Blinding Lights
The Weeknd
2019
Annual listening-list association, not an original-release-date field. Original release year reconciled with reviewed recording-specific Artist Essentials evidence in v3.6.
Release: 2019
Release: 2019Source checked
V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. The original recording's single metadata establishes 2019, before its later album or annual-list appearance. The later package year does not redate the selected single.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
Owner-supplied release annotations
Reported dates in 2019.html, 2019.html, 2020.html, 2021.html, 2022.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.
After Hours - original 2020 program and earlier 2019 singles
The original album retains Heartless and Blinding Lights as November 2019 releases before the 2020 album. In Your Eyes, Save Your Tears and the title recording use their original solo productions; later guest remixes are separate.
Former annual assignments retained as history
These appearances were removed from the main annual lists. They are not original release dates.
- 2021: older return
Inspiration and background
Supplied note - not independently verified
This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.
The song is influenced by 1980s synth-pop and explores themes of loneliness and longing.
Evidence scope: Attributed owner-supplied note; NOT independently verified songwriter testimony
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 2019.html, position 40
Original annotation, retained with an explicit unverified label
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Textual recording candidate, not an audio fingerprint or pressing-level verification.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Supplied annual selection; independent annual corroboration remains open
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Owner-supplied 2019.html
Supplied annual selection, not independently corroborated.
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