Введение
"Born to Run" – песня американского певца и автора песен Брюса Спрингстина, являющаяся заглавным треком его третьего студийного альбома *Born to Run* (1975). Это был первый сингл Спрингстина, выпущенный во всем мире, хотя он не имел большого первоначального успеха за пределами Соединенных Штатов. Однако в США песня получила широкое распространение на прогрессивных или ориентированных на альбом рок-радиостанциях. Сингл также стал первым хитом Спрингстина в Top 40 чарта Billboard Hot 100, достигнув 23-й позиции. "Born to Run" была встречена восторженными отзывами критиков и считается визитной карточкой Спрингстина. В списке "500 величайших песен всех времен" журнала Rolling Stone за 2021 год песня заняла 27-е место – самый высокий результат для песни Спрингстина. Она также вошла в список 500 песен, сформировавших рок-н-ролл, составленный Залом славы рок-н-ролла. После выхода песни музыкальный критик Роберт Кристагау отметил влияние "стены звука" и назвал ее "воплощением всего, чем была 'Be My Baby', и даже больше".
"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, 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 Stones 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. 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". Composition
In late 1973, on the road in Tennessee, Springsteen awoke with the title "Born to Run", which he wrote down. According to Springsteen, this was the first spark of the later song. Written in the first person, the song is a love letter to a girl named Wendy, for whom the hot rod riding protagonist seems to possess the passion to love, just not the patience. However, Springsteen has noted that it has a much simpler core: getting out of Freehold. U. S. Route 9, a highway passing through Freehold, is mentioned from the lyric "sprung from cages out on Highway 9". In his 1996 book Songs, Springsteen relates that while the beginning of the song was written on guitar around the opening riff, the song's writing was finished on piano, the instrument that most of the Born to Run album was composed on. The song was recorded in the key of E major. In the period prior to the release of Born to Run Springsteen was becoming well known (especially in his native northeast) for his live shows. "Born to Run" joined his concert repertoire well before the release of the album, being performed in concert by May 1974, if not earlier. The first recording of the song was made by Allan Clarke of the British group the Hollies, although its release was delayed, only appearing after Springsteen's own now famous version. Recording
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. On January 8, 1974, Springsteen met his manager, Mike Appel, Clarence Clemons, and the other members of his band at 914 Sound Studios, Blauvelt, New York, to rehearse two new compositions, "Jungleland" and "Born to Run", both of which were lacking lyrics. He continued working on both songs at his home in New Jersey. The original backing track was recorded on May 21, 1974, after rehearsal sessions. Vocals were recorded on June 26, 1974. Recording was not completed until August 6, 1974, when mixing began on seventy two tracks to the sixteen available at 914 Studios, including strings, more than one dozen guitar tracks, sax, drums, glockenspiel, bass, multiple keyboards and a variety of voices. The core instrumental backing track, which had been re recorded, was mixed, along with numerous test arrangements, backing vocals, double tracked vocals and strings, and finally the one chosen for release. Springsteen and Mike Appel were the producers, and Louis Lahav was chief engineer. After finally going in the can, the tapes sat for a year, waiting for the rest of the album to be completed. A pre release version of the song, with a slightly different mix, was given by Appel to disc jockey Ed Sciaky of WMMR in Philadelphia, and played with Springsteen as his special guest on November 3, 1974, and within a couple of weeks this version was given to other progressive rock radio outlets in the Northeast as well, including WNEW FM in New York City, WMMS in Cleveland, WBCN in Boston, and WVBR in Ithaca, New York. It became quite popular on these stations, and led to older cuts from Springsteen's first two albums being played, as anticipation built for the new album. When Springsteen did a show at the Main Point, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, on February 5, 1975, with Sciaky as host, the crowd sang along to "Born to Run". Music videos
No music video was made for the original release of "Born to Run". In 1987, a video was released to MTV and other channels, featuring a live performance of "Born to Run" from Springsteen and the E Street Band's 1984–1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour, interspersed with clips of other songs' performances from the same tour. It closed with a "Thank you" message to Springsteen's fans. In 1988, director Meiert Avis shot a video of an acoustic version of the song during the Tunnel of Love Express tour. Both videos are included in the compilations Video Anthology / 1978 88 and The Complete Video Anthology / 1978 2000. Reception
At the time of the single release, Billboard described "Born to Run" as "one of the best rock anthems to individual freedom ever created," describing it as "a monster song with a piledriver arrangement" that could become Springsteen's biggest hit yet. Cash Box said that "Springsteen sounds like a cross between Roger McGuinn (from his Byrds days) and nobody else we've ever heard." In 1980 the New Jersey State Assembly passed a resolution naming "Born to Run" the "unofficial rock theme of our State's youth." The bill failed to pass the state Senate, owing to some of the song's lyrics being about a desire to leave New Jersey. Accolades
In 2016, "Born to Run" was ranked No. 16 in ''Pitchforks list of "The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s"
In 2004, the song was ranked #6 in WXPN's list of The 885 All Time Greatest Songs. Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time placed it at No. 27 in 2020
The song came in at No. 920 in Q's list of the "1001 Greatest Songs Ever" in 2003, in which they described the song as "best for working class heroes." It is one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. In 2001, the RIAA's Songs of the Century placed the song 135th (out of 365). In 1999, National Public Radio included the song in the "NPR 100", NPR's music editors' compilation of the one hundred most important American musical works of the 20th century. Live performances
The song has been played at nearly every non solo Springsteen concert since 1975 (although it was not included in the 2006 Sessions Band Tour) and is his most performed song live. Most of the time the house lights are turned fully on and fans consistently sing along with Springsteen's signature wordless vocalizations throughout the song's performance. The song has also been released in live versions on seven albums or DVDs:
A 1975 Born to Run Tour rendition on Hammersmith Odeon London '75, released in 2006;
A 1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour runthrough on Live/1975 85, released in 1986;
A starkly different 1988 solo acoustic guitar performance from the Tunnel of Love Express on Chimes of Freedom, a 1988 EP;
A 2000 Reunion Tour version on Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Live In New York City, released in 2001 (the song closes disc one but does not appear on the track listing of the album cover);
A 2002 Rising Tour take on the Live in Barcelona DVD, released in 2003. A 2009 Working on a Dream Tour performance on the DVD London Calling: Live in Hyde Park which was released in 2010. A 2018 Springsteen on Broadway performance, released on a Netflix special and an album of the same name at the end of the year. "Born to Run" was also performed as the second number of four during Springsteen and the E Street Band's halftime performance at Super Bowl XLIII. On Jon Stewart's last episode as host of The Daily Show on August 6, 2015, Springsteen performed "Land of Hope and Dreams" and "Born to Run". Live covers
On August 25, 2015, the 40th anniversary of Born to Run'''s release, indie rock band Superchunk shared a live cover of the title track. This performance also featured And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead and Crooked Fingers.
In late 1973, on the road in Tennessee, Springsteen awoke with the title "Born to Run", which he wrote down. According to Springsteen, this was the first spark of the later song. Written in the first person, the song is a love letter to a girl named Wendy, for whom the hot rod riding protagonist seems to possess the passion to love, just not the patience. However, Springsteen has noted that it has a much simpler core: getting out of Freehold. U. S. Route 9, a highway passing through Freehold, is mentioned from the lyric "sprung from cages out on Highway 9". In his 1996 book Songs, Springsteen relates that while the beginning of the song was written on guitar around the opening riff, the song's writing was finished on piano, the instrument that most of the Born to Run album was composed on. The song was recorded in the key of E major. In the period prior to the release of Born to Run Springsteen was becoming well known (especially in his native northeast) for his live shows. "Born to Run" joined his concert repertoire well before the release of the album, being performed in concert by May 1974, if not earlier. The first recording of the song was made by Allan Clarke of the British group the Hollies, although its release was delayed, only appearing after Springsteen's own now famous version. Recording
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. On January 8, 1974, Springsteen met his manager, Mike Appel, Clarence Clemons, and the other members of his band at 914 Sound Studios, Blauvelt, New York, to rehearse two new compositions, "Jungleland" and "Born to Run", both of which were lacking lyrics. He continued working on both songs at his home in New Jersey. The original backing track was recorded on May 21, 1974, after rehearsal sessions. Vocals were recorded on June 26, 1974. Recording was not completed until August 6, 1974, when mixing began on seventy two tracks to the sixteen available at 914 Studios, including strings, more than one dozen guitar tracks, sax, drums, glockenspiel, bass, multiple keyboards and a variety of voices. The core instrumental backing track, which had been re recorded, was mixed, along with numerous test arrangements, backing vocals, double tracked vocals and strings, and finally the one chosen for release. Springsteen and Mike Appel were the producers, and Louis Lahav was chief engineer. After finally going in the can, the tapes sat for a year, waiting for the rest of the album to be completed. A pre release version of the song, with a slightly different mix, was given by Appel to disc jockey Ed Sciaky of WMMR in Philadelphia, and played with Springsteen as his special guest on November 3, 1974, and within a couple of weeks this version was given to other progressive rock radio outlets in the Northeast as well, including WNEW FM in New York City, WMMS in Cleveland, WBCN in Boston, and WVBR in Ithaca, New York. It became quite popular on these stations, and led to older cuts from Springsteen's first two albums being played, as anticipation built for the new album. When Springsteen did a show at the Main Point, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, on February 5, 1975, with Sciaky as host, the crowd sang along to "Born to Run". Music videos
No music video was made for the original release of "Born to Run". In 1987, a video was released to MTV and other channels, featuring a live performance of "Born to Run" from Springsteen and the E Street Band's 1984–1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour, interspersed with clips of other songs' performances from the same tour. It closed with a "Thank you" message to Springsteen's fans. In 1988, director Meiert Avis shot a video of an acoustic version of the song during the Tunnel of Love Express tour. Both videos are included in the compilations Video Anthology / 1978 88 and The Complete Video Anthology / 1978 2000. Reception
At the time of the single release, Billboard described "Born to Run" as "one of the best rock anthems to individual freedom ever created," describing it as "a monster song with a piledriver arrangement" that could become Springsteen's biggest hit yet. Cash Box said that "Springsteen sounds like a cross between Roger McGuinn (from his Byrds days) and nobody else we've ever heard." In 1980 the New Jersey State Assembly passed a resolution naming "Born to Run" the "unofficial rock theme of our State's youth." The bill failed to pass the state Senate, owing to some of the song's lyrics being about a desire to leave New Jersey. Accolades
In 2016, "Born to Run" was ranked No. 16 in ''Pitchforks list of "The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s"
In 2004, the song was ranked #6 in WXPN's list of The 885 All Time Greatest Songs. Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time placed it at No. 27 in 2020
The song came in at No. 920 in Q's list of the "1001 Greatest Songs Ever" in 2003, in which they described the song as "best for working class heroes." It is one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. In 2001, the RIAA's Songs of the Century placed the song 135th (out of 365). In 1999, National Public Radio included the song in the "NPR 100", NPR's music editors' compilation of the one hundred most important American musical works of the 20th century. Live performances
The song has been played at nearly every non solo Springsteen concert since 1975 (although it was not included in the 2006 Sessions Band Tour) and is his most performed song live. Most of the time the house lights are turned fully on and fans consistently sing along with Springsteen's signature wordless vocalizations throughout the song's performance. The song has also been released in live versions on seven albums or DVDs:
A 1975 Born to Run Tour rendition on Hammersmith Odeon London '75, released in 2006;
A 1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour runthrough on Live/1975 85, released in 1986;
A starkly different 1988 solo acoustic guitar performance from the Tunnel of Love Express on Chimes of Freedom, a 1988 EP;
A 2000 Reunion Tour version on Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Live In New York City, released in 2001 (the song closes disc one but does not appear on the track listing of the album cover);
A 2002 Rising Tour take on the Live in Barcelona DVD, released in 2003. A 2009 Working on a Dream Tour performance on the DVD London Calling: Live in Hyde Park which was released in 2010. A 2018 Springsteen on Broadway performance, released on a Netflix special and an album of the same name at the end of the year. "Born to Run" was also performed as the second number of four during Springsteen and the E Street Band's halftime performance at Super Bowl XLIII. On Jon Stewart's last episode as host of The Daily Show on August 6, 2015, Springsteen performed "Land of Hope and Dreams" and "Born to Run". Live covers
On August 25, 2015, the 40th anniversary of Born to Run'''s release, indie rock band Superchunk shared a live cover of the title track. This performance also featured And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead and Crooked Fingers.
В конце 1973 года, во время гастролей по Теннесси, Спрингстин проснулся с названием "Born to Run", которое он записал. По словам Спрингстина, это был первый импульс к будущей песне. Написанная от первого лица, песня – это любовное послание девушке по имени Венди, к которой главный герой, любитель быстрых машин, испытывает страсть, но нетерпение. Однако Спрингстин отметил, что в основе песни лежит нечто гораздо более простое: желание покинуть Фрихолд. Шоссе 9 США, проходящее через Фрихолд, упоминается в строке "вырвавшись из клеток на шоссе 9". В своей книге *Songs* (1996) Спрингстин рассказывает, что, хотя начало песни было написано на гитаре под вступительный рифф, работа над песней была завершена на фортепиано – инструменте, на котором была написана большая часть альбома *Born to Run*. Песня записана в тональности ми мажор. В период, предшествовавший выходу *Born to Run*, Спрингстин становился все более известным (особенно на северо-востоке США) благодаря своим живым выступлениям. "Born to Run" вошла в его концертный репертуар задолго до выхода альбома и была исполнена на концерте в мае 1974 года, а возможно, и раньше. Первую запись песни сделал Аллан Кларк из британской группы The Hollies, однако ее выпуск был отложен и состоялся только после выхода знаменитой версии Спрингстина.
