Blinding Lights

"Blinding Lights" is a song by the Canadian singer-songwriter the Weeknd. It was released on November 29, 2019, through XO and Republic Records, as the second single from his fourth studio album, After Hours (2020). The universally acclaimed song was written by the Weeknd, Swedish musicians Max Martin and Oscar Holter, and fellow Canadian musicians Belly and DaHeala, being produced by the former three.

The song topped the records charts in over 40 countries, including in the Weeknd's native Canada, where it became his fifth chart-topper on the Canadian Hot 100. In the United States, "Blinding Lights" topped the Billboard Hot 100 for four non-consecutive weeks, and went on to set new records as the song with most weeks spent in the top five and top ten, becoming the first song to hold a spot in the top ten for an entire year. It eventually broke the record for the longest-charting song on the Hot 100 of all time, spending 90 weeks on the chart. The song ended 2020 as Billboard's number-one song of the year, and on November 23, 2021 was named the number-one song of all time in Billboard Hot 100 history. On April 5, 2022, it was certified diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for selling more than ten million copies in the United States. Furthermore, it topped the charts in Australia, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, and the UK, in addition to many other countries around the world.

"Blinding Lights" was the best-selling global single of 2020, earning 2.72 billion subscription streams equivalents globally, according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), making it the Weeknd's most successful single worldwide to date. On Spotify, it surpassed Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You" to become the most streamed song of all time, and has since become the first song to surpass four billion streams in history. "Blinding Lights" has three official remixes: one by electronic band Chromatics, one by electronic dance music group Major Lazer, and one featuring singer-songwriter Rosalía. "Blinding Lights" has appeared in several video games since its release, including Fuser, NBA 2K21, Just Dance 2021, Beatstar and Fortnite Festival.