Blinded by the Light

Name: Blinded by the Light
Duration: 7 min 7 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.1	Blinded by the Light	7:07	Manfred Mann’s Earth Band	Best of Classic Rock	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US2005	Compass Productions (budget compilations), EMI Music Special Markets	09463-39135-2-3

bass:	Colin Pattenden (British bass player) (in 1976)
drums (drum set) and percussion:	Chris Slade (in 1976)
guitar:	Chris Hamlet Thompson (vocalist with Manfred Mann’s Earth Band) (in 1976)
guitar [lead guitar]:	Dave Flett (guitar player in Manfred Mann’s Earth Band) (in 1976)
horn [horn arrangement]:	Derek Wadsworth (in 1976)
keyboard [keyboards]:	Manfred Mann (the person) (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 (of Manfred Mann’s Earth Band) (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 (vocalist with Manfred Mann’s Earth Band) (in 1976) Manfred Mann (the person) (in 1976)

phonographic copyright (℗) by:	Creature Music Ltd.

recorded at:	The Workhouse in London (Greater London) (in 1976)

sampled by:	blinded by the light (live, 2020-09-12: Appleville Live) by 100 gecs feat. Tony Velour blinded by the light (live, 2020-09-12: Appleville Live) by 100 gecs blinded by the light (live, 2020-09-12: Appleville Live) by 100 gecs feat. Tony Velour
mash-ups:	She Was (live, 2004-12-18: Muffathalle, Munich, Germany)

part of:	New York Post: 100 Greatest Covers (2007) (number: 76) (order: 77)

recording of:	Blinded by the Light (in 1976: cover)

lyricist and composer:	Bruce Springsteen (from 1972-08 until 1972-09)

publisher:	Eldridge Publishing Co. Intersong Music Ltd. Sioux City Music Ltd. Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd. Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) Sony/ATV Pop Music Publishing Zomba Music Laurel Canyon Music Ltd. (publishing company of Mike Appel and Jim Cretecos) (in 1972)

is the basis for:	Merry Go Round