"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, 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 Stones 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. 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". Composition
In late 1973, on the road in Tennessee, Springsteen awoke with the title "Born to Run", which he wrote down. According to Springsteen, this was the first spark of the later song. Written in the first person, the song is a love letter to a girl named Wendy, for whom the hot rod riding protagonist seems to possess the passion to love, just not the patience. However, Springsteen has noted that it has a much simpler core: getting out of Freehold. U. S. Route 9, a highway passing through Freehold, is mentioned from the lyric "sprung from cages out on Highway 9". In his 1996 book Songs, Springsteen relates that while the beginning of the song was written on guitar around the opening riff, the song's writing was finished on piano, the instrument that most of the Born to Run album was composed on. The song was recorded in the key of E major. In the period prior to the release of Born to Run Springsteen was becoming well known (especially in his native northeast) for his live shows. "Born to Run" joined his concert repertoire well before the release of the album, being performed in concert by May 1974, if not earlier. The first recording of the song was made by Allan Clarke of the British group the Hollies, although its release was delayed, only appearing after Springsteen's own now famous version. Recording
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. On January 8, 1974, Springsteen met his manager, Mike Appel, Clarence Clemons, and the other members of his band at 914 Sound Studios, Blauvelt, New York, to rehearse two new compositions, "Jungleland" and "Born to Run", both of which were lacking lyrics. He continued working on both songs at his home in New Jersey. The original backing track was recorded on May 21, 1974, after rehearsal sessions. Vocals were recorded on June 26, 1974. Recording was not completed until August 6, 1974, when mixing began on seventy two tracks to the sixteen available at 914 Studios, including strings, more than one dozen guitar tracks, sax, drums, glockenspiel, bass, multiple keyboards and a variety of voices. The core instrumental backing track, which had been re recorded, was mixed, along with numerous test arrangements, backing vocals, double tracked vocals and strings, and finally the one chosen for release. Springsteen and Mike Appel were the producers, and Louis Lahav was chief engineer. After finally going in the can, the tapes sat for a year, waiting for the rest of the album to be completed. A pre release version of the song, with a slightly different mix, was given by Appel to disc jockey Ed Sciaky of WMMR in Philadelphia, and played with Springsteen as his special guest on November 3, 1974, and within a couple of weeks this version was given to other progressive rock radio outlets in the Northeast as well, including WNEW FM in New York City, WMMS in Cleveland, WBCN in Boston, and WVBR in Ithaca, New York. It became quite popular on these stations, and led to older cuts from Springsteen's first two albums being played, as anticipation built for the new album. When Springsteen did a show at the Main Point, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, on February 5, 1975, with Sciaky as host, the crowd sang along to "Born to Run". Music videos
No music video was made for the original release of "Born to Run". In 1987, a video was released to MTV and other channels, featuring a live performance of "Born to Run" from Springsteen and the E Street Band's 1984–1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour, interspersed with clips of other songs' performances from the same tour. It closed with a "Thank you" message to Springsteen's fans. In 1988, director Meiert Avis shot a video of an acoustic version of the song during the Tunnel of Love Express tour. Both videos are included in the compilations Video Anthology / 1978 88 and The Complete Video Anthology / 1978 2000. Reception
At the time of the single release, Billboard described "Born to Run" as "one of the best rock anthems to individual freedom ever created," describing it as "a monster song with a piledriver arrangement" that could become Springsteen's biggest hit yet. Cash Box said that "Springsteen sounds like a cross between Roger McGuinn (from his Byrds days) and nobody else we've ever heard." In 1980 the New Jersey State Assembly passed a resolution naming "Born to Run" the "unofficial rock theme of our State's youth." The bill failed to pass the state Senate, owing to some of the song's lyrics being about a desire to leave New Jersey. Accolades
In 2016, "Born to Run" was ranked No. 16 in ''Pitchforks list of "The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s"
In 2004, the song was ranked #6 in WXPN's list of The 885 All Time Greatest Songs. Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time placed it at No. 27 in 2020
The song came in at No. 920 in Q's list of the "1001 Greatest Songs Ever" in 2003, in which they described the song as "best for working class heroes." It is one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. In 2001, the RIAA's Songs of the Century placed the song 135th (out of 365). In 1999, National Public Radio included the song in the "NPR 100", NPR's music editors' compilation of the one hundred most important American musical works of the 20th century. Live performances
The song has been played at nearly every non solo Springsteen concert since 1975 (although it was not included in the 2006 Sessions Band Tour) and is his most performed song live. Most of the time the house lights are turned fully on and fans consistently sing along with Springsteen's signature wordless vocalizations throughout the song's performance. The song has also been released in live versions on seven albums or DVDs:
A 1975 Born to Run Tour rendition on Hammersmith Odeon London '75, released in 2006;
A 1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour runthrough on Live/1975 85, released in 1986;
A starkly different 1988 solo acoustic guitar performance from the Tunnel of Love Express on Chimes of Freedom, a 1988 EP;
A 2000 Reunion Tour version on Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Live In New York City, released in 2001 (the song closes disc one but does not appear on the track listing of the album cover);
A 2002 Rising Tour take on the Live in Barcelona DVD, released in 2003. A 2009 Working on a Dream Tour performance on the DVD London Calling: Live in Hyde Park which was released in 2010. A 2018 Springsteen on Broadway performance, released on a Netflix special and an album of the same name at the end of the year. "Born to Run" was also performed as the second number of four during Springsteen and the E Street Band's halftime performance at Super Bowl XLIII. On Jon Stewart's last episode as host of The Daily Show on August 6, 2015, Springsteen performed "Land of Hope and Dreams" and "Born to Run". Live covers
On August 25, 2015, the 40th anniversary of Born to Run'''s release, indie rock band Superchunk shared a live cover of the title track. This performance also featured And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead and Crooked Fingers.
In late 1973, on the road in Tennessee, Springsteen awoke with the title "Born to Run", which he wrote down. According to Springsteen, this was the first spark of the later song. Written in the first person, the song is a love letter to a girl named Wendy, for whom the hot rod riding protagonist seems to possess the passion to love, just not the patience. However, Springsteen has noted that it has a much simpler core: getting out of Freehold. U. S. Route 9, a highway passing through Freehold, is mentioned from the lyric "sprung from cages out on Highway 9". In his 1996 book Songs, Springsteen relates that while the beginning of the song was written on guitar around the opening riff, the song's writing was finished on piano, the instrument that most of the Born to Run album was composed on. The song was recorded in the key of E major. In the period prior to the release of Born to Run Springsteen was becoming well known (especially in his native northeast) for his live shows. "Born to Run" joined his concert repertoire well before the release of the album, being performed in concert by May 1974, if not earlier. The first recording of the song was made by Allan Clarke of the British group the Hollies, although its release was delayed, only appearing after Springsteen's own now famous version. Recording
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. On January 8, 1974, Springsteen met his manager, Mike Appel, Clarence Clemons, and the other members of his band at 914 Sound Studios, Blauvelt, New York, to rehearse two new compositions, "Jungleland" and "Born to Run", both of which were lacking lyrics. He continued working on both songs at his home in New Jersey. The original backing track was recorded on May 21, 1974, after rehearsal sessions. Vocals were recorded on June 26, 1974. Recording was not completed until August 6, 1974, when mixing began on seventy two tracks to the sixteen available at 914 Studios, including strings, more than one dozen guitar tracks, sax, drums, glockenspiel, bass, multiple keyboards and a variety of voices. The core instrumental backing track, which had been re recorded, was mixed, along with numerous test arrangements, backing vocals, double tracked vocals and strings, and finally the one chosen for release. Springsteen and Mike Appel were the producers, and Louis Lahav was chief engineer. After finally going in the can, the tapes sat for a year, waiting for the rest of the album to be completed. A pre release version of the song, with a slightly different mix, was given by Appel to disc jockey Ed Sciaky of WMMR in Philadelphia, and played with Springsteen as his special guest on November 3, 1974, and within a couple of weeks this version was given to other progressive rock radio outlets in the Northeast as well, including WNEW FM in New York City, WMMS in Cleveland, WBCN in Boston, and WVBR in Ithaca, New York. It became quite popular on these stations, and led to older cuts from Springsteen's first two albums being played, as anticipation built for the new album. When Springsteen did a show at the Main Point, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, on February 5, 1975, with Sciaky as host, the crowd sang along to "Born to Run". Music videos
No music video was made for the original release of "Born to Run". In 1987, a video was released to MTV and other channels, featuring a live performance of "Born to Run" from Springsteen and the E Street Band's 1984–1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour, interspersed with clips of other songs' performances from the same tour. It closed with a "Thank you" message to Springsteen's fans. In 1988, director Meiert Avis shot a video of an acoustic version of the song during the Tunnel of Love Express tour. Both videos are included in the compilations Video Anthology / 1978 88 and The Complete Video Anthology / 1978 2000. Reception
At the time of the single release, Billboard described "Born to Run" as "one of the best rock anthems to individual freedom ever created," describing it as "a monster song with a piledriver arrangement" that could become Springsteen's biggest hit yet. Cash Box said that "Springsteen sounds like a cross between Roger McGuinn (from his Byrds days) and nobody else we've ever heard." In 1980 the New Jersey State Assembly passed a resolution naming "Born to Run" the "unofficial rock theme of our State's youth." The bill failed to pass the state Senate, owing to some of the song's lyrics being about a desire to leave New Jersey. Accolades
In 2016, "Born to Run" was ranked No. 16 in ''Pitchforks list of "The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s"
In 2004, the song was ranked #6 in WXPN's list of The 885 All Time Greatest Songs. Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time placed it at No. 27 in 2020
The song came in at No. 920 in Q's list of the "1001 Greatest Songs Ever" in 2003, in which they described the song as "best for working class heroes." It is one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. In 2001, the RIAA's Songs of the Century placed the song 135th (out of 365). In 1999, National Public Radio included the song in the "NPR 100", NPR's music editors' compilation of the one hundred most important American musical works of the 20th century. Live performances
The song has been played at nearly every non solo Springsteen concert since 1975 (although it was not included in the 2006 Sessions Band Tour) and is his most performed song live. Most of the time the house lights are turned fully on and fans consistently sing along with Springsteen's signature wordless vocalizations throughout the song's performance. The song has also been released in live versions on seven albums or DVDs:
A 1975 Born to Run Tour rendition on Hammersmith Odeon London '75, released in 2006;
A 1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour runthrough on Live/1975 85, released in 1986;
A starkly different 1988 solo acoustic guitar performance from the Tunnel of Love Express on Chimes of Freedom, a 1988 EP;
A 2000 Reunion Tour version on Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Live In New York City, released in 2001 (the song closes disc one but does not appear on the track listing of the album cover);
A 2002 Rising Tour take on the Live in Barcelona DVD, released in 2003. A 2009 Working on a Dream Tour performance on the DVD London Calling: Live in Hyde Park which was released in 2010. A 2018 Springsteen on Broadway performance, released on a Netflix special and an album of the same name at the end of the year. "Born to Run" was also performed as the second number of four during Springsteen and the E Street Band's halftime performance at Super Bowl XLIII. On Jon Stewart's last episode as host of The Daily Show on August 6, 2015, Springsteen performed "Land of Hope and Dreams" and "Born to Run". Live covers
On August 25, 2015, the 40th anniversary of Born to Run'''s release, indie rock band Superchunk shared a live cover of the title track. This performance also featured And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead and Crooked Fingers.
