"Sweet Blindness" is a song written by Laura Nyro, released in 1968, and included on her Eli and the Thirteenth Confession.
The song ends with a piano riff associated with Count Basie before the brass holds a long jazzy cadenza.
It was featured on their 1968 album Stoned Soul Picnic.
[2] The song was produced by Bones Howe and arranged by Bill Holman, Bob Alcivar, Ray Pohlman, and Howe.
Outside the US, "Sweet Blindness" went to #15 in Canada and #19 in Australia.