“I Saw the Light” is a song written and performed by American musician Todd Rundgren, released as the opening track on his 1972 album Something/Anything? In the album’s liner notes, Rundgren mentions that he wanted the song to be the big hit, following the Motown habit of kicking off albums with something catchy and radio-friendly.
He wrote the song in just about twenty minutes—a burst of inspiration he credited to taking Ritalin at the time. As he later joked, the drug helped him churn out songs at lightning speed, even if the lyrics ended up with simple rhymes like “moon/June/spoon.”
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