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"Blinded by the Light" is a song written and recorded by Bruce Springsteen, which first appeared on his 1973 debut album Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. A cover by British rock band Manfred Mann's Earth Band reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States in February 1977 and was also a top ten hit in the United Kingdom, New ...
Blinded by the Light grossed $19.6 million worldwide. [ 2 ] In Canada and the United States, the film was released alongside Where'd You Go, Bernadette , 47 Meters Down: Uncaged and Good Boys , and was projected to gross around $4 million from 2,307 cinemas in its opening weekend. [ 13 ]
He co-wrote the song with Harold Faltermeyer. A year later, in 1990, Thompson worked again with Faltermeyer in writing the 1990 song for Wimbledon, Hold the Dream by Franzisca. Also in 1989, Thompson recorded the single "This Is The Moment" as the official theme song for the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland. [10]
The song was immediately prohibited from being played on RTÉ stations [1] or was severely restricted, [2] sources vary. Despite that, the song sold 12,000 single records in the first week of release, taking it to the number one position in the Irish Singles Chart on 22 November 1973, and held that position for four weeks, [1] until it was replaced by Slade's Merry Christmas Everybody.
The Earth Band combines the stylistic approach of progressive rock with Mann's jazz-influenced Moog synthesizer playing and emphasis on melody.Beside producing their own material, a staple of the band's music and live performances from the beginning has been also relying on covers of songs by other modern pop/rock artists, notably Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen, in their progressive rock style.
There were two pressings of this album available in the U.S. The original, shown here, and a reissue from 1977 with a blue cover which included "Spirit In The Night", another Springsteen song which had previously been released on Nightingales & Bombers and was now re-recorded with Chris Thompson taking lead vocals, in between "The Road to Babylon" and "This Side of Paradise".
Blinded by the Light" is a song by Bruce Springsteen. Blinded by the Light can also refer to: Blinded by the Light, a 1980 American film; Blinded by the Light, a 2019 British film; Blinded by the Lights, a song by Mike Skinner; Blinded by the Lights, a Polish TV series
One might make the case that both Blinded by the light and Rock 'n' Roll Is King have a similar fast-paced upbeat wah-wah-wah-wah! sound to it, but I guess that settles the similarities. --79.193.123.33 22:08, 19 July 2009 (UTC) Is there a reliable source that the song is commonly misattributed to ELO?