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Blinded By The Light (3:47)
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“Blinded by the Light” is a song written and originally recorded by Bruce Springsteen. It is best known for a #1 hit version recorded by Manfred Mann’s Earth Band.
History
“Blinded by the Light” was the first song on, and first single from, Bruce Springsteen’s 1973 debut album Greetings From Asbury Park N.J.. Springsteen’s version was initially unsuccessful, and failed to appear on the music charts.
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band released a version of the song on their album The Roaring Silence. The song reached #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 on 19 February 1977 and #1 on the Canadian RPM chart the same day. Manfred Mann’s Earth Band recording of “Blinded by the Light” is Springsteen’s only Number 1 single as a songwriter on the Hot 100.
The song is notable for lead vocalist Chris Thompson’s garbled enunciation, especially of the phrase “revved up like a deuce” which has led many fans to interpret it as “wrapped up like a douche”. The original Springsteen lyric is neither of the above, instead being “cut loose like a deuce”. Springsteen once attributed the popularity of the Manfred Mann version partially to Thompson’s enunciation.
A ska version can be found on Springsteen’s Live In Dublin album, recorded with the Sessions Band.
Lyrics
Springsteen wrote “Blinded by the Light” after most of the others on Greetings were finished and is also one of the few songs for which Springsteen wrote the words before arranging the music. The song itself contains many lyrical (and therefore obscure) references such as:
History
“Blinded by the Light” was the first song on, and first single from, Bruce Springsteen’s 1973 debut album Greetings From Asbury Park N.J.. Springsteen’s version was initially unsuccessful, and failed to appear on the music charts.
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band released a version of the song on their album The Roaring Silence. The song reached #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 on 19 February 1977 and #1 on the Canadian RPM chart the same day. Manfred Mann’s Earth Band recording of “Blinded by the Light” is Springsteen’s only Number 1 single as a songwriter on the Hot 100.
The song is notable for lead vocalist Chris Thompson’s garbled enunciation, especially of the phrase “revved up like a deuce” which has led many fans to interpret it as “wrapped up like a douche”. The original Springsteen lyric is neither of the above, instead being “cut loose like a deuce”. Springsteen once attributed the popularity of the Manfred Mann version partially to Thompson’s enunciation.
A ska version can be found on Springsteen’s Live In Dublin album, recorded with the Sessions Band.
Lyrics
Springsteen wrote “Blinded by the Light” after most of the others on Greetings were finished and is also one of the few songs for which Springsteen wrote the words before arranging the music. The song itself contains many lyrical (and therefore obscure) references such as:
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SASSYSTEPH09 wrote:
Some silicone sister with a manager mister told me I go what it takes She said "I'll turn you on sonny to something strong, play the song with the funky break"!!!
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SASSYSTEPH09 wrote:
wow i learn something every day.. i think i will always say douche.. old habbits
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bojay wrote:
Always thought it was douche but I was wrong, it's deuce....
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Stroudle wrote:
Is it douche or deuce??? You would not believe how many hours my friends and I argued about that while out for lunch.
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traubster wrote:
Mama always told me not to look into the eyes of the sun. But mama, that's where the fun is!
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checkonfitz wrote:
???
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KathyRockett wrote:
OH MY GOD! I'M SO EXCITED! I forgot this song existed and LastFm Radio Brang it back to me. THANK YOU LASTFM! <3
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bloodshotforget wrote:
Wrapped up like a Deuce. Every where I go.......thought I was going to lead some places......Some bloodshot forget-me-not.........
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itchycooGoGo wrote:
it doesnt get much better than songs as fab as this one.......................♥
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checkonfitz wrote:
What is that line"-----------another runner in the night"?
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GregQ2K wrote:
Damn, this one brings back a ton of memories.
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euriante wrote:
This group had a good concert in Moscow.
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kemming wrote:
great music
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maramaranatha wrote:
I like this version.
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hirn232 wrote:
Vielfach gecovert ... aber immernoch was Besonderes!
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zimmerlinde wrote:
das bringt mich immer zum lächeln, schön
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retroguy wrote:
Rev'ed up like some douche in the middle of the night. - C'mon, admit it, you screamed that at the top of your lungs as a kid thinking that was exactly what the lyrics were.
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malungo100 wrote:
klasse ღ ♫ღ
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nolanlewis wrote:
I know it's deuce but sounds like revved up like a douche lol
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traubster wrote:
Better than the Springsteen version.
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