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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, 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 Stones 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. 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". Composition
In late 1973, on the road in Tennessee, Springsteen awoke with the title "Born to Run", which he wrote down. According to Springsteen, this was the first spark of the later song. Written in the first person, the song is a love letter to a girl named Wendy, for whom the hot rod riding protagonist seems to possess the passion to love, just not the patience. However, Springsteen has noted that it has a much simpler core: getting out of Freehold. U. S. Route 9, a highway passing through Freehold, is mentioned from the lyric "sprung from cages out on Highway 9". In his 1996 book Songs, Springsteen relates that while the beginning of the song was written on guitar around the opening riff, the song's writing was finished on piano, the instrument that most of the Born to Run album was composed on. The song was recorded in the key of E major. In the period prior to the release of Born to Run Springsteen was becoming well known (especially in his native northeast) for his live shows. "Born to Run" joined his concert repertoire well before the release of the album, being performed in concert by May 1974, if not earlier. The first recording of the song was made by Allan Clarke of the British group the Hollies, although its release was delayed, only appearing after Springsteen's own now famous version. Recording
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. On January 8, 1974, Springsteen met his manager, Mike Appel, Clarence Clemons, and the other members of his band at 914 Sound Studios, Blauvelt, New York, to rehearse two new compositions, "Jungleland" and "Born to Run", both of which were lacking lyrics. He continued working on both songs at his home in New Jersey. The original backing track was recorded on May 21, 1974, after rehearsal sessions. Vocals were recorded on June 26, 1974. Recording was not completed until August 6, 1974, when mixing began on seventy two tracks to the sixteen available at 914 Studios, including strings, more than one dozen guitar tracks, sax, drums, glockenspiel, bass, multiple keyboards and a variety of voices. The core instrumental backing track, which had been re recorded, was mixed, along with numerous test arrangements, backing vocals, double tracked vocals and strings, and finally the one chosen for release. Springsteen and Mike Appel were the producers, and Louis Lahav was chief engineer. After finally going in the can, the tapes sat for a year, waiting for the rest of the album to be completed. A pre release version of the song, with a slightly different mix, was given by Appel to disc jockey Ed Sciaky of WMMR in Philadelphia, and played with Springsteen as his special guest on November 3, 1974, and within a couple of weeks this version was given to other progressive rock radio outlets in the Northeast as well, including WNEW FM in New York City, WMMS in Cleveland, WBCN in Boston, and WVBR in Ithaca, New York. It became quite popular on these stations, and led to older cuts from Springsteen's first two albums being played, as anticipation built for the new album. When Springsteen did a show at the Main Point, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, on February 5, 1975, with Sciaky as host, the crowd sang along to "Born to Run". Music videos
No music video was made for the original release of "Born to Run". In 1987, a video was released to MTV and other channels, featuring a live performance of "Born to Run" from Springsteen and the E Street Band's 1984–1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour, interspersed with clips of other songs' performances from the same tour. It closed with a "Thank you" message to Springsteen's fans. In 1988, director Meiert Avis shot a video of an acoustic version of the song during the Tunnel of Love Express tour. Both videos are included in the compilations Video Anthology / 1978 88 and The Complete Video Anthology / 1978 2000. Reception
At the time of the single release, Billboard described "Born to Run" as "one of the best rock anthems to individual freedom ever created," describing it as "a monster song with a piledriver arrangement" that could become Springsteen's biggest hit yet. Cash Box said that "Springsteen sounds like a cross between Roger McGuinn (from his Byrds days) and nobody else we've ever heard." In 1980 the New Jersey State Assembly passed a resolution naming "Born to Run" the "unofficial rock theme of our State's youth." The bill failed to pass the state Senate, owing to some of the song's lyrics being about a desire to leave New Jersey. Accolades
In 2016, "Born to Run" was ranked No. 16 in ''Pitchforks list of "The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s"
In 2004, the song was ranked #6 in WXPN's list of The 885 All Time Greatest Songs. Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time placed it at No. 27 in 2020
The song came in at No. 920 in Q's list of the "1001 Greatest Songs Ever" in 2003, in which they described the song as "best for working class heroes." It is one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. In 2001, the RIAA's Songs of the Century placed the song 135th (out of 365). In 1999, National Public Radio included the song in the "NPR 100", NPR's music editors' compilation of the one hundred most important American musical works of the 20th century. Live performances
The song has been played at nearly every non solo Springsteen concert since 1975 (although it was not included in the 2006 Sessions Band Tour) and is his most performed song live. Most of the time the house lights are turned fully on and fans consistently sing along with Springsteen's signature wordless vocalizations throughout the song's performance. The song has also been released in live versions on seven albums or DVDs:
A 1975 Born to Run Tour rendition on Hammersmith Odeon London '75, released in 2006;
A 1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour runthrough on Live/1975 85, released in 1986;
A starkly different 1988 solo acoustic guitar performance from the Tunnel of Love Express on Chimes of Freedom, a 1988 EP;
A 2000 Reunion Tour version on Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Live In New York City, released in 2001 (the song closes disc one but does not appear on the track listing of the album cover);
A 2002 Rising Tour take on the Live in Barcelona DVD, released in 2003. A 2009 Working on a Dream Tour performance on the DVD London Calling: Live in Hyde Park which was released in 2010. A 2018 Springsteen on Broadway performance, released on a Netflix special and an album of the same name at the end of the year. "Born to Run" was also performed as the second number of four during Springsteen and the E Street Band's halftime performance at Super Bowl XLIII. On Jon Stewart's last episode as host of The Daily Show on August 6, 2015, Springsteen performed "Land of Hope and Dreams" and "Born to Run". Live covers
On August 25, 2015, the 40th anniversary of Born to Run'''s release, indie rock band Superchunk shared a live cover of the title track. This performance also featured And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead and Crooked Fingers.
In late 1973, on the road in Tennessee, Springsteen awoke with the title "Born to Run", which he wrote down. According to Springsteen, this was the first spark of the later song. Written in the first person, the song is a love letter to a girl named Wendy, for whom the hot rod riding protagonist seems to possess the passion to love, just not the patience. However, Springsteen has noted that it has a much simpler core: getting out of Freehold. U. S. Route 9, a highway passing through Freehold, is mentioned from the lyric "sprung from cages out on Highway 9". In his 1996 book Songs, Springsteen relates that while the beginning of the song was written on guitar around the opening riff, the song's writing was finished on piano, the instrument that most of the Born to Run album was composed on. The song was recorded in the key of E major. In the period prior to the release of Born to Run Springsteen was becoming well known (especially in his native northeast) for his live shows. "Born to Run" joined his concert repertoire well before the release of the album, being performed in concert by May 1974, if not earlier. The first recording of the song was made by Allan Clarke of the British group the Hollies, although its release was delayed, only appearing after Springsteen's own now famous version. Recording
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. On January 8, 1974, Springsteen met his manager, Mike Appel, Clarence Clemons, and the other members of his band at 914 Sound Studios, Blauvelt, New York, to rehearse two new compositions, "Jungleland" and "Born to Run", both of which were lacking lyrics. He continued working on both songs at his home in New Jersey. The original backing track was recorded on May 21, 1974, after rehearsal sessions. Vocals were recorded on June 26, 1974. Recording was not completed until August 6, 1974, when mixing began on seventy two tracks to the sixteen available at 914 Studios, including strings, more than one dozen guitar tracks, sax, drums, glockenspiel, bass, multiple keyboards and a variety of voices. The core instrumental backing track, which had been re recorded, was mixed, along with numerous test arrangements, backing vocals, double tracked vocals and strings, and finally the one chosen for release. Springsteen and Mike Appel were the producers, and Louis Lahav was chief engineer. After finally going in the can, the tapes sat for a year, waiting for the rest of the album to be completed. A pre release version of the song, with a slightly different mix, was given by Appel to disc jockey Ed Sciaky of WMMR in Philadelphia, and played with Springsteen as his special guest on November 3, 1974, and within a couple of weeks this version was given to other progressive rock radio outlets in the Northeast as well, including WNEW FM in New York City, WMMS in Cleveland, WBCN in Boston, and WVBR in Ithaca, New York. It became quite popular on these stations, and led to older cuts from Springsteen's first two albums being played, as anticipation built for the new album. When Springsteen did a show at the Main Point, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, on February 5, 1975, with Sciaky as host, the crowd sang along to "Born to Run". Music videos
No music video was made for the original release of "Born to Run". In 1987, a video was released to MTV and other channels, featuring a live performance of "Born to Run" from Springsteen and the E Street Band's 1984–1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour, interspersed with clips of other songs' performances from the same tour. It closed with a "Thank you" message to Springsteen's fans. In 1988, director Meiert Avis shot a video of an acoustic version of the song during the Tunnel of Love Express tour. Both videos are included in the compilations Video Anthology / 1978 88 and The Complete Video Anthology / 1978 2000. Reception
At the time of the single release, Billboard described "Born to Run" as "one of the best rock anthems to individual freedom ever created," describing it as "a monster song with a piledriver arrangement" that could become Springsteen's biggest hit yet. Cash Box said that "Springsteen sounds like a cross between Roger McGuinn (from his Byrds days) and nobody else we've ever heard." In 1980 the New Jersey State Assembly passed a resolution naming "Born to Run" the "unofficial rock theme of our State's youth." The bill failed to pass the state Senate, owing to some of the song's lyrics being about a desire to leave New Jersey. Accolades
In 2016, "Born to Run" was ranked No. 16 in ''Pitchforks list of "The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s"
In 2004, the song was ranked #6 in WXPN's list of The 885 All Time Greatest Songs. Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time placed it at No. 27 in 2020
The song came in at No. 920 in Q's list of the "1001 Greatest Songs Ever" in 2003, in which they described the song as "best for working class heroes." It is one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. In 2001, the RIAA's Songs of the Century placed the song 135th (out of 365). In 1999, National Public Radio included the song in the "NPR 100", NPR's music editors' compilation of the one hundred most important American musical works of the 20th century. Live performances
The song has been played at nearly every non solo Springsteen concert since 1975 (although it was not included in the 2006 Sessions Band Tour) and is his most performed song live. Most of the time the house lights are turned fully on and fans consistently sing along with Springsteen's signature wordless vocalizations throughout the song's performance. The song has also been released in live versions on seven albums or DVDs:
A 1975 Born to Run Tour rendition on Hammersmith Odeon London '75, released in 2006;
A 1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour runthrough on Live/1975 85, released in 1986;
A starkly different 1988 solo acoustic guitar performance from the Tunnel of Love Express on Chimes of Freedom, a 1988 EP;
A 2000 Reunion Tour version on Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Live In New York City, released in 2001 (the song closes disc one but does not appear on the track listing of the album cover);
A 2002 Rising Tour take on the Live in Barcelona DVD, released in 2003. A 2009 Working on a Dream Tour performance on the DVD London Calling: Live in Hyde Park which was released in 2010. A 2018 Springsteen on Broadway performance, released on a Netflix special and an album of the same name at the end of the year. "Born to Run" was also performed as the second number of four during Springsteen and the E Street Band's halftime performance at Super Bowl XLIII. On Jon Stewart's last episode as host of The Daily Show on August 6, 2015, Springsteen performed "Land of Hope and Dreams" and "Born to Run". Live covers
On August 25, 2015, the 40th anniversary of Born to Run'''s release, indie rock band Superchunk shared a live cover of the title track. This performance also featured And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead and Crooked Fingers.
При записи песни Спрингстин впервые заслужил репутацию перфекциониста, наложив до одиннадцати гитарных дорожек, чтобы добиться нужного звучания. Процесс записи и альтернативные идеи для аранжировки песни описаны в документальном фильме *Wings For Wheels*, включенном в переиздание 2005 года *Born to Run 30th Anniversary Edition*. 8 января 1974 года Спрингстин встретился со своим менеджером Майком Аппелом, Кларенсом Клемонсом и другими участниками своей группы в студии 914 Sound Studios в Блаувельте, штат Нью-Йорк, чтобы отрепетировать две новые композиции – "Jungleland" и "Born to Run", обе из которых не имели текста. Он продолжил работу над обеими песнями дома в Нью-Джерси. Оригинальный инструментальный трек был записан 21 мая 1974 года после репетиций. Вокальные партии были записаны 26 июня 1974 года. Запись была завершена только 6 августа 1974 года, когда началось сведение на 72 дорожках из 16 доступных в студии 914 Studios, включая струнные, более десятка гитарных дорожек, саксофон, барабаны, глокеншпиль, бас, несколько клавишных и разнообразные вокальные партии. Основной инструментальный трек, который был перезаписан, был сведен вместе с многочисленными тестовыми аранжировками, бэк-вокалом, двойным вокалом и струнными, и, наконец, был выбран для выпуска. Продюсерами выступили Спрингстин и Майк Аппел, а главным инженером – Луи Лахав. После завершения работы записи пролежали год, ожидая завершения работы над остальной частью альбома. Предварительная версия песни с немного другим сведением была передана Аппелом диджею Эду Скайки из WMMR в Филадельфии и прозвучала в эфире 3 ноября 1974 года, причем Спрингстин был его специальным гостем. В течение нескольких недель эта версия была отправлена другим прогрессивным рок-радиостанциям на северо-востоке, включая WNEW FM в Нью-Йорке, WMMS в Кливленде, WBCN в Бостоне и WVBR в Итаке, штат Нью-Йорк. Песня стала довольно популярной на этих станциях и привела к тому, что были поставлены более старые записи с первых двух альбомов Спрингстина, поскольку росло ожидание выхода нового альбома. Когда Спрингстин выступил в Main Point, Брин-Мор, штат Пенсильвания, 5 февраля 1975 года, с Скайки в качестве ведущего, толпа подпевала "Born to Run".
