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Bruce Springsteen

Blinded by the Light

1973 · via Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen wrote “Blinded by the Light” and put out the earliest release of it on file, in 1973. Also recorded by Manfred Mann’s Earth Band (released 1976), Michael Mind (released 2007) and Chris Thompson (released 1994), among 242 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

Bruce Springsteen – Blinded by the Light
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Plenty of people know "Blinded by the Light" from Manfred Mann’s Earth Band and never clock that Springsteen wrote it and put it out himself in 1973. Play his first, then theirs, and hear the same song turn into somebody else's.

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Credited writer: Bruce Springsteen.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1973.

Other recordings on file · first release year

242 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Bruce Springsteen wrote "Blinded by the Light" and released it first. Which band later recorded the version many listeners know without realizing it was his?Manfred Mann’s Earth Band
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