"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,^[1] and in 1970, which reached #86 on the chart.^[2]

Robert Plant released a version of the song as a single in 2002 that reached #27 on the rock chart.^[3] 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)