"Blind Faith" is the third single from British

United Kingdom

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 drum and bass

Drum and bass

Drum and bass is a type of electronic music which emerged in the late 1980s. The genre is characterized by fast breakbeats , with heavy bass and sub-bass lines...

 duo Chase & Status

Chase & Status

Chase & Status are an electronic music production duo from London consisting of Saul Milton and Will Kennard. MC Rage & Andy Gangadeen also make up the live band.-2003-2005:...

 to be released from their second studio album No More Idols

No More Idols

No More Idols is the second album by British production duo Chase & Status, released on 28 January 2011. No More Idols marks the first major full-length release by Chase & Status since their debut album More Than Alot three years prior; a period in which the group signed a major management deal...

. The single features vocals from Liam Bailey

Liam Bailey

Liam Bailey is an English musician who has released two EPs; So Down, Cold and 2am Rough Tracks; Bailey also appeared on the Chase & Status single "Blind Faith" which was released on 24 January 2011 in the United Kingdom, where it debuted at number five...

 and was released on 21 January 2011. The single reached number 5 in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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. The song features sampled vocals from Loleatta Holloway

Loleatta Holloway

Loleatta Holloway was an American singer, mainly known for disco songs such as "Hit and Run" and "Love Sensation", both of which have been sampled extensively.-Biography:...

's 1980 disco hit "Love Sensation

Love Sensation

"Love Sensation" is the title of a 1980 song performed by American R&B singer Loleatta Holloway, taken from her album of the same name. The song was produced and written by Dan Hartman, arranged by Norman Harris, and mixed by Tom Moulton. It was a hit on the U.S...

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"Blind Faith" is featured on the soundtrack of the rallying video game Dirt 3

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Music video

The music video for "Blind Faith" appeared on YouTube

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 on 9 December 2010.

It is set during the illegal warehouse rave era of the early 1990s

Critical reception

Robert Copsey of Digital Spy

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 Blog gave the song a positive review stating:

Long before Britney knocked us for six with that head-spinning dubstep breakdown on her comeback hit, Chase & Status had a few startling syncopated moments of their own, you know. In fact, we could happily spend the weekend drawing up a neat 'Six Degrees Of Dubstep' table to show how, two years since the London duo's debut, the genre's gone from scuzzy underground raves to the sound of choice for pop's A-listers.

Of course, there are no double entendres or Spears-style vocal trickery here - just a straight-up grime/dance crossover cut that's both thumpingly energetic and beautifully uplifiting. Guest crooner Liam Bailey's soulful vocals are both soaring and cinematic, while the Yolanda Quartey-helmed chorus sounds like a million '90s club classics rolled into one. Seventeen spins on, it's got us as excited as a Grandad-on-viagra for tonight's dancefloor debauchery..

Track listing

Chart performance

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Chart (2011)	Peak position

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
United Kingdom	21 January 2011	Digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...	Mercury Records Mercury Records Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Motown Music Group in the US; both are subsidiaries of Universal Music Group. There is also a Mercury Records in Australia, which is a local artist and repertoire division of Universal...