"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, 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 Stones 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. 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". Composition
In late 1973, on the road in Tennessee, Springsteen awoke with the title "Born to Run", which he wrote down. According to Springsteen, this was the first spark of the later song. Written in the first person, the song is a love letter to a girl named Wendy, for whom the hot rod riding protagonist seems to possess the passion to love, just not the patience. However, Springsteen has noted that it has a much simpler core: getting out of Freehold. U. S. Route 9, a highway passing through Freehold, is mentioned from the lyric "sprung from cages out on Highway 9". In his 1996 book Songs, Springsteen relates that while the beginning of the song was written on guitar around the opening riff, the song's writing was finished on piano, the instrument that most of the Born to Run album was composed on. The song was recorded in the key of E major. In the period prior to the release of Born to Run Springsteen was becoming well known (especially in his native northeast) for his live shows. "Born to Run" joined his concert repertoire well before the release of the album, being performed in concert by May 1974, if not earlier. The first recording of the song was made by Allan Clarke of the British group the Hollies, although its release was delayed, only appearing after Springsteen's own now famous version. Recording
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. On January 8, 1974, Springsteen met his manager, Mike Appel, Clarence Clemons, and the other members of his band at 914 Sound Studios, Blauvelt, New York, to rehearse two new compositions, "Jungleland" and "Born to Run", both of which were lacking lyrics. He continued working on both songs at his home in New Jersey. The original backing track was recorded on May 21, 1974, after rehearsal sessions. Vocals were recorded on June 26, 1974. Recording was not completed until August 6, 1974, when mixing began on seventy two tracks to the sixteen available at 914 Studios, including strings, more than one dozen guitar tracks, sax, drums, glockenspiel, bass, multiple keyboards and a variety of voices. The core instrumental backing track, which had been re recorded, was mixed, along with numerous test arrangements, backing vocals, double tracked vocals and strings, and finally the one chosen for release. Springsteen and Mike Appel were the producers, and Louis Lahav was chief engineer. After finally going in the can, the tapes sat for a year, waiting for the rest of the album to be completed. A pre release version of the song, with a slightly different mix, was given by Appel to disc jockey Ed Sciaky of WMMR in Philadelphia, and played with Springsteen as his special guest on November 3, 1974, and within a couple of weeks this version was given to other progressive rock radio outlets in the Northeast as well, including WNEW FM in New York City, WMMS in Cleveland, WBCN in Boston, and WVBR in Ithaca, New York. It became quite popular on these stations, and led to older cuts from Springsteen's first two albums being played, as anticipation built for the new album. When Springsteen did a show at the Main Point, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, on February 5, 1975, with Sciaky as host, the crowd sang along to "Born to Run". Music videos
No music video was made for the original release of "Born to Run". In 1987, a video was released to MTV and other channels, featuring a live performance of "Born to Run" from Springsteen and the E Street Band's 1984–1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour, interspersed with clips of other songs' performances from the same tour. It closed with a "Thank you" message to Springsteen's fans. In 1988, director Meiert Avis shot a video of an acoustic version of the song during the Tunnel of Love Express tour. Both videos are included in the compilations Video Anthology / 1978 88 and The Complete Video Anthology / 1978 2000. Reception
At the time of the single release, Billboard described "Born to Run" as "one of the best rock anthems to individual freedom ever created," describing it as "a monster song with a piledriver arrangement" that could become Springsteen's biggest hit yet. Cash Box said that "Springsteen sounds like a cross between Roger McGuinn (from his Byrds days) and nobody else we've ever heard." In 1980 the New Jersey State Assembly passed a resolution naming "Born to Run" the "unofficial rock theme of our State's youth." The bill failed to pass the state Senate, owing to some of the song's lyrics being about a desire to leave New Jersey. Accolades
In 2016, "Born to Run" was ranked No. 16 in ''Pitchforks list of "The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s"
In 2004, the song was ranked #6 in WXPN's list of The 885 All Time Greatest Songs. Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time placed it at No. 27 in 2020
The song came in at No. 920 in Q's list of the "1001 Greatest Songs Ever" in 2003, in which they described the song as "best for working class heroes." It is one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. In 2001, the RIAA's Songs of the Century placed the song 135th (out of 365). In 1999, National Public Radio included the song in the "NPR 100", NPR's music editors' compilation of the one hundred most important American musical works of the 20th century. Live performances
The song has been played at nearly every non solo Springsteen concert since 1975 (although it was not included in the 2006 Sessions Band Tour) and is his most performed song live. Most of the time the house lights are turned fully on and fans consistently sing along with Springsteen's signature wordless vocalizations throughout the song's performance. The song has also been released in live versions on seven albums or DVDs:
A 1975 Born to Run Tour rendition on Hammersmith Odeon London '75, released in 2006;
A 1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour runthrough on Live/1975 85, released in 1986;
A starkly different 1988 solo acoustic guitar performance from the Tunnel of Love Express on Chimes of Freedom, a 1988 EP;
A 2000 Reunion Tour version on Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Live In New York City, released in 2001 (the song closes disc one but does not appear on the track listing of the album cover);
A 2002 Rising Tour take on the Live in Barcelona DVD, released in 2003. A 2009 Working on a Dream Tour performance on the DVD London Calling: Live in Hyde Park which was released in 2010. A 2018 Springsteen on Broadway performance, released on a Netflix special and an album of the same name at the end of the year. "Born to Run" was also performed as the second number of four during Springsteen and the E Street Band's halftime performance at Super Bowl XLIII. On Jon Stewart's last episode as host of The Daily Show on August 6, 2015, Springsteen performed "Land of Hope and Dreams" and "Born to Run". Live covers
On August 25, 2015, the 40th anniversary of Born to Run'''s release, indie rock band Superchunk shared a live cover of the title track. This performance also featured And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead and Crooked Fingers.
In late 1973, on the road in Tennessee, Springsteen awoke with the title "Born to Run", which he wrote down. According to Springsteen, this was the first spark of the later song. Written in the first person, the song is a love letter to a girl named Wendy, for whom the hot rod riding protagonist seems to possess the passion to love, just not the patience. However, Springsteen has noted that it has a much simpler core: getting out of Freehold. U. S. Route 9, a highway passing through Freehold, is mentioned from the lyric "sprung from cages out on Highway 9". In his 1996 book Songs, Springsteen relates that while the beginning of the song was written on guitar around the opening riff, the song's writing was finished on piano, the instrument that most of the Born to Run album was composed on. The song was recorded in the key of E major. In the period prior to the release of Born to Run Springsteen was becoming well known (especially in his native northeast) for his live shows. "Born to Run" joined his concert repertoire well before the release of the album, being performed in concert by May 1974, if not earlier. The first recording of the song was made by Allan Clarke of the British group the Hollies, although its release was delayed, only appearing after Springsteen's own now famous version. Recording
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. On January 8, 1974, Springsteen met his manager, Mike Appel, Clarence Clemons, and the other members of his band at 914 Sound Studios, Blauvelt, New York, to rehearse two new compositions, "Jungleland" and "Born to Run", both of which were lacking lyrics. He continued working on both songs at his home in New Jersey. The original backing track was recorded on May 21, 1974, after rehearsal sessions. Vocals were recorded on June 26, 1974. Recording was not completed until August 6, 1974, when mixing began on seventy two tracks to the sixteen available at 914 Studios, including strings, more than one dozen guitar tracks, sax, drums, glockenspiel, bass, multiple keyboards and a variety of voices. The core instrumental backing track, which had been re recorded, was mixed, along with numerous test arrangements, backing vocals, double tracked vocals and strings, and finally the one chosen for release. Springsteen and Mike Appel were the producers, and Louis Lahav was chief engineer. After finally going in the can, the tapes sat for a year, waiting for the rest of the album to be completed. A pre release version of the song, with a slightly different mix, was given by Appel to disc jockey Ed Sciaky of WMMR in Philadelphia, and played with Springsteen as his special guest on November 3, 1974, and within a couple of weeks this version was given to other progressive rock radio outlets in the Northeast as well, including WNEW FM in New York City, WMMS in Cleveland, WBCN in Boston, and WVBR in Ithaca, New York. It became quite popular on these stations, and led to older cuts from Springsteen's first two albums being played, as anticipation built for the new album. When Springsteen did a show at the Main Point, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, on February 5, 1975, with Sciaky as host, the crowd sang along to "Born to Run". Music videos
No music video was made for the original release of "Born to Run". In 1987, a video was released to MTV and other channels, featuring a live performance of "Born to Run" from Springsteen and the E Street Band's 1984–1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour, interspersed with clips of other songs' performances from the same tour. It closed with a "Thank you" message to Springsteen's fans. In 1988, director Meiert Avis shot a video of an acoustic version of the song during the Tunnel of Love Express tour. Both videos are included in the compilations Video Anthology / 1978 88 and The Complete Video Anthology / 1978 2000. Reception
At the time of the single release, Billboard described "Born to Run" as "one of the best rock anthems to individual freedom ever created," describing it as "a monster song with a piledriver arrangement" that could become Springsteen's biggest hit yet. Cash Box said that "Springsteen sounds like a cross between Roger McGuinn (from his Byrds days) and nobody else we've ever heard." In 1980 the New Jersey State Assembly passed a resolution naming "Born to Run" the "unofficial rock theme of our State's youth." The bill failed to pass the state Senate, owing to some of the song's lyrics being about a desire to leave New Jersey. Accolades
In 2016, "Born to Run" was ranked No. 16 in ''Pitchforks list of "The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s"
In 2004, the song was ranked #6 in WXPN's list of The 885 All Time Greatest Songs. Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time placed it at No. 27 in 2020
The song came in at No. 920 in Q's list of the "1001 Greatest Songs Ever" in 2003, in which they described the song as "best for working class heroes." It is one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. In 2001, the RIAA's Songs of the Century placed the song 135th (out of 365). In 1999, National Public Radio included the song in the "NPR 100", NPR's music editors' compilation of the one hundred most important American musical works of the 20th century. Live performances
The song has been played at nearly every non solo Springsteen concert since 1975 (although it was not included in the 2006 Sessions Band Tour) and is his most performed song live. Most of the time the house lights are turned fully on and fans consistently sing along with Springsteen's signature wordless vocalizations throughout the song's performance. The song has also been released in live versions on seven albums or DVDs:
A 1975 Born to Run Tour rendition on Hammersmith Odeon London '75, released in 2006;
A 1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour runthrough on Live/1975 85, released in 1986;
A starkly different 1988 solo acoustic guitar performance from the Tunnel of Love Express on Chimes of Freedom, a 1988 EP;
A 2000 Reunion Tour version on Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Live In New York City, released in 2001 (the song closes disc one but does not appear on the track listing of the album cover);
A 2002 Rising Tour take on the Live in Barcelona DVD, released in 2003. A 2009 Working on a Dream Tour performance on the DVD London Calling: Live in Hyde Park which was released in 2010. A 2018 Springsteen on Broadway performance, released on a Netflix special and an album of the same name at the end of the year. "Born to Run" was also performed as the second number of four during Springsteen and the E Street Band's halftime performance at Super Bowl XLIII. On Jon Stewart's last episode as host of The Daily Show on August 6, 2015, Springsteen performed "Land of Hope and Dreams" and "Born to Run". Live covers
On August 25, 2015, the 40th anniversary of Born to Run'''s release, indie rock band Superchunk shared a live cover of the title track. This performance also featured And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead and Crooked Fingers.
**Музыкальные клипы**
"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, 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 Stones 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. 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". Composition
In late 1973, on the road in Tennessee, Springsteen awoke with the title "Born to Run", which he wrote down. According to Springsteen, this was the first spark of the later song. Written in the first person, the song is a love letter to a girl named Wendy, for whom the hot rod riding protagonist seems to possess the passion to love, just not the patience. However, Springsteen has noted that it has a much simpler core: getting out of Freehold. U. S. Route 9, a highway passing through Freehold, is mentioned from the lyric "sprung from cages out on Highway 9". In his 1996 book Songs, Springsteen relates that while the beginning of the song was written on guitar around the opening riff, the song's writing was finished on piano, the instrument that most of the Born to Run album was composed on. The song was recorded in the key of E major. In the period prior to the release of Born to Run Springsteen was becoming well known (especially in his native northeast) for his live shows. "Born to Run" joined his concert repertoire well before the release of the album, being performed in concert by May 1974, if not earlier. The first recording of the song was made by Allan Clarke of the British group the Hollies, although its release was delayed, only appearing after Springsteen's own now famous version. Recording
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. On January 8, 1974, Springsteen met his manager, Mike Appel, Clarence Clemons, and the other members of his band at 914 Sound Studios, Blauvelt, New York, to rehearse two new compositions, "Jungleland" and "Born to Run", both of which were lacking lyrics. He continued working on both songs at his home in New Jersey. The original backing track was recorded on May 21, 1974, after rehearsal sessions. Vocals were recorded on June 26, 1974. Recording was not completed until August 6, 1974, when mixing began on seventy two tracks to the sixteen available at 914 Studios, including strings, more than one dozen guitar tracks, sax, drums, glockenspiel, bass, multiple keyboards and a variety of voices. The core instrumental backing track, which had been re recorded, was mixed, along with numerous test arrangements, backing vocals, double tracked vocals and strings, and finally the one chosen for release. Springsteen and Mike Appel were the producers, and Louis Lahav was chief engineer. After finally going in the can, the tapes sat for a year, waiting for the rest of the album to be completed. A pre release version of the song, with a slightly different mix, was given by Appel to disc jockey Ed Sciaky of WMMR in Philadelphia, and played with Springsteen as his special guest on November 3, 1974, and within a couple of weeks this version was given to other progressive rock radio outlets in the Northeast as well, including WNEW FM in New York City, WMMS in Cleveland, WBCN in Boston, and WVBR in Ithaca, New York. It became quite popular on these stations, and led to older cuts from Springsteen's first two albums being played, as anticipation built for the new album. When Springsteen did a show at the Main Point, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, on February 5, 1975, with Sciaky as host, the crowd sang along to "Born to Run". Music videos
No music video was made for the original release of "Born to Run". In 1987, a video was released to MTV and other channels, featuring a live performance of "Born to Run" from Springsteen and the E Street Band's 1984–1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour, interspersed with clips of other songs' performances from the same tour. It closed with a "Thank you" message to Springsteen's fans. In 1988, director Meiert Avis shot a video of an acoustic version of the song during the Tunnel of Love Express tour. Both videos are included in the compilations Video Anthology / 1978 88 and The Complete Video Anthology / 1978 2000. Reception
At the time of the single release, Billboard described "Born to Run" as "one of the best rock anthems to individual freedom ever created," describing it as "a monster song with a piledriver arrangement" that could become Springsteen's biggest hit yet. Cash Box said that "Springsteen sounds like a cross between Roger McGuinn (from his Byrds days) and nobody else we've ever heard." In 1980 the New Jersey State Assembly passed a resolution naming "Born to Run" the "unofficial rock theme of our State's youth." The bill failed to pass the state Senate, owing to some of the song's lyrics being about a desire to leave New Jersey. Accolades
In 2016, "Born to Run" was ranked No. 16 in ''Pitchforks list of "The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s"
In 2004, the song was ranked #6 in WXPN's list of The 885 All Time Greatest Songs. Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time placed it at No. 27 in 2020
The song came in at No. 920 in Q's list of the "1001 Greatest Songs Ever" in 2003, in which they described the song as "best for working class heroes." It is one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. In 2001, the RIAA's Songs of the Century placed the song 135th (out of 365). In 1999, National Public Radio included the song in the "NPR 100", NPR's music editors' compilation of the one hundred most important American musical works of the 20th century. Live performances
The song has been played at nearly every non solo Springsteen concert since 1975 (although it was not included in the 2006 Sessions Band Tour) and is his most performed song live. Most of the time the house lights are turned fully on and fans consistently sing along with Springsteen's signature wordless vocalizations throughout the song's performance. The song has also been released in live versions on seven albums or DVDs:
A 1975 Born to Run Tour rendition on Hammersmith Odeon London '75, released in 2006;
A 1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour runthrough on Live/1975 85, released in 1986;
A starkly different 1988 solo acoustic guitar performance from the Tunnel of Love Express on Chimes of Freedom, a 1988 EP;
A 2000 Reunion Tour version on Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Live In New York City, released in 2001 (the song closes disc one but does not appear on the track listing of the album cover);
A 2002 Rising Tour take on the Live in Barcelona DVD, released in 2003. A 2009 Working on a Dream Tour performance on the DVD London Calling: Live in Hyde Park which was released in 2010. A 2018 Springsteen on Broadway performance, released on a Netflix special and an album of the same name at the end of the year. "Born to Run" was also performed as the second number of four during Springsteen and the E Street Band's halftime performance at Super Bowl XLIII. On Jon Stewart's last episode as host of The Daily Show on August 6, 2015, Springsteen performed "Land of Hope and Dreams" and "Born to Run". Live covers
On August 25, 2015, the 40th anniversary of Born to Run'''s release, indie rock band Superchunk shared a live cover of the title track. This performance also featured And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead and Crooked Fingers.
