Blinded By The Light

About Blinded By The Light

"Blinded by the Light" is a song written and originally recorded by New Jersey based singer/songwriter Bruce Springsteen. It was the first song on, and first single from, Springsteen's debut album Greetings from Asbury Park N.J. (1973).

Springsteen's version was initially unsuccessful, and failed to appear on the music charts, though it did later gain airplay on progressive rock radio.

A version of the song recorded by Manfred Mann's Earth Band was a major hit, reaching #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 on 19 February 1977. As of 2008, the Manfred Mann's Earth Band recording of "Blinded by the Light" is still Springsteen's only Number 1 single as a songwriter on the Hot 100. The song is notable for the singers garbled pronunciation, especially of the word "deuce" which has led many fans to interpret it as douche. Springsteen himself has attributed the popularity of the Manfred Mann version partially to this pronunciation.