| "Born to Run" | ||||
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| Single by Bruce Springsteen | ||||
| from the album Born to Run | ||||
| B-side | "Meeting Across the River" | |||
| Released | August 25, 1975 | |||
| Recorded | January 8 – August 6, 1974[1] | |||
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| Genre | Rock[2][3] | |||
| Length | 4:30 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Bruce Springsteen | |||
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"Born to Run" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen and the title track of his third studio album, Born to Run (1975). It was Springsteen's first worldwide single release, although it achieved little initial success outside of the United States. Within the U.S., however, it received extensive airplay on progressive or album-oriented rock radio stations. The single was also Springsteen's first Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100,[4] peaking at #23.
"Born to Run" was met with critical acclaim and is considered Springsteen's signature song. It was ranked number 27 on Rolling Stone's 2021 list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time", the highest placement for a song by Springsteen. It was also included in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.[5] Upon release, music critic Robert Christgau took note of its wall of sound influence and called it "the fulfillment of everything 'Be My Baby' was about and lots more".[6]
- ^ a b Heylin, Clinton (2012). Song By Song. London: Penguin. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
- ^ Wiersema, Robert (2011). Walk Like a Man: Coming of Age with the Music of Bruce Springsteen. Greystone Books Ltd. p. 85. ISBN 978-1-55365-845-0.
- ^ Derkins, Susie (2002). Bruce Springsteen. The Rosen Publishing Group. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-8239-3522-2.
- ^ "Bruce Springsteen – Chart history". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 19, 2016. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
- ^ "The Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll | the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum". Archived from the original on March 17, 2010. Retrieved January 12, 2008.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (September 22, 1975). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved July 8, 2014.