Born to Run (4:29)
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Born to Run is the signature song of the American singer songwriter Bruce Springsteen, and the title song of his album Born to Run. Written in a small house in Long Branch, New Jersey in early 1974, the song was Bruce Springsteen’s last-ditch effort to make it big. The prior year, Springsteen had released two albums to critical acclaim but with little commercial success. The lyrics to the song are appropriately epic for his last-ditch, all-or-nothing shot at the stars, yet they remain rooted in the universal desperation of adolescence: We gotta get out while we’re young, ‘cause tramps like us, baby we were born to run.
Written in the first person, the song is a love letter to a girl named Wendy (Wendy let me in I wanna be your friend I wanna guard your dreams and visions…; I wanna die with you Wendy on the streets tonight/in an everlasting kiss!), for whom the motorcycle-riding protagonist certainly has enough passion to love, but perhaps not the patience. However, Springsteen has noted that it has a much simpler core: getting out of Asbury Park.
In recording the song, Springsteen first earned his noted reputation for perfectionism, laying down as many as eleven guitar tracks to get the sound just right. The recording process and alternate ideas for the song’s arrangement are described in the Wings For Wheels documentary DVD included in the 2005 reissue Born to Run 30th Anniversary Edition package.
The track was recorded at 914 Sound Studios in Blauvelt, New York amidst touring breaks during 1974, with final recording done on August 6, well in advance of the rest of the album
Written in the first person, the song is a love letter to a girl named Wendy (Wendy let me in I wanna be your friend I wanna guard your dreams and visions…; I wanna die with you Wendy on the streets tonight/in an everlasting kiss!), for whom the motorcycle-riding protagonist certainly has enough passion to love, but perhaps not the patience. However, Springsteen has noted that it has a much simpler core: getting out of Asbury Park.
In recording the song, Springsteen first earned his noted reputation for perfectionism, laying down as many as eleven guitar tracks to get the sound just right. The recording process and alternate ideas for the song’s arrangement are described in the Wings For Wheels documentary DVD included in the 2005 reissue Born to Run 30th Anniversary Edition package.
The track was recorded at 914 Sound Studios in Blauvelt, New York amidst touring breaks during 1974, with final recording done on August 6, well in advance of the rest of the album
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Ferdokki wrote:
YEEAH!! Springsteen rocks!...and so does New Jersey! I've been in love with him since I was a wee little kid...n_n
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OLDCHAVYCAR2RED wrote:
a good tune
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Daywalker_67 wrote:
The Boss at his best !!
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goodnightladies wrote:
this song makes me so happy
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jerseyboi3877 wrote:
I've driven highway nine baby!
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OskiRocks wrote:
And an anthem for a generation!
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OskiRocks wrote:
The Boss at his Best...
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stealthgiga wrote:
Awesome version.
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chantelephant wrote:
I love the lyrics so much!
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speedking1956 wrote:
wunderbarer song, mehr davon vom boss!!!!!!
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IRSARGE wrote:
this version suckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk 's !
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justiceforsoup wrote:
i love the boss!
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SonOfBelushi wrote:
Bruuuuuce!
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chilled-out-777 wrote:
I could not love this track any more than i do, this is too good to properly describe.
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themagicalx1 wrote:
I personally do not see this as being one of the best songs ever written. Not a bad song by any means, but not the best song ever.
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ilanadm wrote:
awesome!
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pigmenta wrote:
Yeah Boss!
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lastfmted2009 wrote:
Brooooce 'Unplugged!!!!!!!' Can I have the Album Version guys??????.......or could you relabel every entry to physically state if it is 'Live', 'AlbumVersion', 'ExtendedVersion' or whatever and not simply get the Audience to click on an Entry that isn't quite what it should be as I have just heard a track that has been through the Hip-Hop Electro Mincer Machine in my Selection...and I ain't a Happy Bunny!!!!!!!
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dustxandxlight wrote:
this song gets better every time i listen to it <3 bruce
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EmsMac80 wrote:
Brucee baby!!! wotta guy huh!!!!?
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