"I'd Rather Go Blind" is a blues song written by Ellington Jordan[2] with co-writing credits to Billy Foster and Etta James.
Etta James wrote in her autobiography Rage To Survive that she heard the song outlined by her friend Ellington "Fugi" Jordan when she visited him in prison.
[4] She then wrote the rest of the song with Jordan, but for tax reasons gave her songwriting credit to her partner at the time, Billy Foster, singer with doo-wop group The Medallions.
King, Elkie Brooks, Paul Weller, Trixie Whitley, Ruby Turner,[13] Marcia Ball, Barbara Lynn, and Beyoncé for the Cadillac Records film soundtrack.
[27] In 2018, Grace Potter recorded the song at FAME Studios for the tribute album Muscle Shoals...Small Town, Big Sound.