In late 1973, on the road in Tennessee, Springsteen awoke with the title "Born to Run", which he wrote down. According to Springsteen, this was the first spark of the later song. Written in the first person, the song is a love letter to a girl named Wendy, for whom the hot rod riding protagonist seems to possess the passion to love, just not the patience. However, Springsteen has noted that it has a much simpler core: getting out of Freehold. U. S. Route 9, a highway passing through Freehold, is mentioned from the lyric "sprung from cages out on Highway 9". In his 1996 book Songs, Springsteen relates that while the beginning of the song was written on guitar around the opening riff, the song's writing was finished on piano, the instrument that most of the Born to Run album was composed on. The song was recorded in the key of E major. In the period prior to the release of Born to Run Springsteen was becoming well known (especially in his native northeast) for his live shows. "Born to Run" joined his concert repertoire well before the release of the album, being performed in concert by May 1974, if not earlier. The first recording of the song was made by Allan Clarke of the British group the Hollies, although its release was delayed, only appearing after Springsteen's own now famous version. Recording
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. On January 8, 1974, Springsteen met his manager, Mike Appel, Clarence Clemons, and the other members of his band at 914 Sound Studios, Blauvelt, New York, to rehearse two new compositions, "Jungleland" and "Born to Run", both of which were lacking lyrics. He continued working on both songs at his home in New Jersey. The original backing track was recorded on May 21, 1974, after rehearsal sessions. Vocals were recorded on June 26, 1974. Recording was not completed until August 6, 1974, when mixing began on seventy two tracks to the sixteen available at 914 Studios, including strings, more than one dozen guitar tracks, sax, drums, glockenspiel, bass, multiple keyboards and a variety of voices. The core instrumental backing track, which had been re recorded, was mixed, along with numerous test arrangements, backing vocals, double tracked vocals and strings, and finally the one chosen for release. Springsteen and Mike Appel were the producers, and Louis Lahav was chief engineer. After finally going in the can, the tapes sat for a year, waiting for the rest of the album to be completed. A pre release version of the song, with a slightly different mix, was given by Appel to disc jockey Ed Sciaky of WMMR in Philadelphia, and played with Springsteen as his special guest on November 3, 1974, and within a couple of weeks this version was given to other progressive rock radio outlets in the Northeast as well, including WNEW FM in New York City, WMMS in Cleveland, WBCN in Boston, and WVBR in Ithaca, New York. It became quite popular on these stations, and led to older cuts from Springsteen's first two albums being played, as anticipation built for the new album. When Springsteen did a show at the Main Point, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, on February 5, 1975, with Sciaky as host, the crowd sang along to "Born to Run". Music videos
No music video was made for the original release of "Born to Run". In 1987, a video was released to MTV and other channels, featuring a live performance of "Born to Run" from Springsteen and the E Street Band's 1984–1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour, interspersed with clips of other songs' performances from the same tour. It closed with a "Thank you" message to Springsteen's fans. In 1988, director Meiert Avis shot a video of an acoustic version of the song during the Tunnel of Love Express tour. Both videos are included in the compilations Video Anthology / 1978 88 and The Complete Video Anthology / 1978 2000. Reception
At the time of the single release, Billboard described "Born to Run" as "one of the best rock anthems to individual freedom ever created," describing it as "a monster song with a piledriver arrangement" that could become Springsteen's biggest hit yet. Cash Box said that "Springsteen sounds like a cross between Roger McGuinn (from his Byrds days) and nobody else we've ever heard." In 1980 the New Jersey State Assembly passed a resolution naming "Born to Run" the "unofficial rock theme of our State's youth." The bill failed to pass the state Senate, owing to some of the song's lyrics being about a desire to leave New Jersey. Accolades
In 2016, "Born to Run" was ranked No. 16 in ''Pitchforks list of "The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s"
In 2004, the song was ranked #6 in WXPN's list of The 885 All Time Greatest Songs. Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time placed it at No. 27 in 2020
The song came in at No. 920 in Q's list of the "1001 Greatest Songs Ever" in 2003, in which they described the song as "best for working class heroes." It is one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. In 2001, the RIAA's Songs of the Century placed the song 135th (out of 365). In 1999, National Public Radio included the song in the "NPR 100", NPR's music editors' compilation of the one hundred most important American musical works of the 20th century. Live performances
The song has been played at nearly every non solo Springsteen concert since 1975 (although it was not included in the 2006 Sessions Band Tour) and is his most performed song live. Most of the time the house lights are turned fully on and fans consistently sing along with Springsteen's signature wordless vocalizations throughout the song's performance. The song has also been released in live versions on seven albums or DVDs:
A 1975 Born to Run Tour rendition on Hammersmith Odeon London '75, released in 2006;
A 1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour runthrough on Live/1975 85, released in 1986;
A starkly different 1988 solo acoustic guitar performance from the Tunnel of Love Express on Chimes of Freedom, a 1988 EP;
A 2000 Reunion Tour version on Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Live In New York City, released in 2001 (the song closes disc one but does not appear on the track listing of the album cover);
A 2002 Rising Tour take on the Live in Barcelona DVD, released in 2003. A 2009 Working on a Dream Tour performance on the DVD London Calling: Live in Hyde Park which was released in 2010. A 2018 Springsteen on Broadway performance, released on a Netflix special and an album of the same name at the end of the year. "Born to Run" was also performed as the second number of four during Springsteen and the E Street Band's halftime performance at Super Bowl XLIII. On Jon Stewart's last episode as host of The Daily Show on August 6, 2015, Springsteen performed "Land of Hope and Dreams" and "Born to Run". Live covers
On August 25, 2015, the 40th anniversary of Born to Run'''s release, indie rock band Superchunk shared a live cover of the title track. This performance also featured And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead and Crooked Fingers.
Для оригинального релиза "Born to Run" не было снято музыкального клипа. В 1987 году на MTV и других каналах было выпущено видео с живым исполнением "Born to Run" из тура *Born in the U. S. A.* (1984–1985) Брюса Спрингстина и E Street Band, перемежающееся с кадрами выступлений других песен из того же тура. Видео заканчивалось благодарственным посланием поклонникам Спрингстина. В 1988 году режиссер Мейерт Авис снял видео акустической версии песни во время тура *Tunnel of Love Express*. Оба видеоролика вошли в сборники *Video Anthology / 1978 88* и *The Complete Video Anthology / 1978 2000*.
"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, 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 Stones 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. 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". Composition
In late 1973, on the road in Tennessee, Springsteen awoke with the title "Born to Run", which he wrote down. According to Springsteen, this was the first spark of the later song. Written in the first person, the song is a love letter to a girl named Wendy, for whom the hot rod riding protagonist seems to possess the passion to love, just not the patience. However, Springsteen has noted that it has a much simpler core: getting out of Freehold. U. S. Route 9, a highway passing through Freehold, is mentioned from the lyric "sprung from cages out on Highway 9". In his 1996 book Songs, Springsteen relates that while the beginning of the song was written on guitar around the opening riff, the song's writing was finished on piano, the instrument that most of the Born to Run album was composed on. The song was recorded in the key of E major. In the period prior to the release of Born to Run Springsteen was becoming well known (especially in his native northeast) for his live shows. "Born to Run" joined his concert repertoire well before the release of the album, being performed in concert by May 1974, if not earlier. The first recording of the song was made by Allan Clarke of the British group the Hollies, although its release was delayed, only appearing after Springsteen's own now famous version. Recording
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. On January 8, 1974, Springsteen met his manager, Mike Appel, Clarence Clemons, and the other members of his band at 914 Sound Studios, Blauvelt, New York, to rehearse two new compositions, "Jungleland" and "Born to Run", both of which were lacking lyrics. He continued working on both songs at his home in New Jersey. The original backing track was recorded on May 21, 1974, after rehearsal sessions. Vocals were recorded on June 26, 1974. Recording was not completed until August 6, 1974, when mixing began on seventy two tracks to the sixteen available at 914 Studios, including strings, more than one dozen guitar tracks, sax, drums, glockenspiel, bass, multiple keyboards and a variety of voices. The core instrumental backing track, which had been re recorded, was mixed, along with numerous test arrangements, backing vocals, double tracked vocals and strings, and finally the one chosen for release. Springsteen and Mike Appel were the producers, and Louis Lahav was chief engineer. After finally going in the can, the tapes sat for a year, waiting for the rest of the album to be completed. A pre release version of the song, with a slightly different mix, was given by Appel to disc jockey Ed Sciaky of WMMR in Philadelphia, and played with Springsteen as his special guest on November 3, 1974, and within a couple of weeks this version was given to other progressive rock radio outlets in the Northeast as well, including WNEW FM in New York City, WMMS in Cleveland, WBCN in Boston, and WVBR in Ithaca, New York. It became quite popular on these stations, and led to older cuts from Springsteen's first two albums being played, as anticipation built for the new album. When Springsteen did a show at the Main Point, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, on February 5, 1975, with Sciaky as host, the crowd sang along to "Born to Run". Music videos
No music video was made for the original release of "Born to Run". In 1987, a video was released to MTV and other channels, featuring a live performance of "Born to Run" from Springsteen and the E Street Band's 1984–1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour, interspersed with clips of other songs' performances from the same tour. It closed with a "Thank you" message to Springsteen's fans. In 1988, director Meiert Avis shot a video of an acoustic version of the song during the Tunnel of Love Express tour. Both videos are included in the compilations Video Anthology / 1978 88 and The Complete Video Anthology / 1978 2000. Reception
At the time of the single release, Billboard described "Born to Run" as "one of the best rock anthems to individual freedom ever created," describing it as "a monster song with a piledriver arrangement" that could become Springsteen's biggest hit yet. Cash Box said that "Springsteen sounds like a cross between Roger McGuinn (from his Byrds days) and nobody else we've ever heard." In 1980 the New Jersey State Assembly passed a resolution naming "Born to Run" the "unofficial rock theme of our State's youth." The bill failed to pass the state Senate, owing to some of the song's lyrics being about a desire to leave New Jersey. Accolades
In 2016, "Born to Run" was ranked No. 16 in ''Pitchforks list of "The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s"
In 2004, the song was ranked #6 in WXPN's list of The 885 All Time Greatest Songs. Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time placed it at No. 27 in 2020
The song came in at No. 920 in Q's list of the "1001 Greatest Songs Ever" in 2003, in which they described the song as "best for working class heroes." It is one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. In 2001, the RIAA's Songs of the Century placed the song 135th (out of 365). In 1999, National Public Radio included the song in the "NPR 100", NPR's music editors' compilation of the one hundred most important American musical works of the 20th century. Live performances
The song has been played at nearly every non solo Springsteen concert since 1975 (although it was not included in the 2006 Sessions Band Tour) and is his most performed song live. Most of the time the house lights are turned fully on and fans consistently sing along with Springsteen's signature wordless vocalizations throughout the song's performance. The song has also been released in live versions on seven albums or DVDs:
A 1975 Born to Run Tour rendition on Hammersmith Odeon London '75, released in 2006;
A 1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour runthrough on Live/1975 85, released in 1986;
A starkly different 1988 solo acoustic guitar performance from the Tunnel of Love Express on Chimes of Freedom, a 1988 EP;
A 2000 Reunion Tour version on Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Live In New York City, released in 2001 (the song closes disc one but does not appear on the track listing of the album cover);
A 2002 Rising Tour take on the Live in Barcelona DVD, released in 2003. A 2009 Working on a Dream Tour performance on the DVD London Calling: Live in Hyde Park which was released in 2010. A 2018 Springsteen on Broadway performance, released on a Netflix special and an album of the same name at the end of the year. "Born to Run" was also performed as the second number of four during Springsteen and the E Street Band's halftime performance at Super Bowl XLIII. On Jon Stewart's last episode as host of The Daily Show on August 6, 2015, Springsteen performed "Land of Hope and Dreams" and "Born to Run". Live covers
On August 25, 2015, the 40th anniversary of Born to Run'''s release, indie rock band Superchunk shared a live cover of the title track. This performance also featured And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead and Crooked Fingers.
