Blinding Lights/Sugar for the 21st Century Ear

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The Weeknd 2019 “Blinding Lights” from "After Hours" released on XO/Republic. Written by Able Tesfaye, Ahmad Balshi, Jason Queeneville, Max Martin, Oscar Holter. Produiced by Max Martin, Oscar Holter, and The Weeknd.

Personel:

• The Weeknd - songwriting, vocals, production, programming, keyboards, bass, guitar, drums
• Max Martin - songwriting, production, programming, keyboards, bass, guitar, drums
• Oscar Holter - songwriting, production, programming, keyboards, bass, guitar, drums
• Shin Kamiyama – engineering
• Serban Ghenea – mixing

Cover:

Performed by Josh Bond and Neal Marsh

Intro Music:

"Shithouse" 2010 release from "A Collection of Songs for the Kings". Writer Josh Bond. Produced by Frank Charlton

Other Artists Mentioned:

Sanford and Son

Quincy Jones

Magnum PI

The Jeffersons

Cheers

Night Rider

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Dukes of Hazzard

Jeopardy

Mad Men

Ren & Stimpy

Doug

Threes Company

Full House

The Simpsons

Heathcliff

Wonder Years

Joe Cocker “With a Little Help From My Friends”

Marilyn Manson

Janet Jackson

Prince

Dave Grohl

U2 “Streets Have No Name”

Rolling Stones “Start Me Up”

Rolling Stones “Rough Justice”

Steven Segal

Hard to Kill

The Who

Whitney Houston

Marvin Gaye

Target

Trader Joe’s

Manfred Mann “Blinded By the Lights”

Sia

Billie Holliday

The Weeknd “I Can’t Feel My Face”

Backstreet Boys

Michael Jackson

Michael Jordan

Albert Einstein

Michael Jackson “Beat It”

Michael Jackson “Bad”

Michael Jackson “Man in the Mirror”

Stephen Colbert

Duran Duran “Rio”

Aha “Take On Me”

Rod Stewart “Young Turks”

The Rolling Stones

Jimmy Reed

Slate

Justin Timberlake

Madonna

Bruce Springstein

Prince

Ken Burns Country Music

Townes Van Zandt

Escape From LA

“Stand Back”

“Red Corvette”

“Blue Monday”

Flock of Seagulls

Siouxsie and the Banshees

Cocteau Twins

Pet Shop Boys “ West End Girls”

Rockwell “Somebody’s Watching Me”

Vitamin String Quartet

The Naked and the Famous

Major Lazer

Rosalia

Chromatics

Pentatonix