Blinded by the Light

~ Recording by Manfred Mann’s Earth Band

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleCountry/Date
Official
1.1Blinded by the Light7:09Manfred Mann’s Earth BandThe Roaring Silence (Jacksonville pressing)
  • 1976-08-30 US
1.1Blinded by the Light7:06Manfred Mann’s Earth BandThe Roaring Silence
1.1Blinded by the Light7:09Manfred Mann’s Earth BandThe Roaring Silence
1.1Blinded by the Light7:06Manfred Mann’s Earth BandThe Roaring Silence
1.1Blinded by the Light7:06Manfred Mann’s Earth BandThe Roaring Silence
1.1Blinded by the Light7:06Manfred Mann’s Earth BandThe Roaring Silence
1.1Blinded by the Light7:06Manfred Mann’s Earth BandThe Roaring Silence
  • 1987-10 XE
  • 1987-10 DE
1.5Blinded by the Light7:10Manfred Mann’s Earth BandHighs of the Seventies
1.5Blinded by the Light7:10Manfred Mann’s Earth BandHighs of the Seventies
1.17Blinded by the Light7:05Manfred Mann’s Earth BandHit History, Volume 22: 1976
  • 1990-07 NL
1.1Blinded by the Light7:06Manfred Mann’s Earth BandThe Roaring Silence
  • 1990-08-20 GB
1.14Blinded by the Light7:04Manfred Mann’s Earth BandPop Classics, Volume 1
  • 1990 -
1.10Blinded by the Light7:05Manfred Mann’s Earth BandPower Radio, Volume 2
1.1Blinded by the Light (extended version)7:05Manfred Mann’s Earth BandBlinded by the Light: The Very Best Of
2.9Blinded by the Light7:06Manfred Mann’s Earth BandPop Classics: The Long Versions, Volume 3
1.8Blinded by the Light7:07Manfred Mann’s Earth BandSpotlight: 1971–1991
1.1Blinded by the Light7:07Manfred Mann’s Earth BandThe Roaring Silence
  • 1993-12-13 GB
2.2Blinded by the Light7:06Manfred Mann’s Earth BandThe Lion Rocks Again
1.1Blinded by the Light (extended version)7:05Manfred Mann’s Earth BandThe Very Best of Manfred Mann’s Earth Band
1.1Blinded by the Light (extended version)7:05Manfred Mann’s Earth BandThe Very Best of Manfred Mann’s Earth Band (limited edition)
1.1Blinded by the Light (extended version)7:05Manfred Mann’s Earth BandThe Very Best Of, Vol. 1 & 2
1.1Blinded by the Light (extended version)7:05Manfred Mann’s Earth BandThe Very Best Of, Volume 1
2.8Blinded by the Light7:08Manfred Mann’s Earth BandThe 70’s: 1976
1.1Blinded by the Light7:07Manfred Mann’s Earth BandThe Best of Manfred Mann’s Earth Band
  • 1996-06-11 US
2.2Blinded by the Light7:03Manfred Mann’s EarthbandDrive
2.2Blinded by the Light7:05Manfred Mann’s Earth BandHit the Road With… Drive (4 disc boxset)
1.1Blinded by the Light7:07Manfred Mann’s Earth BandThe Best of Manfred Mann’s Earth Band (BMG Direct Edition)
1.1Blinded by the Light7:07Manfred Mann’s Earth BandThe Bruce Springsteen Songbook
2.4Blinded by the Light7:09Manfred MannSuddenly ’70s
1.1Blinded by the Light7:08Manfred Mann’s Earth BandThe Roaring Silence (The Remasters)
1.1Blinded by the Light7:08Manfred Mann’s Earth BandThe Roaring Silence (made by A to Z Media)
2.3Blinded by the Light7:03Manfred Mann’s Earth BandBestseller auf dem Plattenteller (73–77)
2.3Blinded by the Light (extended version)7:06Manfred Mann’s Earth BandMillennium Super-Hits: 1976-1980
1.10Blinded by the Light7:07Manfred Mann’s Earth BandHits @ Planet Earth
  • 2000-04 NL
2.2Blinded by the Light7:03Manfred Mann’s Earthbanddrive
2.9Blinded by the Light (extended version)7:03Manfred Mann’s Earth BandHistory of Music 70s
2.2Blinded by the Light7:05Manfred Mann’s Earth BandHit the Road With… Drive (CD1 & CD2, reissue)
1.6Blinded by the Light7:08Manfred Mann’s Earth BandBlow
  • 2001-03-27 US
1.1Blinded by the Light7:08Manfred Mann’s Earth Band100% Classic Rock
1.6Blinded by the Light7:08Manfred Mann’s Earth BandMusic from the Motion Picture Blow
1.1Blinded by the Light7:08Manfred Mann’s Earth BandThe Pure Gold Collection: 100% Classic Rock
1.19Blinded by the Light7:05Manfred Mann’s Earth Band70er Rock (Der Sound Einer Generation!)
1.1Blinded By The Light7:08Manfred Mann’s Earth BandThe Roaring Silence
  • 2005-10-19 JP
1.1Blinded by the Light7:07Manfred Mann’s Earth BandBest of Classic Rock
1.5Blinded by the Light7:05Manfred Mann’s Earth BandThe Best Symfo Rock
1.2Blinded by the Light7:09Manfred Mann’s Earth BandRunning With Scissors
  • 2006-09-26 US
1.5Blinded by the Light7:08Manfred Mann’s Earth BandIf I Were the Boss: The Songs of Bruce Springsteen
1.2Blinded by the Light7:09Manfred Mann’s Earth BandRunning With Scissors
2.1Blinded by the Light7:07Manfred Mann’s Earth BandWorld of Mann: The Very Best of Manfred Mann & Manfred Mann’s Earth Band
1.9Blinded by the Light7:07Manfred Mann’s Earth BandClassic Rock Number 1’s
5.14Blinded by the Light7:05Manfred Mann’s Earth Band101 Power Ballads
  • 2008-11-10 GB
2.10Blinded by the Light7:08Manfred Mann’s Earth BandBest of Rock Disco, Vol. 2
1.5Blinded by the Light (album version)7:06Manfred Mann’s Earth BandSeventies Power Ballads
1.15Blinded by the Light7:06Manfred Mann’s Earth BandDad Rocks!
  • 2009-06-01 GB
5.14Blinded by the Light7:05Manfred Mann’s Earth Band101 Power Ballads
  • 2009-10-09 -
1.15Blinded by the Light7:05Manfred Mann’s Earth BandThe Best Rock Anthems ...Ever!
  • 2009-11-16 GB
8.1Blinded by the Light7:09Manfred Mann’s Earth Band40th Anniversary
  • 2011-12-02 XE
1.1Blinded by the Light7:07Manfred Mann’s Earth BandThe Roaring Silence (reissue, remastered)
2.6Blinded by the Light7:06Manfred Mann’s Earth BandLegends: Get It On
  • 2014-07-01 US
1.6Blinded by the Light7:06Manfred Mann’s Earth BandLegends: Get It On
  • 2014-07-01 US
3.7Blinded by the Light7:05Manfred Mann’s Earth BandHit z Road, Volume 2
  • 2016-11-18 FR
1.1Blinded by the Light7:08Manfred Mann’s Earth BandThe Roaring Silence
  • 2017-01-01 US
1.1Blinded By the Light (album version)?:??Manfred Mann’s Earth BandThe Very Best of Manfred Mann’s Earth Band
  • 2022-09-02 XE
1.1Blinded by the Light7:08Manfred Mann’s Earth BandThe Very Best of Manfred Mann’s Earth Band
  • 2022-09-09 -
1.3Blinded by the Light7:09Manfred Mann’s Earth BandCrank Up the Classic Rock
1.1Blinded by the Light7:07Manfred Mann’s Earth BandThe Best of Manfred Mann’s Earth Band
1.1Blinded by the Light7:08Manfred Mann’s Earth BandThe Roaring Silence
Bootleg
1.5Blinded by the Light7:07Manfred Mann’s Earth BandReturn to the Better
  • 2015-07-15 TW
(unknown)
2.1Blinded by the Light7:09Manfred Mann’s Earth BandThe Very Best of World of Manfred Mann