In late 1973, on the road in Tennessee, Springsteen awoke with the title "Born to Run", which he wrote down. According to Springsteen, this was the first spark of the later song. Written in the first person, the song is a love letter to a girl named Wendy, for whom the hot rod riding protagonist seems to possess the passion to love, just not the patience. However, Springsteen has noted that it has a much simpler core: getting out of Freehold. U. S. Route 9, a highway passing through Freehold, is mentioned from the lyric "sprung from cages out on Highway 9". In his 1996 book Songs, Springsteen relates that while the beginning of the song was written on guitar around the opening riff, the song's writing was finished on piano, the instrument that most of the Born to Run album was composed on. The song was recorded in the key of E major. In the period prior to the release of Born to Run Springsteen was becoming well known (especially in his native northeast) for his live shows. "Born to Run" joined his concert repertoire well before the release of the album, being performed in concert by May 1974, if not earlier. The first recording of the song was made by Allan Clarke of the British group the Hollies, although its release was delayed, only appearing after Springsteen's own now famous version. Recording
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. On January 8, 1974, Springsteen met his manager, Mike Appel, Clarence Clemons, and the other members of his band at 914 Sound Studios, Blauvelt, New York, to rehearse two new compositions, "Jungleland" and "Born to Run", both of which were lacking lyrics. He continued working on both songs at his home in New Jersey. The original backing track was recorded on May 21, 1974, after rehearsal sessions. Vocals were recorded on June 26, 1974. Recording was not completed until August 6, 1974, when mixing began on seventy two tracks to the sixteen available at 914 Studios, including strings, more than one dozen guitar tracks, sax, drums, glockenspiel, bass, multiple keyboards and a variety of voices. The core instrumental backing track, which had been re recorded, was mixed, along with numerous test arrangements, backing vocals, double tracked vocals and strings, and finally the one chosen for release. Springsteen and Mike Appel were the producers, and Louis Lahav was chief engineer. After finally going in the can, the tapes sat for a year, waiting for the rest of the album to be completed. A pre release version of the song, with a slightly different mix, was given by Appel to disc jockey Ed Sciaky of WMMR in Philadelphia, and played with Springsteen as his special guest on November 3, 1974, and within a couple of weeks this version was given to other progressive rock radio outlets in the Northeast as well, including WNEW FM in New York City, WMMS in Cleveland, WBCN in Boston, and WVBR in Ithaca, New York. It became quite popular on these stations, and led to older cuts from Springsteen's first two albums being played, as anticipation built for the new album. When Springsteen did a show at the Main Point, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, on February 5, 1975, with Sciaky as host, the crowd sang along to "Born to Run". Music videos
No music video was made for the original release of "Born to Run". In 1987, a video was released to MTV and other channels, featuring a live performance of "Born to Run" from Springsteen and the E Street Band's 1984–1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour, interspersed with clips of other songs' performances from the same tour. It closed with a "Thank you" message to Springsteen's fans. In 1988, director Meiert Avis shot a video of an acoustic version of the song during the Tunnel of Love Express tour. Both videos are included in the compilations Video Anthology / 1978 88 and The Complete Video Anthology / 1978 2000. Reception
At the time of the single release, Billboard described "Born to Run" as "one of the best rock anthems to individual freedom ever created," describing it as "a monster song with a piledriver arrangement" that could become Springsteen's biggest hit yet. Cash Box said that "Springsteen sounds like a cross between Roger McGuinn (from his Byrds days) and nobody else we've ever heard." In 1980 the New Jersey State Assembly passed a resolution naming "Born to Run" the "unofficial rock theme of our State's youth." The bill failed to pass the state Senate, owing to some of the song's lyrics being about a desire to leave New Jersey. Accolades
In 2016, "Born to Run" was ranked No. 16 in ''Pitchforks list of "The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s"
In 2004, the song was ranked #6 in WXPN's list of The 885 All Time Greatest Songs. Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time placed it at No. 27 in 2020
The song came in at No. 920 in Q's list of the "1001 Greatest Songs Ever" in 2003, in which they described the song as "best for working class heroes." It is one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. In 2001, the RIAA's Songs of the Century placed the song 135th (out of 365). In 1999, National Public Radio included the song in the "NPR 100", NPR's music editors' compilation of the one hundred most important American musical works of the 20th century. Live performances
The song has been played at nearly every non solo Springsteen concert since 1975 (although it was not included in the 2006 Sessions Band Tour) and is his most performed song live. Most of the time the house lights are turned fully on and fans consistently sing along with Springsteen's signature wordless vocalizations throughout the song's performance. The song has also been released in live versions on seven albums or DVDs:
A 1975 Born to Run Tour rendition on Hammersmith Odeon London '75, released in 2006;
A 1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour runthrough on Live/1975 85, released in 1986;
A starkly different 1988 solo acoustic guitar performance from the Tunnel of Love Express on Chimes of Freedom, a 1988 EP;
A 2000 Reunion Tour version on Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Live In New York City, released in 2001 (the song closes disc one but does not appear on the track listing of the album cover);
A 2002 Rising Tour take on the Live in Barcelona DVD, released in 2003. A 2009 Working on a Dream Tour performance on the DVD London Calling: Live in Hyde Park which was released in 2010. A 2018 Springsteen on Broadway performance, released on a Netflix special and an album of the same name at the end of the year. "Born to Run" was also performed as the second number of four during Springsteen and the E Street Band's halftime performance at Super Bowl XLIII. On Jon Stewart's last episode as host of The Daily Show on August 6, 2015, Springsteen performed "Land of Hope and Dreams" and "Born to Run". Live covers
On August 25, 2015, the 40th anniversary of Born to Run'''s release, indie rock band Superchunk shared a live cover of the title track. This performance also featured And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead and Crooked Fingers.
**Признание**
"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, 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 Stones 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. 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". Composition
In late 1973, on the road in Tennessee, Springsteen awoke with the title "Born to Run", which he wrote down. According to Springsteen, this was the first spark of the later song. Written in the first person, the song is a love letter to a girl named Wendy, for whom the hot rod riding protagonist seems to possess the passion to love, just not the patience. However, Springsteen has noted that it has a much simpler core: getting out of Freehold. U. S. Route 9, a highway passing through Freehold, is mentioned from the lyric "sprung from cages out on Highway 9". In his 1996 book Songs, Springsteen relates that while the beginning of the song was written on guitar around the opening riff, the song's writing was finished on piano, the instrument that most of the Born to Run album was composed on. The song was recorded in the key of E major. In the period prior to the release of Born to Run Springsteen was becoming well known (especially in his native northeast) for his live shows. "Born to Run" joined his concert repertoire well before the release of the album, being performed in concert by May 1974, if not earlier. The first recording of the song was made by Allan Clarke of the British group the Hollies, although its release was delayed, only appearing after Springsteen's own now famous version. Recording
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. On January 8, 1974, Springsteen met his manager, Mike Appel, Clarence Clemons, and the other members of his band at 914 Sound Studios, Blauvelt, New York, to rehearse two new compositions, "Jungleland" and "Born to Run", both of which were lacking lyrics. He continued working on both songs at his home in New Jersey. The original backing track was recorded on May 21, 1974, after rehearsal sessions. Vocals were recorded on June 26, 1974. Recording was not completed until August 6, 1974, when mixing began on seventy two tracks to the sixteen available at 914 Studios, including strings, more than one dozen guitar tracks, sax, drums, glockenspiel, bass, multiple keyboards and a variety of voices. The core instrumental backing track, which had been re recorded, was mixed, along with numerous test arrangements, backing vocals, double tracked vocals and strings, and finally the one chosen for release. Springsteen and Mike Appel were the producers, and Louis Lahav was chief engineer. After finally going in the can, the tapes sat for a year, waiting for the rest of the album to be completed. A pre release version of the song, with a slightly different mix, was given by Appel to disc jockey Ed Sciaky of WMMR in Philadelphia, and played with Springsteen as his special guest on November 3, 1974, and within a couple of weeks this version was given to other progressive rock radio outlets in the Northeast as well, including WNEW FM in New York City, WMMS in Cleveland, WBCN in Boston, and WVBR in Ithaca, New York. It became quite popular on these stations, and led to older cuts from Springsteen's first two albums being played, as anticipation built for the new album. When Springsteen did a show at the Main Point, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, on February 5, 1975, with Sciaky as host, the crowd sang along to "Born to Run". Music videos
No music video was made for the original release of "Born to Run". In 1987, a video was released to MTV and other channels, featuring a live performance of "Born to Run" from Springsteen and the E Street Band's 1984–1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour, interspersed with clips of other songs' performances from the same tour. It closed with a "Thank you" message to Springsteen's fans. In 1988, director Meiert Avis shot a video of an acoustic version of the song during the Tunnel of Love Express tour. Both videos are included in the compilations Video Anthology / 1978 88 and The Complete Video Anthology / 1978 2000. Reception
At the time of the single release, Billboard described "Born to Run" as "one of the best rock anthems to individual freedom ever created," describing it as "a monster song with a piledriver arrangement" that could become Springsteen's biggest hit yet. Cash Box said that "Springsteen sounds like a cross between Roger McGuinn (from his Byrds days) and nobody else we've ever heard." In 1980 the New Jersey State Assembly passed a resolution naming "Born to Run" the "unofficial rock theme of our State's youth." The bill failed to pass the state Senate, owing to some of the song's lyrics being about a desire to leave New Jersey. Accolades
In 2016, "Born to Run" was ranked No. 16 in ''Pitchforks list of "The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s"
In 2004, the song was ranked #6 in WXPN's list of The 885 All Time Greatest Songs. Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time placed it at No. 27 in 2020
The song came in at No. 920 in Q's list of the "1001 Greatest Songs Ever" in 2003, in which they described the song as "best for working class heroes." It is one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. In 2001, the RIAA's Songs of the Century placed the song 135th (out of 365). In 1999, National Public Radio included the song in the "NPR 100", NPR's music editors' compilation of the one hundred most important American musical works of the 20th century. Live performances
The song has been played at nearly every non solo Springsteen concert since 1975 (although it was not included in the 2006 Sessions Band Tour) and is his most performed song live. Most of the time the house lights are turned fully on and fans consistently sing along with Springsteen's signature wordless vocalizations throughout the song's performance. The song has also been released in live versions on seven albums or DVDs:
A 1975 Born to Run Tour rendition on Hammersmith Odeon London '75, released in 2006;
A 1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour runthrough on Live/1975 85, released in 1986;
A starkly different 1988 solo acoustic guitar performance from the Tunnel of Love Express on Chimes of Freedom, a 1988 EP;
A 2000 Reunion Tour version on Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Live In New York City, released in 2001 (the song closes disc one but does not appear on the track listing of the album cover);
A 2002 Rising Tour take on the Live in Barcelona DVD, released in 2003. A 2009 Working on a Dream Tour performance on the DVD London Calling: Live in Hyde Park which was released in 2010. A 2018 Springsteen on Broadway performance, released on a Netflix special and an album of the same name at the end of the year. "Born to Run" was also performed as the second number of four during Springsteen and the E Street Band's halftime performance at Super Bowl XLIII. On Jon Stewart's last episode as host of The Daily Show on August 6, 2015, Springsteen performed "Land of Hope and Dreams" and "Born to Run". Live covers
On August 25, 2015, the 40th anniversary of Born to Run'''s release, indie rock band Superchunk shared a live cover of the title track. This performance also featured And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead and Crooked Fingers.
