Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Blinded By The Light (1976 music video)

Manfred Mann's Earth Band released a version of the song on their album The Roaring Silence. Their album version includes the "Chopsticks" melody played on piano near the end of the bridge of the song. The single edit version of this song for pop music fans is shorter than the album version for progressive rock fans. The song reached #1 on both Billboard's Hot 100 and on the Canadian RPM chart on 19 February 1977. The Manfred Mann's Earth Band recording of "Blinded by the Light" is Springsteen's only Number 1 single as a songwriter on the Hot 100, which is considered to be a one-hit wonder of 1976. In 2002, Danish act Funkstar Deluxe released its disco version of this song. A "jazzified" version can be found on Springsteen's Live in Dublin album, recorded with the Sessions Band.

The song is featured in the films Blow and Running with Scissors.