who originally sang blinded by the light?

Question

cut up like a duece another runner in the night...

Answer 1

Bruce Springsteen
It was originally released as the first track on his first album, Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. (1973).

Manfred Mann's Earth Band redid it in '77.

Answer 2

Bruce Springsteen originally, but covered (and made very popular) by Manfred Mann's Earth Band.

The Manfred Mann version is one of the best cover versions of any song ever. It stands alone as a separate song, based on (but not relying on) the original.

I'm not a big Springsteen fan, but ironically, my other favorite cover song is also a version of a Bruce Springsteen song, The Ghost of Tom Joad by Rage Against The Machine.

Answer 3

Manfred Mann's Earth Band

Answer 4

Originally written by Bruce Springsteen in the early '70s.
I think Manfred Mann's version got further in the charts.

Answer 5

"Blinded by the Light" is a song written and originally recorded by Bruce Springsteen. It was originally released as the first track on his first album, Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. (1973); as the first single from that album it was a dud, failing to chart, although the track later gained airplay on progressive rock radio. It then attained its greatest success when it was remade by Manfred Mann's Earth Band, whose version reached Number 1 on Billboard's Hot 100 in 1977. As of 2006, the Manfred Mann recording of "Blinded by the Light" is still Springsteen's only Number 1 single as a songwriter on the Hot 100.

Answer 6

It is originally a Bruce tune, but for those of us old enough to remember this song on the radio when we were kids, the popular version was indeed Manfred Mann's.

Answer 7

Bruce Springsteen.

Answer 8

Manfred Man

Answer 9

Manfred Mann did it in the 70's and Bruce wrote it

Answer 10

The Boss.. Bruce Springsteen...first song on his first album, Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J....not the greatest album he ever made, but a great track to start a career with...