<P> "Blinded by the Light" was the first song on, and first single from, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. Springsteen's version was commercially unsuccessful and did not appear on the music charts . </P> <P> Manfred Mann's Earth Band released a version of the song on their 1976 album The Roaring Silence . Their version includes the "Chopsticks" melody played on piano near the end of the bridge of the song . The track reached #1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Canadian RPM charts . Manfred Mann's Earth Band's recording of "Blinded by the Light" is Springsteen's only #1 single as a songwriter on the Hot 100 (he never had a #1 as a performer except as part of USA for Africa). </P> <P> In 2002, Danish act Funkstar De Luxe released its disco version of this song . A "jazzified" version can be found on Springsteen's 2007 video and audio release Live in Dublin, recorded with The Sessions Band . </P> <P> The song is used in the films Blow, Running with Scissors, and Super Troopers 2 . </P>

Lyrics for the song blinded by the light