Darkness, Darkness

"Darkness, Darkness" is a song written by Jesse Colin Young in 1969, which has been covered by many artists. Young's band The Youngbloods released a version on their 1969 album Elephant Mountain. They released a version of the song as a single twice: in 1969, which reached #124 on the Billboard chart, and in 1970, which reached #86 on the chart.

Robert Plant released a version of the song as a single in 2002 that reached #27 on the rock chart. It was featured on his 2002 album Dreamland.

Cover versions

 * 1969 Gloria Loring on the album ... And Now We Come To Distances
 * 1971 Mott the Hoople on the album Brain Capers
 * 1972 Phil Upchurch on the album Darkness, Darkness
 * 1976 Iain Matthews on the album Go for Broke, also included on Matthews' compilation Discreet Repeat (1981)
 * 1980 Eric Burdon on the album Darkness Darkness
 * 1994 Richie Havens on the album Cuts to the Chase
 * 1994 Screaming Trees on the True Lies Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Epic Records)
 * 1995 Golden Earring on the album Love Sweat
 * 1996 Heidi Berry on the album Miracle
 * 1997 Richard Shindell on the album Reunion Hill
 * 2001 Elliott Murphy and Iain Matthews on the album La Terre Commune
 * 2002 Solas on the album The Edge of Silence
 * 2002 Robert Plant on the album Dreamland
 * 2004 Cowboy Junkies on the 'neath Your Covers, Part 1, a bonus disc to their album One Soul Now
 * 2007 Ann Wilson on the album Hope & Glory (with sister Nancy Wilson)
 * 2009 Helium Vola on the album Für Euch, die Ihr liebt
 * 2018 Escondido, featured on This Is Us season 3 episode 4, as well as the original version
 * 2023 William Tyler (musician) and Kieran Hebden on the EP 'Darkness Darkness/No Service'

Other credits

 * 1983: appeared in the film Purple Haze
 * 1993: appeared in the opening credits of the film Jack the Bear
 * 2003: played during the credits of the film Ghosts of the Abyss (by Lisa Torban)
 * 2005: played during the ending credits of the film The Devil's Rejects
 * 2015: played (in part) during the ending credits of episode 11 of Bloodline
 * 2018: played on the opening scene of This Is Us season 3 episode 4 (the cover by Escondido was played at the end of the same episode)