It has since been recorded by a wide variety of artists, including the blind-from-birth Clarence Carter, on his 1969 album The Dynamic Clarence Carter. Charts Chart performance for "I'd Rather Go Blind" Critical reception ĭavid Giles, reviewer for Music Week magazine, praised Youngblood's version as a "surprisingly good cover", adding: "The original is spruced up a bit, with some nice plucked wah-wah guitar" and "there's a sprinkling of flamenco-style guitar too". It was Youngblood's only US pop chart appearance, making it to number 46 on the Billboard Hot 100 in October 1990, and the first of two minor hits on the Hot R&B Singles chart, peaking at number 42. Sydney Youngblood version "I'd Rather Go Blind"Ī version of the song was America/German singer Sydney Youngblood's third single release, peaking at number 44 on the UK Singles Chart. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. Noting that James had recorded the song during a break from heroin addiction, Marsh writes, "the song provides a great metaphor for her drug addiction and intensifies the story." Certifications Region Critic Dave Marsh put the song in his book The Heart of Rock and Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made. Some critics have regarded "I'd Rather Go Blind" as of such emotional and poetic quality as to make that release one of the great double-sided singles of the period. The song is also on the 1978 Jerry Wexler-produced album Deep in the Night, but there it is titled "Blind Girl" (track 10). It was included on the album Tell Mama and as the B-side of the single of the same name which made number 10 on the Billboard R&B charts, and number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100. Įtta James recorded the song at the FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. She then wrote the rest of the song with Jordan, but for tax reasons gave her songwriting credit to her partner at the time, Billy Foster, singer with doo-wop group The Medallions. It was first recorded by Etta James in 1967, released in 1967, and has subsequently become regarded as a blues and soul classic.Įtta James wrote in her autobiography Rage To Survive that she heard the song outlined by her friend Ellington "Fugi" Jordan when she visited him in prison. " I'd Rather Go Blind" is a blues song written by Ellington Jordan and co-credited to Billy Foster and Etta James.
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