Blindfold Me

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"Blindfold Me"

Single by Kelis featuring Nas
from the album Kelis Was Here
Released	October 2006 (U.S.)
Format	Digital download, CD single, 12" single
Recorded	2005
Genre	Hip-hop
Length	4:20
Label	Jive
Writer(s)	Sean Garrett, Nasir Jones, Kelis Rogers Jones
Producer(s)	Polow Da Don, Sean Garrett
Chart positions
#91 (U.S. Hip-Hop/R&B)
Kelis U.S. singles chronology
"Bossy" (2006)	"Blindfold Me" (2006)	"Trilogy" (2007)
Kelis Europe singles chronology
"Lil' Star (2007)	"Blindfold Me" (2007)
Nas singles chronology
"Road to Zion" (2005)	"Blindfold Me" (2006)	"Hip Hop Is Dead" (2006)

"Blindfold Me" is the second single from Kelis's 2006 album Kelis Was Here. The single features her husband Nas and was released in early October 2006 (see 2006 in music).

The track was produced by Polow Da Don (who is well-known for producing hits for The Pussycat Dolls or Black Eyed Peas' Fergie). The Nas-featured version of the song was chosen for the single version, and is featured only in the international version of Kelis Was Here, since the US version has the no-rap version.

"Blindfold Me" was not released as a physical single, due to unknown reasons, and was instead sent to radio stations as a promotional record. After Jive decided not to release the single, Virgin, her European label, decided to release the Cee-Lo-produced & featured "Lil' Star".

"Blindfold Me" had been getting considerably heavy radio play on European radio. Mostly, over Italia (where landed at #8 on the Italian Top 20 Summer) and Albania (#4 on the Albanian Top 50 Radio Hip-Hop). The song has also charted at #1 on the Australian Radio Metro charts on January 1st and has been on the countdown for 3 months which led up to lift "Kelis Was Here" in Australia to reach Gold status.

[edit] Track listings and formats

CD single

Blindfold Me (Single Version featuring Nas)
Blindfold Me (Album Version)
Blindfold Me (Instrumental)
Blindfold Me (A Capella)
Blindfold Me (CD-ROM Video)

12" Single

Side A:

Blindfold Me (Main)
Blindfold Me (Instrumental)

Side B:

Blindfold Me (Main)
Blindfold Me (A Capella)

[edit] Video

Kelis & Nas in the kidnap scene from the music video.

(Shot in September 2006 at Los Angeles; directed by Marc Klasfeld, produced by Rockhard Films Co.)

The raunchy and sexy video for "Blindfold Me", which was directed by Marc Klasfeld -who previously worked with Kelis on "Bossy" earlier that year-, sees Kelis being kidnapped and blindfolded by husband Nas, all wrapped up in an extremely sexual atmosphere, relating to the song's theme. It premiered on BET's Access Granted on September 6, 2006.