Of course, Springsteen purists will insist that the original is better, even though he long since changed his style dramatically and stopped playing the tune in concert. They also covered Bob Dylan’s You Angel You, which was number 58 in the summer of 1979. The band tried to follow up this success with another cover from Springsteen, Spirit in the Night, which hit number 40 in June 1977.

It is still a radio classic, played many times a day, every day. It actually debuted on the charts on November 20, 1976, and reached the top 13 weeks later, while A New Kid in Town by the Eagles was number two. It tanked as a single, but Manfred Mann’s later cover of it was number one on Billboard’s Top 100 for the week of February 19, 1977. At that point, most all the other band members were out of town, so Springsteen played most of the instruments himself, along with “Spirit of the Night.” It was an add on since the label wasn’t happy with the first version of album. Again, the song is about riding around town in your car, and the line is “revved up like a deuce.” Deuce means “Deuce coupe” which refers to a 1932 Ford Coupe, the hot-rod of its day.īlinded by the Light was the first single released on Springsteen’s first album with Columbia Records, Greetings from Asbury, Park, N.J., in 1973. Some who understand that the word is ‘deuce’ instead of ‘douche’ still mishear the lyrics as ‘wrapped up like a deuce’ which still makes no sense. What Does Deuce Mean in Blinded by the Light? As in “wrapped up like a douche,” at least in the Manfred Mann version, the one people remember from the radio. Most people remember hearing a word they couldn’t believe could be on the radio: douche.

Blinded by the light lyrics meaning