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Bruce Springsteen’s cover of Blinded By The Light (Remastered Full Hi-Def) is performed by Manfred Mann’s Earth Band from their 1976 album The Roaring Silence. The track reached No. 1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Canadian RPM charts. Manfred Mann’s Earth Band’s recording of “Blinded by the Light“ is Springsteen’s only No. 1 single as a songwriter on the Hot 100; his highest-charting single as a solo performer was “Dancing in the Dark“ in 1984, which reached No. 2 on the Hot 100, and his only No. 1 was a part of the USA for Africa ensemble that recorded “We Are the World“. Lyrics: Manfred Mann’s Earth Band’s recording of the song changes the lyrics. The most prominent change is in the chorus, where Springsteen’s “cut loose like a deuce“ is replaced with “revved up like a deuce.“ The lyric is a reference to the 1932 V8-powered Ford automobile, which enthusiasts dubbed the “deuce coupe“. Springsteen was fo
