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“Blinded By The Light” by Bruce Springsteen
From the album Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. (1973)
“Blinded By The Light” by Bruce Springsteen appears on 6 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 2002 and 2026. It was first released in 1973 on the album Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J.. Its best result is #161 on the WYEP 2021 Labor Day Countdown. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #6,204 indie & aaa song of all time.
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"Blinded by the Light" came late to Bruce Springsteen's 1973 debut, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J., and it came on orders from above: Columbia Records president Clive Davis heard an early version of the album, decided there wasn't a single on it, and Springsteen went off and wrote this and "Spirit in the Night" to fix that. He built it with a rhyming dictionary at his elbow, and the words tumble out in a breathless pile-up, the very first line smuggling in the drummer Vini Lopez, then nicknamed Mad Man, the name of Springsteen's old Little League team and a sketch of the songwriter himself.
Springsteen wrote and arranged it, sings it and plays the bass, with Clarence Clemons on saxophone and percussion and Harold Wheeler on piano. Mike Appel and Jim Cretecos produced it.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
Classic Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 675 | 92.3 KGON | KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002) | 923 |
| 2004 | 681 | 92.3 KGON | KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004) | 923 |
| 2012 | 503 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012) | 885 |
| 2021 | 161 | WYEP | WYEP 2021 Labor Day Countdown | 168 |
| 2022 | 875 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s | 908 |
| 2026 | 834 | WYEP | WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time | 1180 |
Also listed as: Blinded By The Light!; Blinded By the Light; Blinded by the Light.
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