Blinded by the Light was written by Bruce Springsteen and first released in 1973. Manfred Mann's Earth Band reworked it with a prog rock arrangement in 1976, and their single reached number one in the United States in early 1977. The recording became famous for its misheard chorus line, where revved up like a deuce is often heard as something else entirely. That mix of a huge hook and a lyric everyone argues about helped the excerpt survive online as a short, recognisable classic rock clip.