"Blind Man" is a song by American
hard rock band
Aerosmith. The song was written by
Steven Tyler,
Joe Perry, and
Taylor Rhodes. It was first released as a single in the United Kingdom on October 24, 1994, as a
double A-side with "
Crazy", then was issued in the United States by itself the following month.
"Blind Man" served as the first single from Aerosmith's
Geffen-era compilation album, Big Ones, one of three songs from the record not previously released on any Aerosmith studio album. Despite the song's moderate success, reaching the top 10 in Canada, Finland, and Norway, the band rarely performed it live after the 1993–1994
Get a Grip Tour.
Recording
The song was recorded in two separate sessions. The first session took place at
Power Station, New York City in April 1994, and was
engineered by
Adam Kasper with second engineering by Chris Albert. The second session took place at Capri Digital Studios,
Capri, Italy in June, and was also engineered by Adam Kasper, but the second engineer on that session was Max Carola.[1]
Music video
The music video for the song was also one of the only songs from Aerosmith's Geffen era not released on the video collection Big Ones You Can Look At. The live performance portions of the video were filmed during the day at
The Summit in
Houston, Texas before Aerosmith's performance there on September 30, 1994. The video was directed by
Marty Callner, and featured cameo appearances by
Pamela Anderson and A&R man
John Kalodner. In 2009, drummer
Joey Kramer admitted on That Metal Show that this is his least favorite Aerosmith video.