Song · Third Eye Blind
“Blinded (When I See You)” by Third Eye Blind
Released 2003
“Blinded (When I See You)” by Third Eye Blind appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2003. It was first released in 2003. Its best result is #75 on the Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2003. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #499 alternative song of 2003.
Third Eye Blind opened the Out of the Vein campaign in 2003 with "Blinded (When I See You)", the album's first single and its second track, sent out ahead of the record itself. Stephan Jenkins wrote it with Arion Salazar and Tony Fredianelli and produced it for Elektra, with Salazar and Jason Carmer as co-producers and Tom Lord-Alge on the mix.
The narrator is nobody's hero: he turns up at an ex's apartment and watches her through the bathroom door, and the band plays that fixation as taut, radio-bright alternative rock. Entertainment Weekly's Tom Sinclair caught a nod to the Who's "Pinball Wizard" in it. Reviews were positive, it reached number 34 on Billboard's Pop Songs chart, and it resurfaced on the 2006 compilation A Collection.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 75 | Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA | Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2003 | 105 |
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