"Blind Man"is a song by Americanhard rockbandAerosmith.The song was written bySteven Tyler,Joe Perry,andTaylor Rhodes.It was first released as a single in the United Kingdom on October 24, 1994, as adouble A-sidewith "Crazy",then was issued in the United States by itself the following month.
"Blind Man" served as the first single from Aerosmith'sGeffen-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 1993–1994Get a Grip Tour.
The song was recorded in two separate sessions. The first session took place atPower Station,New York City in April 1994, and wasengineeredbyAdam Kasperwith 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]
The music video for the song was also one of the only songs from Aerosmith's Geffen era not released on the video collectionBig Ones You Can Look At.The live performance portions of the video were filmed during the day atThe SummitinHouston, Texasbefore Aerosmith's performance there on September 30, 1994. The video was directed byMarty Callner,and featured cameo appearances byPamela Andersonand A&R manJohn Kalodner.In 2009, drummerJoey Krameradmitted onThat Metal Showthat this is his least favorite Aerosmith video.
