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Both " Blinded by the Light " and " Spirit in the Night " were released as singles by Columbia, but neither made a dent in the US charts.

Manfred Mann's Earth Band released a version of " Blinded by the Light " on their album The Roaring Silence, which reached # 1 on Billboard's Hot 100 on 19 February 1977 and # 1 on the Canadian RPM chart the same day.

This recording of " Blinded by the Light " is Springsteen's only # 1 single as a songwriter on the Hot 100.