In late 1973, on the road in Tennessee, Springsteen awoke with the title "Born to Run", which he wrote down. According to Springsteen, this was the first spark of the later song. Written in the first person, the song is a love letter to a girl named Wendy, for whom the hot rod riding protagonist seems to possess the passion to love, just not the patience. However, Springsteen has noted that it has a much simpler core: getting out of Freehold. U. S. Route 9, a highway passing through Freehold, is mentioned from the lyric "sprung from cages out on Highway 9". In his 1996 book Songs, Springsteen relates that while the beginning of the song was written on guitar around the opening riff, the song's writing was finished on piano, the instrument that most of the Born to Run album was composed on. The song was recorded in the key of E major. In the period prior to the release of Born to Run Springsteen was becoming well known (especially in his native northeast) for his live shows. "Born to Run" joined his concert repertoire well before the release of the album, being performed in concert by May 1974, if not earlier. The first recording of the song was made by Allan Clarke of the British group the Hollies, although its release was delayed, only appearing after Springsteen's own now famous version. Recording
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. On January 8, 1974, Springsteen met his manager, Mike Appel, Clarence Clemons, and the other members of his band at 914 Sound Studios, Blauvelt, New York, to rehearse two new compositions, "Jungleland" and "Born to Run", both of which were lacking lyrics. He continued working on both songs at his home in New Jersey. The original backing track was recorded on May 21, 1974, after rehearsal sessions. Vocals were recorded on June 26, 1974. Recording was not completed until August 6, 1974, when mixing began on seventy two tracks to the sixteen available at 914 Studios, including strings, more than one dozen guitar tracks, sax, drums, glockenspiel, bass, multiple keyboards and a variety of voices. The core instrumental backing track, which had been re recorded, was mixed, along with numerous test arrangements, backing vocals, double tracked vocals and strings, and finally the one chosen for release. Springsteen and Mike Appel were the producers, and Louis Lahav was chief engineer. After finally going in the can, the tapes sat for a year, waiting for the rest of the album to be completed. A pre release version of the song, with a slightly different mix, was given by Appel to disc jockey Ed Sciaky of WMMR in Philadelphia, and played with Springsteen as his special guest on November 3, 1974, and within a couple of weeks this version was given to other progressive rock radio outlets in the Northeast as well, including WNEW FM in New York City, WMMS in Cleveland, WBCN in Boston, and WVBR in Ithaca, New York. It became quite popular on these stations, and led to older cuts from Springsteen's first two albums being played, as anticipation built for the new album. When Springsteen did a show at the Main Point, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, on February 5, 1975, with Sciaky as host, the crowd sang along to "Born to Run". Music videos
No music video was made for the original release of "Born to Run". In 1987, a video was released to MTV and other channels, featuring a live performance of "Born to Run" from Springsteen and the E Street Band's 1984–1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour, interspersed with clips of other songs' performances from the same tour. It closed with a "Thank you" message to Springsteen's fans. In 1988, director Meiert Avis shot a video of an acoustic version of the song during the Tunnel of Love Express tour. Both videos are included in the compilations Video Anthology / 1978 88 and The Complete Video Anthology / 1978 2000. Reception
At the time of the single release, Billboard described "Born to Run" as "one of the best rock anthems to individual freedom ever created," describing it as "a monster song with a piledriver arrangement" that could become Springsteen's biggest hit yet. Cash Box said that "Springsteen sounds like a cross between Roger McGuinn (from his Byrds days) and nobody else we've ever heard." In 1980 the New Jersey State Assembly passed a resolution naming "Born to Run" the "unofficial rock theme of our State's youth." The bill failed to pass the state Senate, owing to some of the song's lyrics being about a desire to leave New Jersey. Accolades
In 2016, "Born to Run" was ranked No. 16 in ''Pitchforks list of "The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s"
In 2004, the song was ranked #6 in WXPN's list of The 885 All Time Greatest Songs. Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time placed it at No. 27 in 2020
The song came in at No. 920 in Q's list of the "1001 Greatest Songs Ever" in 2003, in which they described the song as "best for working class heroes." It is one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. In 2001, the RIAA's Songs of the Century placed the song 135th (out of 365). In 1999, National Public Radio included the song in the "NPR 100", NPR's music editors' compilation of the one hundred most important American musical works of the 20th century. Live performances
The song has been played at nearly every non solo Springsteen concert since 1975 (although it was not included in the 2006 Sessions Band Tour) and is his most performed song live. Most of the time the house lights are turned fully on and fans consistently sing along with Springsteen's signature wordless vocalizations throughout the song's performance. The song has also been released in live versions on seven albums or DVDs:
A 1975 Born to Run Tour rendition on Hammersmith Odeon London '75, released in 2006;
A 1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour runthrough on Live/1975 85, released in 1986;
A starkly different 1988 solo acoustic guitar performance from the Tunnel of Love Express on Chimes of Freedom, a 1988 EP;
A 2000 Reunion Tour version on Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Live In New York City, released in 2001 (the song closes disc one but does not appear on the track listing of the album cover);
A 2002 Rising Tour take on the Live in Barcelona DVD, released in 2003. A 2009 Working on a Dream Tour performance on the DVD London Calling: Live in Hyde Park which was released in 2010. A 2018 Springsteen on Broadway performance, released on a Netflix special and an album of the same name at the end of the year. "Born to Run" was also performed as the second number of four during Springsteen and the E Street Band's halftime performance at Super Bowl XLIII. On Jon Stewart's last episode as host of The Daily Show on August 6, 2015, Springsteen performed "Land of Hope and Dreams" and "Born to Run". Live covers
On August 25, 2015, the 40th anniversary of Born to Run'''s release, indie rock band Superchunk shared a live cover of the title track. This performance also featured And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead and Crooked Fingers.
Во время выхода сингла Billboard описал "Born to Run" как "один из лучших рок-гимнов, посвященных индивидуальной свободе", назвав ее "мощной песней с сокрушительной аранжировкой", которая может стать самым большим хитом Спрингстина. Cash Box отметил, что "Спрингстин звучит как смесь Роджера МакГинна (из его периода The Byrds) и никого другого, кого мы когда-либо слышали". В 1980 году законодательное собрание штата Нью-Джерси приняло резолюцию, назвав "Born to Run" "неофициальным рок-гимом молодежи нашего штата". Однако законопроект не был принят сенатом штата из-за того, что некоторые тексты песни выражали желание покинуть Нью-Джерси.
"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, 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 Stones 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. 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". Composition
In late 1973, on the road in Tennessee, Springsteen awoke with the title "Born to Run", which he wrote down. According to Springsteen, this was the first spark of the later song. Written in the first person, the song is a love letter to a girl named Wendy, for whom the hot rod riding protagonist seems to possess the passion to love, just not the patience. However, Springsteen has noted that it has a much simpler core: getting out of Freehold. U. S. Route 9, a highway passing through Freehold, is mentioned from the lyric "sprung from cages out on Highway 9". In his 1996 book Songs, Springsteen relates that while the beginning of the song was written on guitar around the opening riff, the song's writing was finished on piano, the instrument that most of the Born to Run album was composed on. The song was recorded in the key of E major. In the period prior to the release of Born to Run Springsteen was becoming well known (especially in his native northeast) for his live shows. "Born to Run" joined his concert repertoire well before the release of the album, being performed in concert by May 1974, if not earlier. The first recording of the song was made by Allan Clarke of the British group the Hollies, although its release was delayed, only appearing after Springsteen's own now famous version. Recording
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. On January 8, 1974, Springsteen met his manager, Mike Appel, Clarence Clemons, and the other members of his band at 914 Sound Studios, Blauvelt, New York, to rehearse two new compositions, "Jungleland" and "Born to Run", both of which were lacking lyrics. He continued working on both songs at his home in New Jersey. The original backing track was recorded on May 21, 1974, after rehearsal sessions. Vocals were recorded on June 26, 1974. Recording was not completed until August 6, 1974, when mixing began on seventy two tracks to the sixteen available at 914 Studios, including strings, more than one dozen guitar tracks, sax, drums, glockenspiel, bass, multiple keyboards and a variety of voices. The core instrumental backing track, which had been re recorded, was mixed, along with numerous test arrangements, backing vocals, double tracked vocals and strings, and finally the one chosen for release. Springsteen and Mike Appel were the producers, and Louis Lahav was chief engineer. After finally going in the can, the tapes sat for a year, waiting for the rest of the album to be completed. A pre release version of the song, with a slightly different mix, was given by Appel to disc jockey Ed Sciaky of WMMR in Philadelphia, and played with Springsteen as his special guest on November 3, 1974, and within a couple of weeks this version was given to other progressive rock radio outlets in the Northeast as well, including WNEW FM in New York City, WMMS in Cleveland, WBCN in Boston, and WVBR in Ithaca, New York. It became quite popular on these stations, and led to older cuts from Springsteen's first two albums being played, as anticipation built for the new album. When Springsteen did a show at the Main Point, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, on February 5, 1975, with Sciaky as host, the crowd sang along to "Born to Run". Music videos
No music video was made for the original release of "Born to Run". In 1987, a video was released to MTV and other channels, featuring a live performance of "Born to Run" from Springsteen and the E Street Band's 1984–1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour, interspersed with clips of other songs' performances from the same tour. It closed with a "Thank you" message to Springsteen's fans. In 1988, director Meiert Avis shot a video of an acoustic version of the song during the Tunnel of Love Express tour. Both videos are included in the compilations Video Anthology / 1978 88 and The Complete Video Anthology / 1978 2000. Reception
At the time of the single release, Billboard described "Born to Run" as "one of the best rock anthems to individual freedom ever created," describing it as "a monster song with a piledriver arrangement" that could become Springsteen's biggest hit yet. Cash Box said that "Springsteen sounds like a cross between Roger McGuinn (from his Byrds days) and nobody else we've ever heard." In 1980 the New Jersey State Assembly passed a resolution naming "Born to Run" the "unofficial rock theme of our State's youth." The bill failed to pass the state Senate, owing to some of the song's lyrics being about a desire to leave New Jersey. Accolades
In 2016, "Born to Run" was ranked No. 16 in ''Pitchforks list of "The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s"
In 2004, the song was ranked #6 in WXPN's list of The 885 All Time Greatest Songs. Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time placed it at No. 27 in 2020
The song came in at No. 920 in Q's list of the "1001 Greatest Songs Ever" in 2003, in which they described the song as "best for working class heroes." It is one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. In 2001, the RIAA's Songs of the Century placed the song 135th (out of 365). In 1999, National Public Radio included the song in the "NPR 100", NPR's music editors' compilation of the one hundred most important American musical works of the 20th century. Live performances
The song has been played at nearly every non solo Springsteen concert since 1975 (although it was not included in the 2006 Sessions Band Tour) and is his most performed song live. Most of the time the house lights are turned fully on and fans consistently sing along with Springsteen's signature wordless vocalizations throughout the song's performance. The song has also been released in live versions on seven albums or DVDs:
A 1975 Born to Run Tour rendition on Hammersmith Odeon London '75, released in 2006;
A 1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour runthrough on Live/1975 85, released in 1986;
A starkly different 1988 solo acoustic guitar performance from the Tunnel of Love Express on Chimes of Freedom, a 1988 EP;
A 2000 Reunion Tour version on Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Live In New York City, released in 2001 (the song closes disc one but does not appear on the track listing of the album cover);
A 2002 Rising Tour take on the Live in Barcelona DVD, released in 2003. A 2009 Working on a Dream Tour performance on the DVD London Calling: Live in Hyde Park which was released in 2010. A 2018 Springsteen on Broadway performance, released on a Netflix special and an album of the same name at the end of the year. "Born to Run" was also performed as the second number of four during Springsteen and the E Street Band's halftime performance at Super Bowl XLIII. On Jon Stewart's last episode as host of The Daily Show on August 6, 2015, Springsteen performed "Land of Hope and Dreams" and "Born to Run". Live covers
On August 25, 2015, the 40th anniversary of Born to Run'''s release, indie rock band Superchunk shared a live cover of the title track. This performance also featured And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead and Crooked Fingers.
In late 1973, on the road in Tennessee, Springsteen awoke with the title "Born to Run", which he wrote down. According to Springsteen, this was the first spark of the later song. Written in the first person, the song is a love letter to a girl named Wendy, for whom the hot rod riding protagonist seems to possess the passion to love, just not the patience. However, Springsteen has noted that it has a much simpler core: getting out of Freehold. U. S. Route 9, a highway passing through Freehold, is mentioned from the lyric "sprung from cages out on Highway 9". In his 1996 book Songs, Springsteen relates that while the beginning of the song was written on guitar around the opening riff, the song's writing was finished on piano, the instrument that most of the Born to Run album was composed on. The song was recorded in the key of E major. In the period prior to the release of Born to Run Springsteen was becoming well known (especially in his native northeast) for his live shows. "Born to Run" joined his concert repertoire well before the release of the album, being performed in concert by May 1974, if not earlier. The first recording of the song was made by Allan Clarke of the British group the Hollies, although its release was delayed, only appearing after Springsteen's own now famous version. Recording
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. On January 8, 1974, Springsteen met his manager, Mike Appel, Clarence Clemons, and the other members of his band at 914 Sound Studios, Blauvelt, New York, to rehearse two new compositions, "Jungleland" and "Born to Run", both of which were lacking lyrics. He continued working on both songs at his home in New Jersey. The original backing track was recorded on May 21, 1974, after rehearsal sessions. Vocals were recorded on June 26, 1974. Recording was not completed until August 6, 1974, when mixing began on seventy two tracks to the sixteen available at 914 Studios, including strings, more than one dozen guitar tracks, sax, drums, glockenspiel, bass, multiple keyboards and a variety of voices. The core instrumental backing track, which had been re recorded, was mixed, along with numerous test arrangements, backing vocals, double tracked vocals and strings, and finally the one chosen for release. Springsteen and Mike Appel were the producers, and Louis Lahav was chief engineer. After finally going in the can, the tapes sat for a year, waiting for the rest of the album to be completed. A pre release version of the song, with a slightly different mix, was given by Appel to disc jockey Ed Sciaky of WMMR in Philadelphia, and played with Springsteen as his special guest on November 3, 1974, and within a couple of weeks this version was given to other progressive rock radio outlets in the Northeast as well, including WNEW FM in New York City, WMMS in Cleveland, WBCN in Boston, and WVBR in Ithaca, New York. It became quite popular on these stations, and led to older cuts from Springsteen's first two albums being played, as anticipation built for the new album. When Springsteen did a show at the Main Point, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, on February 5, 1975, with Sciaky as host, the crowd sang along to "Born to Run". Music videos
No music video was made for the original release of "Born to Run". In 1987, a video was released to MTV and other channels, featuring a live performance of "Born to Run" from Springsteen and the E Street Band's 1984–1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour, interspersed with clips of other songs' performances from the same tour. It closed with a "Thank you" message to Springsteen's fans. In 1988, director Meiert Avis shot a video of an acoustic version of the song during the Tunnel of Love Express tour. Both videos are included in the compilations Video Anthology / 1978 88 and The Complete Video Anthology / 1978 2000. Reception
At the time of the single release, Billboard described "Born to Run" as "one of the best rock anthems to individual freedom ever created," describing it as "a monster song with a piledriver arrangement" that could become Springsteen's biggest hit yet. Cash Box said that "Springsteen sounds like a cross between Roger McGuinn (from his Byrds days) and nobody else we've ever heard." In 1980 the New Jersey State Assembly passed a resolution naming "Born to Run" the "unofficial rock theme of our State's youth." The bill failed to pass the state Senate, owing to some of the song's lyrics being about a desire to leave New Jersey. Accolades
In 2016, "Born to Run" was ranked No. 16 in ''Pitchforks list of "The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s"
In 2004, the song was ranked #6 in WXPN's list of The 885 All Time Greatest Songs. Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time placed it at No. 27 in 2020
The song came in at No. 920 in Q's list of the "1001 Greatest Songs Ever" in 2003, in which they described the song as "best for working class heroes." It is one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. In 2001, the RIAA's Songs of the Century placed the song 135th (out of 365). In 1999, National Public Radio included the song in the "NPR 100", NPR's music editors' compilation of the one hundred most important American musical works of the 20th century. Live performances
The song has been played at nearly every non solo Springsteen concert since 1975 (although it was not included in the 2006 Sessions Band Tour) and is his most performed song live. Most of the time the house lights are turned fully on and fans consistently sing along with Springsteen's signature wordless vocalizations throughout the song's performance. The song has also been released in live versions on seven albums or DVDs:
A 1975 Born to Run Tour rendition on Hammersmith Odeon London '75, released in 2006;
A 1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour runthrough on Live/1975 85, released in 1986;
A starkly different 1988 solo acoustic guitar performance from the Tunnel of Love Express on Chimes of Freedom, a 1988 EP;
A 2000 Reunion Tour version on Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Live In New York City, released in 2001 (the song closes disc one but does not appear on the track listing of the album cover);
A 2002 Rising Tour take on the Live in Barcelona DVD, released in 2003. A 2009 Working on a Dream Tour performance on the DVD London Calling: Live in Hyde Park which was released in 2010. A 2018 Springsteen on Broadway performance, released on a Netflix special and an album of the same name at the end of the year. "Born to Run" was also performed as the second number of four during Springsteen and the E Street Band's halftime performance at Super Bowl XLIII. On Jon Stewart's last episode as host of The Daily Show on August 6, 2015, Springsteen performed "Land of Hope and Dreams" and "Born to Run". Live covers
On August 25, 2015, the 40th anniversary of Born to Run'''s release, indie rock band Superchunk shared a live cover of the title track. This performance also featured And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead and Crooked Fingers.
