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Aug 29, 2009 Instrumental From The Track 'Blinded By The Lights' By 'The Streets'. Blinded By The Lights Acapella. The early 80s was a ripe period for high energy club cover versions of older 60s songs. This Lou Christie classic from 1966.

'Blinded by the Light' by from the album 'The Angel' Released February 1973 Recorded August–September 1972, Length 5: 06, Jim Cretecos singles chronology ' Blinded by the Light' (1973) ' (1973) ' Blinded by the Light' (1973) ' (1973) track listing Side one • ' Blinded by the Light' • ' • ' • ' • ' Side two • ' • ' • ' • ' 'Blinded by the Light' by from the album 'Starbird No. 2' Released August 6, 1976 Format Recorded 1976, Workhouse Studios,, Length 7: 08 (album version) 3:48 (single version) and Earth Band singles chronology ' (1975) ' Blinded by the Light' (1976) 'Questions' (1976) ' (1975) ' Blinded by the Light' (1976) 'Questions' (1976) track listing ' Blinded by the Light' (1) 'Singing the Dolphin Through' (2) Audio sample. Contents • • • • • • • • • History [ ] The song came about when president, upon listening to an early version of, felt the album lacked a potential single. Springsteen wrote this and ' in response. According to Springsteen, the song came about from going through a rhyming dictionary in search of appropriate words.

The first line of the song, 'Madman drummers, bummers, and Indians in the summers with a teenage diplomat' is autobiographical—'Madman drummers' is a reference to drummer, known as 'Mad Man' (later changed to 'Mad Dog'); 'Indians in the summer' refers to the name of Springsteen's old Little League team; 'teenage diplomat' refers to himself. [ ] The remainder of the song tells of many unrelated events, with the refrain of 'Blinded by the light, cut loose like a deuce, another runner in the night'. 'Blinded by the Light' was the first song on, and first from Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.

Springsteen's version was commercially unsuccessful and did not appear on the music charts. Cover versions and reissues [ ] released a version of the song on their 1976 album. Their version includes the ' melody played on piano near the end of the of the song. The track reached #1 on both the and the Canadian charts. Ricky Reed Is Real Zip Codes on this page. Manfred Mann's Earth Band's recording of 'Blinded by the Light' is Springsteen's only Number 1 single as a songwriter on the Hot 100. In 2002, act released its disco version of this song. A 'jazzified' version can be found on Springsteen's 2007 video and audio release, recorded with.

The song is used in the films and. Lyrics [ ] 's recording of the song changes the lyrics. The most prominent change is in the chorus, where Springsteen's 'cut loose like a ' is replaced with 'revved up like a deuce.' This is as 'wrapped up like a ' (the V sound in 'revved' is almost unpronounced, and the S sound in 'deuce' comes across as 'SH' due to a significant ).

The lyric is actually a reference to a hot rod 'deuce coupe'. Springsteen was fond of classic hot rods in his youth, hence the line 'revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night'. Springsteen himself has joked about the controversy, claiming that it was not until Manfred Mann rewrote the song to be about a that it became popular. Personnel [ ] Original version • – vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards • – drums, backing vocals • – saxophone, backing vocals with • – piano Manfred Mann's Earth Band cover • – organ, piano, keyboards, backing vocals • – bass • – guitar • – vocals, guitar • – drums, backing vocals with • – backing vocals • – backing vocals • Susanne Lynch – backing vocals Chart performance [ ]. • Buzzelli, Mike (April 26, 2010)... Archived from on June 2, 2010. Retrieved August 8, 2010.