Colorblind (Counting Crows song)
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{{Infobox song
| name = Colorblind
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| type = song
| artist = Counting Crows
| album = This Desert Life
| released = 1999
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| length = {{duration|m=3|s=23}}
| label = Geffen
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| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|DayCEWCRuws|"Colorblind"}}|header=Audio video|type=song}}
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"Colorblind" is a song by American rock band Counting Crows. Written by band members Adam Duritz and Charlie Gillingham for their third album This Desert Life (1999),{{Cite web |url=http://countingcrows.com/site/wp-content/uploads/1999/11/Cover-8.jpg |title=Archived copy |access-date=2020-08-13 |archive-date=2015-09-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910053054/http://countingcrows.com/site/wp-content/uploads/1999/11/Cover-8.jpg |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/this-desert-life-mw0000256890|title=This Desert Life - Counting Crows | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|website=AllMusic}} production was helmed by Dennis Herring and David Lowery. It was prominently featured in the 1999 drama film Cruel Intentions starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon, and Selma Blair,{{cite web|url=https://www.eonline.com/photos/27224/20-secrets-about-cruel-intentions-you-probably-forgot/915412|title=20 Secrets About Cruel Intentions You Probably Forgot|date=|accessdate=13 May 2020|publisher=E!}} and has since been covered by various artists, including Between the Buried and Me{{cite web|url=https://www.adn.com/culture/article/alaska-bound-last/2011/10/07/|title=Alaska-bound - at last|date=7 October 2011|accessdate=13 May 2020|first=Matt|last=Sullivan|work=Anchorage Daily News}} (who were named after a section of lyrics in the song "Ghost Train" from the first Counting Crows album August and Everything After), Leona Lewis (for Hurt: The EP), and Natalie Walker.{{cite web|url=https://www.voxmagazine.com/music/natalie-walker-releases-spark/article_4c337651-b31e-556f-9bb2-4ed7f9e89f35.html|title=Natalie Walker releases Spark|first=Rachel|last=Post|date=21 June 2011|accessdate=13 May 2020|work=Vox}} A choral cover recorded by Scala & Kolacny Brothers was also featured in the TV series Manhattan (season 2, episode 5, "The World of Tomorrow").
Charts
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| {{single chart|France|144|publisher=Lescharts.com. Hung Medien|artist=Counting Crows|song=Colorblind|accessdate=2015-08-09|rowheader=true}} |
Leona Lewis version
{{further|Hurt: The EP}}
In December 2011, British recording artist Leona Lewis released a three-track extended play entitled Hurt: The EP, which included a cover version of "Colorblind" as well as two other covers.{{cite book|title=The Story of NOW That's What I Call Music in 100 Artists|first=Michael|last=Mulligan|page=151|year=2018|location=London, England|publisher=Trapeze}} Lewis re-recorded an acoustic version of the song for inclusion on the deluxe edition of her third studio album Glassheart (2012). Fraser T Smith served as the song's producer.
References
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External links
- {{YouTube|uA4C5z0oSc0|Leona Lewis – "Colorblind" (official live acoustic video)}}
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Category:Song recordings produced by Fraser T. Smith
Category:Songs written by Adam Duritz
Category:Songs written by Charlie Gillingham
Category:Songs written by David Bryson