Can't Find My Way Home
{{short description|1969 song by Blind Faith}}
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{{Infobox song
| name = Can't Find My Way Home
| image = Cant find my way home by blind faith Australian single side-B.png
| alt = Side-B label by Polydor Records
| caption = B-side of Australian release of "Well, All Right"
| type = Single
| artist = Blind Faith
| album = Blind Faith
| released = {{Start date|df=yes|1969|08}}
| format =
| recorded = London, Spring 1969
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Folk rock
| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=16}}
| label = Polydor
| writer = Steve Winwood
| producer = Jimmy Miller
| misc = {{External music video|header=Official audio|{{YouTube|IDvjlvcJzgc|"Can't Find My Way Home"}}}}
}}
"Can't Find My Way Home" is a song written by Steve Winwood that was first released by Blind Faith on their 1969 album Blind Faith. The song was also issued as a single B-side in some countries in 1969 and as an A-side, on the RSO label in the United States, in 1977.
Origin and meaning
Winwood appears to have never spoken publicly about the origin or meaning of the song. He has said that "When I write a song, I don't like to have to explain it afterwards. To me, it's like telling a joke, then having to explain it. The explanation doesn't add to the song at all."
Winwood was 21 or younger when he wrote the song.Song released August 1969, Winwood dob 12 May 1948
Personnel
- Steve Winwood – vocals, guitars, keyboards
- Eric Clapton – guitars
- Ric Grech – bass guitar
- Ginger Baker – drums, percussion
Reception
Rolling Stone, in a review of the album, noted that the song featured "Ginger Baker's highly innovative percussion" and judged the lyric "...I'm wasted and I can't find my way home" to be "delightful".Morthland, John, Rolling Stone, 6 September 1969, page 28.
Cover versions
The song has been covered by musicians and bands of different genres, often in the style of the original.
One of the earliest to cover the track was Eric Clapton who tapped Yvonne Elliman to sing the song during his 1976–77 concert tours.{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BiUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT25 |page=25 |title=Talent in Action |last=Harrison |first=Ed |date=11 December 1976 |magazine=Billboard |volume=88 |number=50 |issn=0006-2510 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NldjjmzDUfE |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/NldjjmzDUfE| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Yvonne Elliman - Can't Find My Way Home|via=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}
American blues guitarist Bonnie Raitt sang the song during her 1972 concert series.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/ultrasonic-studios-1972-mw0002666635|title=Ultrasonic Studios, 1972 - Lowell George, Bonnie Raitt |via=www.allmusic.com}} A bootleg recording with Raitt, Lowell George, John P. Hammond and Freebo has more than five million views on YouTube.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4tJiyU_gjY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/x4tJiyU_gjY| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Can't Find My Way Home - Bonnie Raitt & Lowell George & John Hammond Jr & Freebo|via=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}
In 1989, American band Swans covered the song in their album The Burning World with Jarboe providing the vocals.{{Citation |title=Swans - Can't Find My Way Home |date=1989 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/494304-Swans-Cant-Find-My-Way-Home |access-date=2025-02-07 |language=en}}
Two notable versions have been heard on screen: one by American singer Alana Davis in 1999's The Mod Squad film,{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6A0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22 |page=22 |title=Soundtracks |last=Olson |first=Karen Applefeld |date=13 March 1999 |magazine=Billboard |volume=111 |number=11 |issn=0006-2510 }} and another by American bluegrass singer Alison Krauss for the 2003 soundtrack of Crossing Jordan, a television series.{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gg0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA29 |page=29 |title=Reviews & Previews |last=Paoletta |first=Michael |date=19 April 2003 |magazine=Billboard |volume=115 |number=16 |issn=0006-2510 }}
In 2018, Australian-American singer Rachael Price covered the song on Live from Here with Chris Thile on mandolin.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nonesuch.com/journal/watch-lake-street-dive-rachael-price-performs-live-here-chris-thile-2018-12-03|title=Watch: Lake Street Dive's Rachael Price Performs on "Live From Here with Chris Thile" - Nonesuch Records|website=Nonesuch Records Official Website|date=3 December 2018 }}
References
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External links
- [https://www.45cat.com/artist/blind-faith/all Blind Faith] at 45cat.com
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Category:Songs written by Steve Winwood
Category:British folk rock songs
Category:Song recordings produced by Jimmy Miller
Category:Polydor Records singles
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