Weekend Wildcard Cover - Blinded by the Light by Manfred Mann's Earth Band (Bruce Springsteen)

This Weekend's Wildcard is a cover of Bruce Springsteen's Blinded by the Light by Manfred Mann's Earth Band. This version, released in 1976, was a #1 hit and was so popular that most people probably assumed it was the original. I actually had never heard the original until making this post and I see now why the cover was more popular. I'm not a Springsteen fan to start with though.

When I listened to this when I was younger I always thought it was Elton John because it sounded like his voice. My favorite use of the song was in the movie Blow with Johnny Depp.



Original by Springsteen