Can't Find My Way Home
| "Can't Find My Way Home" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Blind Faith | |
| from the album Blind Faith | |
| Released | August 1969 |
| Recorded | London, Spring 1969 |
| Genre | Folk rock |
| Length | 3:16 |
| Label | Polydor |
| Songwriter(s) | Steve Winwood |
| Producer(s) | Jimmy Miller |
"Can't Find My Way Home" is a song written by Steve Winwood which was first released by Blind Faith on their 1969 album Blind Faith. Rolling Stone, in a review of the album, noted that the song featured "Ginger Baker's highly innovative percussion" and judged the lyric "And I'm wasted and I can't find my way home" to be "delightful".[1]
Cover versions
- Sound Factory – Sound Factory (1970)
- Gilberto Gil – Gilberto Gil (Nêga) (1971)
- Jeff St John's Copperwine – Joint Effort (1971)[2]
- Ellen McIlwaine – Honky Tonk Angel (1972)
- Yvonne Elliman – Yvonne Elliman (1972)
- Mama Lion – "Preserve Wildlife" (1972)
- Bonnie Bramlett – Memories (1978)
- Torch Song – Ecstasy (1986)
- Swans – The Burning World (1989)[3]
- Jarboe – Thirteen Masks
- House of Lords – Sahara (1990)
- Joe Cocker – Night Calls (1991) (also Organic (1996))
- Spin 1ne 2wo – Spin 1ne 2wo (1993)
- Elkie Brooks – Circles (1995)
- Yasuko Agawa – Echoes (1996)
- Don Ross – Loaded, Leather, Moonroof (1997)
- Alana Davis – The Mod Squad motion picture soundtrack (1999)
- Electronic – Twisted Tenderness (1999)
- Pat Green and Cory Morrow – Songs We Wish We'd Written (2001)
- Alison Krauss – Crossing Jordan television soundtrack (2003)
- BigBang – Radio Radio TV Sleep (2003)
- Carl Dixon – One Voice Two Hands (2003)
- Widespread Panic – Über Cobra (2004)
- Styx – Big Bang Theory (2005)
- Mig Ayesa – MiG (2007)
- Henning Stærk – Old Time Rocker (2009)
- Black Label Society – The Song Remains Not the Same (2011)
- Bonnie Raitt – The Lost Broadcast—Philadelphia 1972 (2011, recorded 1972)[4]
- Neal Morse, Mike Portnoy, and Randy George – Cover to Cover (2006)
- Sneaker Pimps – Hits and Singles (2010)
- Nathan East – Nathan East (2014)[5]
- John Wetton – New York Minute (2015)
- Ryan Quinn – The Voice 2016 Blind Audition-Can't Find My Way Home (2016)
- Haley Reinhart – What's That Sound? (2017)
- Rachael Price "Live From Here" (2018)[6]
In pop culture
 | This section contains a list of miscellaneous information. (May 2017) |
- Eureka – Season 1, Episode 12 – "Once in a Lifetime".
- Supernatural – Season 1, Episode 13 – "Route 666"
- Supernatural – Season 9, Episode 23 – "Do You Believe in Miracles" (incorrectly credited in closed captions to Eric Clapton)
- Fringe – Season 2, Episode 1 – "A New Day in the Old Town".
- Californication – Season 3, Episode 5 – “Slow Happy Days”.
- Fandango – end of movie, credit roll.
- The Brink – Season 1, Episode 7 – "Sticky Wicket", credit roll.
- This Is Us – Season 1, Episode 2 – "The Big Three"
- Crossing Jordan (2003)
- Taking Woodstock (2009) – Ending Scene; Crowd Leaving Woodstock / Credit Roll 1st half.
- Prime Suspect: Tennison (2017) – Season 1 Episode 1 Opening Scenes
- A Home at the End of the World (2004)
- S.W.A.T. – Season 3, Episode 5 (2019) – “The LBC”
- 21 Jump Street – Season 3, Episode 9 (1989) – "Swallowed Alive"
Personnel
- Steve Winwood – vocals, guitars, keyboards
- Eric Clapton – guitars
- Ric Grech – bass guitar
- Ginger Baker – drums, percussion
References
- ^ Morthland, John, Rolling Stone, 6 September 1969, page 28.
- ^ "Jeff St John's Copperwine – Joint Effort". Discogs. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ "Swans official website – Can't Find My Way Home". Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ "CD Album: Bonnie Raitt – The Lost Broadcast – Philadelphia 1972 (2010)". Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ "Nathan East – Star Sideman in the Spotlight". www.nathaneast.com. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- ^ "Can't Find My Way Home (Blind Faith) – Rachael Price". Live from Here. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2019 – via YouTube.
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