Relationships

bass:Colin Pattenden (in 1976)
drums (drum set) and percussion:Chris Slade (in 1976)
guitar:Chris Hamlet Thompson (in 1976)
guitar [lead guitar]:Dave Flett (in 1976)
horn [horn arrangement]:Derek Wadsworth (in 1976)
keyboard [keyboards]:Manfred Mann (in 1976)
solo saxophone:Barbara Thompson (in 1976)
strings:David Millman (in 1976)
background vocals:Doreen Chanter (in 1976)
Irene Chanter (in 1976)
Mick Rogers (in 1976)
Chris Slade (in 1976)
Susanne Lynch (in 1976)
choir vocals:Jane Bunting (in 1976)
Chris Sennett (in 1976)
Gillian Ainscow (in 1976)
Graham Jenkins (in 1976)
Hilary Farmborough (in 1976)
Jacqueline Nicholls (in 1976)
Jeremy Paynton-Jones (in 1976)
Laurence Holden (in 1976)
Marilyn Bennet (in 1976)
Peter Cudmore (in 1976)
Philip Keywood (in 1976)
Stan Bailey (in 1976)
vocals:Chris Hamlet Thompson (in 1976)
Manfred Mann (in 1976)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Creature Music Ltd.
recorded at:The Workhouse in London, England, United Kingdom (in 1976)
sampled by:blinded by the light by 100 gecs feat. Tony Velour
blinded by the light by 100 gecs
blinded by the light by 100 gecs feat. Tony Velour
mash-ups:She Was
part of:New York Post: 100 Greatest Covers (2007) (number: 76) (order: 75)
recording of:Blinded by the Light (in 1976: cover)

Related works

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lyricist and composer:Bruce Springsteen (from 1972-08 until 1972-09)
publisher:Eldridge Publishing Co.
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Sioux City Music Ltd.
Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd.
Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Sony/ATV Pop Music Publishing
Zomba Music
Laurel Canyon Music Ltd. (in 1972)
is the basis for:Merry Go Round