It’s one of the most notoriously misheard lyrics in rock history. A line that was supposed to be referring to a Hot Rod, has instead confused generations of listeners because it sounds like a reference to a feminine hygiene product. Revved Up Like Douche…was supposed to be Revved up like a deuce... Yeah, no joke. Manfred Mann’s Earth Band took legend Bruce Springteen’s first single and turned it into a Billboard #1 hit. And it is the garbled delivery of that cover version of the song that is the culprit. because Sprinsteen’s original failed to chart, it’s feminine-health counterpart rocked the charts….Shaking his head in disbelief, the Springsteen joked that the public had spoken. Get the story behind the song and find out what the real lyrics actually say… NEXT on the Professor of Rock.
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Rock and Roll hall of Famer Bruce Springsteen has never had a #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, although he has come close. In 1984, Born in the USA single Dancing in the Dark reached #2 and plenty of #1 albums Then the following year, Springsteen sang a solo on the #1 hit charity song “We Are The World”. But with 50 plus musicians performing on the track, that gives him roughly one-fiftieth of the credit. And technically, there is one more Springsteen song that should be part of this near miss conversation. It’s a song that Springsteen wrote and went to #1 on the Hot 100... only the chart-topping version was sung by someone else. Today we’re going to give you the story of how Blinded by the light went from a non hit to a #1 smash with Manfred Mann and how the chorus has been sung incorrectly my many as well as confused listeners as to why the singer is saying this:
When Columbia Records President Clive Davis heard Bruce Springsteen, he heard a folk singer reminiscent of an early Bob Dylan and contemporary artists like Jackson Browne and James Taylor. However, Springsteen was not interested in taking up Dylan’s mantle. Being cast in the role of a folk-driven singer-songwriter was just about the last thing he wanted. Rather, he was keen to work with a rock band. So for The Boss’ first album, ‘Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ’, a compromise was reached... Allowing Springsteen to bring in his boys, future E Street Band members Vini Lopez, Davey Sancious, and Garry Tallent.
Springsteen began writing the album in early 1972. The resulting tracks would be largely autobiographical... a young, New Jersey songwriter’s thoughts as he set out to conquer New York. But when Bruce finished it, Clive Davis flat out rejected it. He felt that it lacked a potential hit single or even anything that could be played on the radio. In response Springsteen wrote two more single-oriented tracks, ‘Spirit in the Night’ and ‘Blinded by the Light.’
Said Springsteen, “I came home, busted out my rhyming dictionary, and wrote Blinded by the Light.”
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