Written by: The Traveling Wilburys
Recorded: May 1988
Producers: George Harrison, Jeff Lynne
Released: 25 October 1988
Available on:
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1
Personnel
Nelson Wilbury (George Harrison): vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar
Otis Wilbury (Jeff Lynne): vocals, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, keyboards
Lefty Wilbury (Roy Orbison): vocals, acoustic guitar
Lucky Wilbury (Bob Dylan): acoustic guitar
Charlie T Wilbury Jr (Tom Petty): vocals, acoustic guitar
Jim Horn: saxophone
Buster Sidebury (Jim Keltner): drums
Ray Cooper: percussion
‘Heading For The Light’ is the seventh song on Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1.
The song was mainly written by George Harrison, with lead vocals by Harrison and Jeff Lynne.
‘Heading For The Light’ was released as a single in West Germany, on 12″ vinyl and compact disc. The b-sides were ‘Rattled’ and ‘Last Night’.
It was also considered for release in the USA, but was eventually issued only as a promotional single. It reached number 7 on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart, based on radio play.
