![]() The song came about because the record company felt he needed a single. There were a ton of references to friends, his youth experiences and even him getting sick. The song was very auto-biographical for Bruce. It took someone performing his song for him to get a #1 song…interesting considering how much he is acclaimed as being The Boss. ![]() ![]() And…it flopped! Manfred Mann’s version was released in 1977 and went all the way to #1 and I believe it was Bruce’s first #1 song and his only. off his 1973 debut album, Greeting From Asbury Park, N.J. For Bruce, it was his first single in the U.S. ![]() ![]() The Cover, we are going to explore the Bruce Springsteen song “Blinded by the Light” which was later covered by Manfred Mann’s Earth Band.
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