Blinding Lights

Why it's moving

Why it's here

The song's opening drumbeat and synths were compared by Billboard's Frank DiGiacomo to Michael Jackson's 'Beat It,' Rod Stewart's 'Young Turks,' A Flock of Seagulls, and Rockwell's 'Somebody's Watching Me,' reflecting its deliberate callback to 1980s music. [1] It was produced by Max Martin, Oscar Holter, and the Weeknd, with audio engineer Şerban Ghenea noting it was made to feel like a throwback for older listeners while sounding new to younger ones. [2] A Mercedes-Benz commercial featuring the Weeknd driving a Mercedes-Benz EQC and asking to play the new song first aired on German TV on November 24, 2019, ahead of the single's release. [3]

In culture

Every place this record has lived. A solid chip states a fact and carries the citation that earns it; a dashed one is a connection somebody drew, and carries their name instead.

• Written by Bellysource
• Written by DaHealasource
• Written by Oscar Holtersource
• Written by Max Martinsource
• Written by The Weekndsource
• Covered Victoria Vosssource
• Covered The Naked and Famoussource
• Covered Revelries & Victoria Vosssource
• Covered Anthony Vincentsource
• Covered Kidz Bopsource
• Covered Kidz Bop Kidssource
• Covered Lynzsource
• Covered Saph’s Storysource
• Covered Ryan Dolansource
• Covered Ogfrankiesource
• Covered Camilo Ponce & Piano Keyssource
• Covered Felipe Tovarsource
• Remixed by WEEKND, BLINDING LIGHTS (CARMACK 80’S REMIX)source
• Remixed by The Weeknd feat. Chromatics, Blinding Lights (Chromatics remix)source
• Remixed by The Weeknd, Blinding Lights (Clockartz Bootleg)source
• Remixed by Eldi, Blinding Lights (DnB Remix)source
• Remixed by The Weeknd, Blinding Lights (Graz remix)source
• Remixed by The Weeknd, Blinding Lights (HUBRID remix)source
• Remixed by The Weeknd with ROSALÍA, Blinding Lights (remix)source
• Sampled by The Speed Freak, Good 4 Usource
• Sampled by PaulGMashups, positions (the megamix)source

Across markets · earliest pickup first

Every date here is the date the source chart covers, never the date we fetched it. Sources publish on different lags: the Spotify mirror runs about two days behind, TurnTable publishes weekly. One recording, one history: this table also counts the rows sources published under 1 other handle of this record (remasters, official videos).

1. MarketFirst seenLatestDaysPeakRank path
2. Israelil · deezer spotify2026-06-172026-10-21#6046#22
   #60
3. Latvialv · applemusic deezer spotify2026-06-172026-10-25#57105#22
   #57
4. Finlandfi · applemusic applemusic_kworb deezer spotify2026-06-172026-10-25#92100#33
   #92
5. Austriaat · applemusic applemusic_kworb shazam spotify2026-06-172026-10-25#69113#45
   #69
6. South Koreakr · applemusic applemusic_kworb deezer shazam spotify · 1 city2026-06-182026-10-25#8191#1
   #81
7. Singaporesg · applemusic applemusic_kworb deezer shazam spotify · 1 city2026-06-182026-10-25#23103#3
   #23
8. Denmarkdk · applemusic applemusic_kworb spotify2026-06-182026-10-24#9182#58
   #91
9. United Arab Emiratesae · applemusic applemusic_kworb deezer spotify2026-06-252026-10-25#20104#18
   #20
10. Show all 117 markets

Worldwide feeds · not markets

A source's own worldwide chart. These are feeds, not places, so they are kept out of the market count above.

1. MarketFirst seenLatestDaysPeakRank path
2. Global feedglobal · applemusic_kworb spotify youtube2026-06-172026-10-23#121126#26
   #121
3. World feedworld · shazam2026-07-202026-10-25#1783#6
   #17

City pickups

City charts record their parent country as the market, so these do not add to the market count above. One line per country: how many of its rooms picked the song up, and the best of them.

1. cl 1 city · best #43 santiago
2. cn 1 city · best #39 shanghai
3. ie 1 city · best #32 dublin
4. kr 1 city · best #27 seoul
5. sg 1 city · best #34 singapore
6. th 1 city · best #10 bangkok
7. us 1 city · best #19 cincinnati

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Editions

1. 2026-10-14Chart-only edition#37
2. 2026-10-13Chart-only edition#38
3. 2026-10-12Chart-only edition#39
4. 2026-10-11Chart-only edition#35
5. 2026-10-10Chart-only edition#50
6. 2026-10-09Chart-only edition#45
7. 2026-10-08Chart-only edition#43
8. 2026-10-07Chart-only edition#38
9. 2026-10-06Chart-only edition#27
10. 2026-10-05Chart-only edition#43
11. 2026-10-04Chart-only edition#34
12. 2026-10-03Chart-only edition#38
13. 2026-10-02Chart-only edition#40
14. 2026-09-28Chart-only edition#50
15. 2026-09-15Chart-only edition#33
16. 2026-09-13Chart-only edition#35
17. 2026-09-12Chart-only edition#46
18. 2026-09-11Chart-only edition#28
19. 2026-09-09Chart-only edition#37
20. 2026-09-08Chart-only edition#32
21. 2026-09-07Chart-only edition#42