"Colorblind " is a song by

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band

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. Written by band members

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and

Charlie Gillingham Charles Thomas Gillingham (born January 26, 1960) is a keyboardist and multi-instrumentalist best known for his performance on the Hammond B-3 organ, accordion, piano, and keyboards for the band Counting Crows. He has also played the bass guitar ...

for their third album ''

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'' (1999), production was helmed by

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and David Lowery. It was prominently featured in the 1999 drama film ''

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'' starring

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, and

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, and has since been

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by various artists, including

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(who were named after a section of lyrics in the song "Ghost Train" from the first Counting Crows album ''

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''),

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(for '' Hurt: The EP''), and

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. A choral cover recorded by

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was also featured in the TV series ''

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'' (Season 2, Episode 5, "''The World Of Tomorrow''").

Charts

Weekly charts

Leona Lewis version

In December 2011,

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recording artist

released a three-track

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entitled '' Hurt: The EP'', which included a

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of "Colorblind" as well as two other covers. Lewis re-recorded an acoustic version of the song for inclusion on the deluxe edition of her third studio album ''

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'' (2012).

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served as the song's producer.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Colorblind (Counting Crows Song) 1999 songs Counting Crows songs Leona Lewis songs Song recordings produced by Fraser T. Smith Songs written by Adam Duritz Songs written by Charlie Gillingham Songs written by David Bryson Songs written by David Immerglück Songs written by Dan Vickrey