About Blinding Lights

"Blinding Lights" is a song by Canadian singer The Weeknd that serves as the second single of his upcoming fourth studio album. It was released on November 29, 2019, two days after the release of "Heartless". The Weeknd wrote and produced the song with its producers Max Martin and Oscar Holter, with Belly and Jason Quenneville receiving additional writing credits. The song reached number one in Germany, Israel, Netherlands, Norway and Sweden in 2020.

After having been absent from social media for five months, the singer returned to Instagram on November 20, 2019 and posted six days later on November 26, 2019. He previously announced a project titled Chapter VI in June 2019. On November 24, 2019, a Mercedes Benz commercial first aired on German TV featuring a clip of "Blinding Lights". It shows The Weeknd driving the EQC electric SUV and asking the system to play his new song. The full-length version of the commercial will premier on November 29, alongside the single. In the days after, he took to social media to announce his return to music with the captions "the fall starts tomorrow night" and "Tonight we start a new brain melting psychotic chapter! Let's go!".

"Blinding Lights" debuted and peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 on the issue dated 14 December 2019. However, on the issue dated 21 December 2019, "Blinding Lights" fell 41 places to number 52, more than "Heartless", which debuted at number 32, climbed to number-one the following week, but fell 16 places to number 17 on its third week.

On the Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart, the song debuted at number two, where it was blocked from the top spot by The Weeknd's own "Heartless". The song also became Tesfaye's second entry on the chart and is his second single to make the Top 100.

In the singer's native Canada, "Blinding Lights" reached number two on the Canadian Hot 100, one place higher than "Heartless". In the United Kingdom, the song reached number 10.