The Wallflowers: One Headlight

‘One Headlight’ is the second single from The Wallflowers' 1996 album, 'Bringing Down the Horse.' Singer/Songwriter Jakob Dylan said "I tend to write with a lot of metaphors and images, so people take them literally."

The song's meaning is all in the first verse. It's about the death of ideas. The lyrics tell a fragmentary story about a fictional friend and her death. One of Jakob's battles revolved around the lack of emotional and creative support outside the team directly involved in the record. ‘with one headlight’ is a statement about his ability to get through, despite the missing pieces.

‘One Headlight’ won two Grammys in 1998, making #54 on the U.K. singles charts and #1 on the U.S. Modern Rock Tracks chart. Want an obscure fact? the bands self titled debut album sold just 40,000 copies following it's release in 1992, but sold an additional 1 million copies in the wake of this single.