Can't Find My Way Home
| "Can't Find My Way Home" | |
|---|---|
 B-side of Australian release of "Well, All Right" | |
| Single by Blind Faith | |
| from the album Blind Faith | |
| A-side | "Well All Right" |
| Released | August 1969 |
| Recorded | London, Spring 1969 |
| Genre | Folk rock |
| Length | 3:16 |
| Label | Polydor |
| Songwriter | Steve Winwood |
| Producer | Jimmy Miller |
| Official audio | |
| "Can't Find My Way Home" on YouTube | |
"Can't Find My Way Home" is a song written by Steve Winwood that was first released by the English rock supergroup Blind Faith on their 1969 self-titled lone album. The song was also issued as a single B-side in some countries in 1969 and as an A-side, on the RSO label in the United States, in 1977.
Origin and meaning
[edit]Winwood appears to have never spoken publicly about the origin or meaning of the song. He has said that "When I write a song, I don't like to have to explain it afterwards. To me, it's like telling a joke, then having to explain it. The explanation doesn't add to the song at all." [1]
Winwood was 21 or younger when he wrote the song.[2]
Personnel
[edit]- Steve Winwood – vocals, guitars, keyboards
- Eric Clapton – guitars
- Ric Grech – bass guitar
- Ginger Baker – drums, percussion
Reception
[edit]Rolling Stone, in a review of the album, noted that the song featured "Ginger Baker's highly innovative percussion" and judged the lyric "...I'm wasted and I can't find my way home" to be "delightful".[3]
Cover versions
[edit]Eric Clapton tapped American actress and singer Yvonne Elliman to sing "Can't Find My Way Home" during his 1976 and 1977 concert tours.[4][5]
Ellen McIlwaine covered the song on her 1972 debut album Honky Tonk Angel. [6]
References
[edit]- ^ p150, DeMain, Bill (16 April 2001). "Behind the muse : pop and rock's greatest songwriters talk about their work and inspiration". Cranberry Township, PA : Tiny Ripple Books – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Song released August 1969, Winwood dob 12 May 1948
- ^ Morthland, John, Rolling Stone, 6 September 1969, page 28.
- ^ Harrison, Ed (11 December 1976). "Talent in Action". Billboard. Vol. 88, no. 50. p. 25. ISSN 0006-2510.
- ^ "Yvonne Elliman - Can't Find My Way Home". 29 May 2013. Archived from the original on 12 December 2021 – via www.youtube.com.
- ^ "Ellen McIlwaine - Can't Find My Way Home". Discogs.com.
External links
[edit]- Blind Faith at 45cat.com
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