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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. 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.

When Columbia Records President Clive Davis heard Bruce Springsteen, he heard a folk singer reminiscent of Bob Dylan and contemporary artists like Jackson Browne and James Taylor. However, Bruce Springsteen was not interested in taking up Dylan’s mantle. Or anyone else’s. And being cast in the role of a folk-driven singer-songwriter was just about the last thing he wanted. Rather, he was intent 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. Said Springsteen, “I came home, busted out my rhyming dictionary, and wrote Blinded by the Light.”

Both songs were recorded both on September 11, 1972, but since many of his bandmates had already left town after the completion of the album, Springsteen played most of the instruments himself. Columbia accepted the revised album, with Davis personally pleased with Springsteen's response.

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.’

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