Blinding Lights

Summary

Blinding Lights is a single^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.28% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,177 views/month, #65 of 23,006).^[2]

Key Facts

• Blinding Lights's instance of is recorded as single^[3].
• Blinding Lights's genre is electropop^[4].
• Blinding Lights's genre is synthwave^[5].
• Blinding Lights followed Heartless^[6].
• Blinding Lights was followed by In Your Eyes^[7].
• Blinding Lights was produced by Max Martin^[8].
• Blinding Lights was produced by The Weeknd^[9].
• Among the performers on Blinding Lights was The Weeknd^[10].
• Blinding Lights's record label is recorded as XO^[11].
• Blinding Lights's record label is recorded as Republic Records^[12].
• Blinding Lights is part of After Hours^[13].
• Blinding Lights's language of work or name is recorded as English^[14].
• Blinding Lights was distributed by compact disc^[15].
• Blinding Lights was distributed by compact cassette^[16].
• Blinding Lights was distributed by 7″ single^[17].
• Blinding Lights was distributed by 12" single^[18].
• Blinding Lights was distributed by music download^[19].
• Blinding Lights was distributed by music streaming^[20].
• Blinding Lights was published on November 29, 2019^[21].
• Blinding Lights's lyricist is recorded as The Weeknd^[22].
• Blinding Lights's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Blinding Lights'}^[23].
• Blinding Lights's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+200'}^[24].
• Blinding Lights's charted in is recorded as Triple J Hottest 100, 2019^[25].
• Blinding Lights's music video is recorded as Blinding Lights^[26].
• Blinding Lights's form of creative work is recorded as song^[27].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

• Release type: Single^[28]

• First release date: 2019-11-29^[29]

• Genre(s): ballad, deep house, electro house, electronic, electropop, synth-pop, synthwave^[30]

• Community tags: ballad, deep house, electro house, electronic, electropop, synth-pop, synthwave^[31]

• MusicBrainz ID: 9b905cac-df8d-4942-bc4e-4fe0f2ed635f^[32]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Blinding Lights was The Weeknd^[10]. Producers include Max Martin^[8] and The Weeknd^[9].

Publication

Blinding Lights was published on November 29, 2019^[21]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English^[14]. Genres include electropop^[4] and synthwave^[5]. It is part of After Hours^[13]. Recorded distribution format include compact disc^[15], compact cassette^[16], 7″ single^[17], 12" single^[18], music download^[19], and music streaming^[20].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Blinding Lights followed Heartless^[6]. It was followed by In Your Eyes^[7].

Why It Matters

Blinding Lights ranks in the top 0.28% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,177 views/month, #65 of 23,006).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33]