| Released | September 1968 | |||
| Genre | Soul | |||
| Length | 3:24 | |||
| Label | Soul City 768 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Laura Nyro | |||
| Producer(s) | Bones Howe | |||
| The 5th Dimension singles chronology | ||||
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"Sweet Blindness" is a song written by Laura Nyro, released in 1968, and included on her Eli and the Thirteenth Confession.[1]
Background
The song was a drinking song that sounded old fashioned, noted for its rhythm changes as well as its brass section. The song ends with a noted Count Basie piano riff before the brass holds a long jazzy cadenza.
The 5th Dimension recording
The best known version was recorded by The 5th Dimension later in 1968. It was featured on their 1968 album Stoned Soul Picnic.[2] The song was produced by Bones Howe and arranged by Bill Holman, Bob Alcivar, Ray Pohlman, and Howe.[3] It reached #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #45 on the U.S. R&B chart. Outside the US, "Sweet Blindness" went to #15 in Canada and #19 in Australia.[4]
Other versions
- Holly Cole released a version of the song on the 1997 tribute album Time and Love: The Music of Laura Nyro.
In media
- The 5th Dimension sang a version of the song with Frank Sinatra on his 1968 television special, Francis Albert Sinatra Does His Thing.
References
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- More Than a New Discovery (1967)
- Eli and the Thirteenth Confession (1968)
- New York Tendaberry (1969)
- Christmas and the Beads of Sweat (1970)
- Gonna Take a Miracle (1971)
- Smile (1976)
- Nested (1978)
- Mother's Spiritual (1984)
- Walk the Dog and Light the Light (1993)
- Angel in the Dark (2001)
- Season of Lights (1977)
- Laura: Live at the Bottom Line (1989)
- Live from Mountain Stage (2000)
- Live: The Loom's Desire (2002)
- The First Songs (1973)
- Impressions (1980)
- Stoned Soul Picnic: The Best of Laura Nyro (1997)
- Time and Love: The Essential Masters (2000)
- American Dreamer (2021)
- "Wedding Bell Blues"
- "Flim Flam Man"
- "Stoney End"
- "And When I Die"
- "Eli's Comin'"
- "Stoned Soul Picnic"
- "Sweet Blindness"
- "Blowing Away"
- "Save the Country"
- "Up on the Roof"
- Labelle
- Time and Love: The Music of Laura Nyro
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