"My Hometown" | ||||
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Single by Bruce Springsteen | ||||
from the album Born in the U.S.A. | ||||
B-side | "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town" | |||
Released | November 21, 1985 | |||
Recorded | June 29, 1983[1] | |||
Studio | Hit Factory, New York City | |||
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Length | 4:33 (album version) 4:10 (edit) | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Songwriter(s) | Bruce Springsteen | |||
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Bruce Springsteen singles chronology | ||||
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"My Hometown" is a single by Bruce Springsteen off his Born in the U.S.A. album as its closing track, that was the then-record-tying seventh and last top 10 single to come from it, peaking at #7 on the Cash Box Top 100[4] and #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. It also topped the U.S. adult contemporary chart, making the song Springsteen's only #1 song on this chart to date.[5] The song is a synthesizer-based, low-tempo number that features Springsteen on vocals.
...folk ballad