I’d Rather Go Blind

E253144
single song

"I’d Rather Go Blind" is a classic soul and blues song, best known for Etta James’s emotionally powerful 1967 recording about heartbreak and loss.

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Label Occurrences
I’d Rather Go Blind canonical 3
I'd Rather Go Blind 2
I'll Rather Go Blind 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
associatedAlbum Tell Mama ⓘ
bSideOf Tell Mama ⓘ
composer Ellington Jordan ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
coWriter Billy Foster ⓘ
Etta James ⓘ
famousLine I’d rather go blind, boy, than to see you walk away from me ⓘ
featuredInFilm Cadillac Records ⓘ
genre blues ⓘ
soul ⓘ
hasCoverVersionBy Beth Hart ⓘ
Beyoncé ⓘ
Chicken Shack ⓘ
Christine Perfect ⓘ
Koko Taylor ⓘ
Mick Hucknall ⓘ
Paolo Nutini ⓘ
Rod Stewart ⓘ
influencedGenre contemporary soul ⓘ
modern blues ⓘ
instrumentation bass ⓘ
drums ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ
piano ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Ellington Jordan ⓘ
narrativePerspective first person ⓘ
notableRecordingBy Etta James ⓘ
originallyRecordedBy Etta James ⓘ
performer Etta James ⓘ
portrayedByInFilm Beyoncé as Etta James in Cadillac Records ⓘ
producer Ralph Bass ⓘ
Rick Hall ⓘ
recognizedAs blues standard ⓘ
soul standard ⓘ
recordedAt FAME Studios ⓘ
surface form: FAME Studios, Muscle Shoals, Alabama
recordLabel Cadet Records ⓘ
Chess Records ⓘ
releaseType B-side ⓘ
tempo slow ⓘ
theme heartbreak ⓘ
loss ⓘ
romantic betrayal ⓘ
vocalStyle emotionally powerful ⓘ
yearRecorded 1967 ⓘ
yearReleased 1967 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Etta James → notableWork → I’d Rather Go Blind ⓘ
Etta James → notableSong → I’d Rather Go Blind ⓘ
Jamesetta → notableWork → I’d Rather Go Blind ⓘ
subject surface form: Jamesetta Hawkins
this entity surface form: I'd Rather Go Blind
Tell Mama → bSide → I’d Rather Go Blind ⓘ
Blues to the Bone → hasTrack → I’d Rather Go Blind ⓘ
this entity surface form: I'll Rather Go Blind
Jamesetta Hawkins → notableWork → I’d Rather Go Blind ⓘ
this entity surface form: I'd Rather Go Blind