![]() So, sitting in his bedroom with a rhyming dictionary, Bruce threw so many words together and came up with this beast. 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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