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“Glory Days” is a 1984 song, written and performed by American rock singer Bruce Springsteen. In 1985 it became the fifth single released from his massively successful album Born in the U.S.A.

“Glory Days” was recorded in April or May 1982 (sources differ) during the first wave of Born in the U.S.A. sessions. Even though the album went through several different phases of what would be on it, “Glory Days” was always seen as one of the cornerstones. The song is a seriocomic tale of a man who now ruefully looks back on the so-called glory days of himself and people he knew during high school. The music is jocular, consisting of what Springsteen biographer Dave Marsh called “rinky-dink organ, honky-tonk piano, and garage-band guitar kicked along by an explosive tom-tom pattern.” It also features a mandolin solo from Steven Van Zandt, one of the sideman’s most noticeable instrumental contributions to the Springsteen studio canon.

An alternate mix of “Glory Days” has circulated, which includes a deleted third verse between the second and the last. The missing verse refers to the singer’s father sitting on a bar stool at the legion, bitter over his lack of any “glory days.”

The single peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles charts in the summer of 1985. It was the fifth of a record-tying seven Top 10 hit singles to be released from Born in the U.S.A. Marsh named the second volume in his biography after the song.

The music video for the song was shot in late May 1985 in various locations in New Jersey, and was directed by filmmaker John Sayles, the third video he had done for the album.
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  • mari-e

    One of my favorite Springsteens

    last week

  • PattySauce

    one of his best!!!! He's still the coolest guy ever!!!

    last month

  • sterntaler123

    >>>>>>>>>KLASSE<<<<<<<<<!!!!!!!!!!

    March 2012

  • Elodave

    we all think about them don't we?This bloke really does sing about life in all it's forms-brilliant.

    March 2012

  • Miss_Calvero

    ♥

    March 2012

  • vlix74

    older I get the more I can relate to this one :-)

    March 2012

  • Marjo47

    used to be so good those....but Bruce still is.

    March 2012

  • r-iman

    i love it when i think of the Glory days. makes me feel good again

    February 2012

  • EfEmeril

    Coulda woulda shoulda

    January 2012

  • DavidVSoho

    Glory days well they'll pass you by Glory days!! <3

    January 2012

  • oldiesfanjohn

    song makes me feel old,I mean real olddddddddd,lol

    December 2011

  • oldiesfanjohn

    Bruuuuuuuuuuuuuce !!!

    December 2011

  • Great_listener

    'in the wink of a young girl's eye' ....Whoop!!

    November 2011

  • rikrijean

    great tune, love it.......

    November 2011

  • Paul_Brinkman

    The Boss!

    November 2011

  • RustyChile

    oh yeeahh!

    October 2011

  • nick_honest

    a masterpiece

    October 2011

  • sidekuma

    sein 9 bester Song

    October 2011

  • Eggert2000

    Still great!

    September 2011

  • Oldvets2

    lets get up and rock the house!!!!!!!!!! glory glory glory

    September 2011
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