4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)

"4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)"
Single by Bruce Springsteen
from the album The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle
B-side"The E Street Shuffle"
Released1974 (Germany only)
Recorded1973
Studio914 Sound Studios in Blauvelt, New York[1]
Genre
Length5:36
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Bruce Springsteen
Producer(s)
Bruce Springsteen singles chronology
"Spirit in the Night"
(1973) 		"4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)"
(1974) 		"Born to Run"
(1975)
"Sandy (4th of July, Asbury Park)"
Single by The Hollies
from the album Another Night
B-side"Second Hand Hang-Ups"
ReleasedMay 1975
GenreEasy listening[2]
LabelPolydor
Songwriter(s)Bruce Springsteen
Producer(s)Ron Richards
The Hollies singles chronology
"I'm Down"
(1974) 		"Sandy (4th of July, Asbury Park)"
(1975) 		"Boulder to Birmingham"
(1976)

"4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)", often known just as "Sandy", is a 1973 song by Bruce Springsteen, originally appearing as the second song on his album The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle. It was released as a single from the album in Germany.[4]

One of the best-known and most praised of his early efforts,[5] the song remains one of his most popular ballads,[6] and has been described as "the perfect musical study of the Jersey Shore boardwalk culture".[6]

  1. ^ "Brucebase, On the Tracks: The Wild the Innocent &the E Street Shuffle". Archived from the original on 2012-01-22. Retrieved 2007-07-27.
  2. ^ a b Molanphy, Chris (July 16, 2021). "Tramps Like Us Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
  3. ^ Migliorini, Dario (September 5, 2023). "Review 4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy), Bruce Springsteen".
  4. ^ "4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)". Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 2014-03-27. Retrieved 2012-07-18.
  5. ^ Hilburn, Robert (1985). Springsteen. Rolling Stone Press. ISBN 0-684-18456-7. p. 58.
  6. ^ a b Santelli, Robert (2006). Greetings From E Street: The Story of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. San Francisco: Chronicle Books. ISBN 0-8118-5348-9. p. 25.