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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, 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 Stones 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. 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". Composition
In late 1973, on the road in Tennessee, Springsteen awoke with the title "Born to Run", which he wrote down. According to Springsteen, this was the first spark of the later song. Written in the first person, the song is a love letter to a girl named Wendy, for whom the hot rod riding protagonist seems to possess the passion to love, just not the patience. However, Springsteen has noted that it has a much simpler core: getting out of Freehold. U. S. Route 9, a highway passing through Freehold, is mentioned from the lyric "sprung from cages out on Highway 9". In his 1996 book Songs, Springsteen relates that while the beginning of the song was written on guitar around the opening riff, the song's writing was finished on piano, the instrument that most of the Born to Run album was composed on. The song was recorded in the key of E major. In the period prior to the release of Born to Run Springsteen was becoming well known (especially in his native northeast) for his live shows. "Born to Run" joined his concert repertoire well before the release of the album, being performed in concert by May 1974, if not earlier. The first recording of the song was made by Allan Clarke of the British group the Hollies, although its release was delayed, only appearing after Springsteen's own now famous version. Recording
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. On January 8, 1974, Springsteen met his manager, Mike Appel, Clarence Clemons, and the other members of his band at 914 Sound Studios, Blauvelt, New York, to rehearse two new compositions, "Jungleland" and "Born to Run", both of which were lacking lyrics. He continued working on both songs at his home in New Jersey. The original backing track was recorded on May 21, 1974, after rehearsal sessions. Vocals were recorded on June 26, 1974. Recording was not completed until August 6, 1974, when mixing began on seventy two tracks to the sixteen available at 914 Studios, including strings, more than one dozen guitar tracks, sax, drums, glockenspiel, bass, multiple keyboards and a variety of voices. The core instrumental backing track, which had been re recorded, was mixed, along with numerous test arrangements, backing vocals, double tracked vocals and strings, and finally the one chosen for release. Springsteen and Mike Appel were the producers, and Louis Lahav was chief engineer. After finally going in the can, the tapes sat for a year, waiting for the rest of the album to be completed. A pre release version of the song, with a slightly different mix, was given by Appel to disc jockey Ed Sciaky of WMMR in Philadelphia, and played with Springsteen as his special guest on November 3, 1974, and within a couple of weeks this version was given to other progressive rock radio outlets in the Northeast as well, including WNEW FM in New York City, WMMS in Cleveland, WBCN in Boston, and WVBR in Ithaca, New York. It became quite popular on these stations, and led to older cuts from Springsteen's first two albums being played, as anticipation built for the new album. When Springsteen did a show at the Main Point, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, on February 5, 1975, with Sciaky as host, the crowd sang along to "Born to Run". Music videos
No music video was made for the original release of "Born to Run". In 1987, a video was released to MTV and other channels, featuring a live performance of "Born to Run" from Springsteen and the E Street Band's 1984–1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour, interspersed with clips of other songs' performances from the same tour. It closed with a "Thank you" message to Springsteen's fans. In 1988, director Meiert Avis shot a video of an acoustic version of the song during the Tunnel of Love Express tour. Both videos are included in the compilations Video Anthology / 1978 88 and The Complete Video Anthology / 1978 2000. Reception
At the time of the single release, Billboard described "Born to Run" as "one of the best rock anthems to individual freedom ever created," describing it as "a monster song with a piledriver arrangement" that could become Springsteen's biggest hit yet. Cash Box said that "Springsteen sounds like a cross between Roger McGuinn (from his Byrds days) and nobody else we've ever heard." In 1980 the New Jersey State Assembly passed a resolution naming "Born to Run" the "unofficial rock theme of our State's youth." The bill failed to pass the state Senate, owing to some of the song's lyrics being about a desire to leave New Jersey. Accolades
In 2016, "Born to Run" was ranked No. 16 in ''Pitchforks list of "The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s"
In 2004, the song was ranked #6 in WXPN's list of The 885 All Time Greatest Songs. Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time placed it at No. 27 in 2020
The song came in at No. 920 in Q's list of the "1001 Greatest Songs Ever" in 2003, in which they described the song as "best for working class heroes." It is one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. In 2001, the RIAA's Songs of the Century placed the song 135th (out of 365). In 1999, National Public Radio included the song in the "NPR 100", NPR's music editors' compilation of the one hundred most important American musical works of the 20th century. Live performances
The song has been played at nearly every non solo Springsteen concert since 1975 (although it was not included in the 2006 Sessions Band Tour) and is his most performed song live. Most of the time the house lights are turned fully on and fans consistently sing along with Springsteen's signature wordless vocalizations throughout the song's performance. The song has also been released in live versions on seven albums or DVDs:
A 1975 Born to Run Tour rendition on Hammersmith Odeon London '75, released in 2006;
A 1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour runthrough on Live/1975 85, released in 1986;
A starkly different 1988 solo acoustic guitar performance from the Tunnel of Love Express on Chimes of Freedom, a 1988 EP;
A 2000 Reunion Tour version on Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Live In New York City, released in 2001 (the song closes disc one but does not appear on the track listing of the album cover);
A 2002 Rising Tour take on the Live in Barcelona DVD, released in 2003. A 2009 Working on a Dream Tour performance on the DVD London Calling: Live in Hyde Park which was released in 2010. A 2018 Springsteen on Broadway performance, released on a Netflix special and an album of the same name at the end of the year. "Born to Run" was also performed as the second number of four during Springsteen and the E Street Band's halftime performance at Super Bowl XLIII. On Jon Stewart's last episode as host of The Daily Show on August 6, 2015, Springsteen performed "Land of Hope and Dreams" and "Born to Run". Live covers
On August 25, 2015, the 40th anniversary of Born to Run'''s release, indie rock band Superchunk shared a live cover of the title track. This performance also featured And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead and Crooked Fingers.
In late 1973, on the road in Tennessee, Springsteen awoke with the title "Born to Run", which he wrote down. According to Springsteen, this was the first spark of the later song. Written in the first person, the song is a love letter to a girl named Wendy, for whom the hot rod riding protagonist seems to possess the passion to love, just not the patience. However, Springsteen has noted that it has a much simpler core: getting out of Freehold. U. S. Route 9, a highway passing through Freehold, is mentioned from the lyric "sprung from cages out on Highway 9". In his 1996 book Songs, Springsteen relates that while the beginning of the song was written on guitar around the opening riff, the song's writing was finished on piano, the instrument that most of the Born to Run album was composed on. The song was recorded in the key of E major. In the period prior to the release of Born to Run Springsteen was becoming well known (especially in his native northeast) for his live shows. "Born to Run" joined his concert repertoire well before the release of the album, being performed in concert by May 1974, if not earlier. The first recording of the song was made by Allan Clarke of the British group the Hollies, although its release was delayed, only appearing after Springsteen's own now famous version. Recording
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. On January 8, 1974, Springsteen met his manager, Mike Appel, Clarence Clemons, and the other members of his band at 914 Sound Studios, Blauvelt, New York, to rehearse two new compositions, "Jungleland" and "Born to Run", both of which were lacking lyrics. He continued working on both songs at his home in New Jersey. The original backing track was recorded on May 21, 1974, after rehearsal sessions. Vocals were recorded on June 26, 1974. Recording was not completed until August 6, 1974, when mixing began on seventy two tracks to the sixteen available at 914 Studios, including strings, more than one dozen guitar tracks, sax, drums, glockenspiel, bass, multiple keyboards and a variety of voices. The core instrumental backing track, which had been re recorded, was mixed, along with numerous test arrangements, backing vocals, double tracked vocals and strings, and finally the one chosen for release. Springsteen and Mike Appel were the producers, and Louis Lahav was chief engineer. After finally going in the can, the tapes sat for a year, waiting for the rest of the album to be completed. A pre release version of the song, with a slightly different mix, was given by Appel to disc jockey Ed Sciaky of WMMR in Philadelphia, and played with Springsteen as his special guest on November 3, 1974, and within a couple of weeks this version was given to other progressive rock radio outlets in the Northeast as well, including WNEW FM in New York City, WMMS in Cleveland, WBCN in Boston, and WVBR in Ithaca, New York. It became quite popular on these stations, and led to older cuts from Springsteen's first two albums being played, as anticipation built for the new album. When Springsteen did a show at the Main Point, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, on February 5, 1975, with Sciaky as host, the crowd sang along to "Born to Run". Music videos
No music video was made for the original release of "Born to Run". In 1987, a video was released to MTV and other channels, featuring a live performance of "Born to Run" from Springsteen and the E Street Band's 1984–1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour, interspersed with clips of other songs' performances from the same tour. It closed with a "Thank you" message to Springsteen's fans. In 1988, director Meiert Avis shot a video of an acoustic version of the song during the Tunnel of Love Express tour. Both videos are included in the compilations Video Anthology / 1978 88 and The Complete Video Anthology / 1978 2000. Reception
At the time of the single release, Billboard described "Born to Run" as "one of the best rock anthems to individual freedom ever created," describing it as "a monster song with a piledriver arrangement" that could become Springsteen's biggest hit yet. Cash Box said that "Springsteen sounds like a cross between Roger McGuinn (from his Byrds days) and nobody else we've ever heard." In 1980 the New Jersey State Assembly passed a resolution naming "Born to Run" the "unofficial rock theme of our State's youth." The bill failed to pass the state Senate, owing to some of the song's lyrics being about a desire to leave New Jersey. Accolades
In 2016, "Born to Run" was ranked No. 16 in ''Pitchforks list of "The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s"
In 2004, the song was ranked #6 in WXPN's list of The 885 All Time Greatest Songs. Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time placed it at No. 27 in 2020
The song came in at No. 920 in Q's list of the "1001 Greatest Songs Ever" in 2003, in which they described the song as "best for working class heroes." It is one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. In 2001, the RIAA's Songs of the Century placed the song 135th (out of 365). In 1999, National Public Radio included the song in the "NPR 100", NPR's music editors' compilation of the one hundred most important American musical works of the 20th century. Live performances
The song has been played at nearly every non solo Springsteen concert since 1975 (although it was not included in the 2006 Sessions Band Tour) and is his most performed song live. Most of the time the house lights are turned fully on and fans consistently sing along with Springsteen's signature wordless vocalizations throughout the song's performance. The song has also been released in live versions on seven albums or DVDs:
A 1975 Born to Run Tour rendition on Hammersmith Odeon London '75, released in 2006;
A 1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour runthrough on Live/1975 85, released in 1986;
A starkly different 1988 solo acoustic guitar performance from the Tunnel of Love Express on Chimes of Freedom, a 1988 EP;
A 2000 Reunion Tour version on Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Live In New York City, released in 2001 (the song closes disc one but does not appear on the track listing of the album cover);
A 2002 Rising Tour take on the Live in Barcelona DVD, released in 2003. A 2009 Working on a Dream Tour performance on the DVD London Calling: Live in Hyde Park which was released in 2010. A 2018 Springsteen on Broadway performance, released on a Netflix special and an album of the same name at the end of the year. "Born to Run" was also performed as the second number of four during Springsteen and the E Street Band's halftime performance at Super Bowl XLIII. On Jon Stewart's last episode as host of The Daily Show on August 6, 2015, Springsteen performed "Land of Hope and Dreams" and "Born to Run". Live covers
On August 25, 2015, the 40th anniversary of Born to Run'''s release, indie rock band Superchunk shared a live cover of the title track. This performance also featured And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead and Crooked Fingers.
В 2016 году "Born to Run" заняла 16-е место в списке "The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s" журнала *Pitchfork*.
"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, 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 Stones 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. 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". Composition
In late 1973, on the road in Tennessee, Springsteen awoke with the title "Born to Run", which he wrote down. According to Springsteen, this was the first spark of the later song. Written in the first person, the song is a love letter to a girl named Wendy, for whom the hot rod riding protagonist seems to possess the passion to love, just not the patience. However, Springsteen has noted that it has a much simpler core: getting out of Freehold. U. S. Route 9, a highway passing through Freehold, is mentioned from the lyric "sprung from cages out on Highway 9". In his 1996 book Songs, Springsteen relates that while the beginning of the song was written on guitar around the opening riff, the song's writing was finished on piano, the instrument that most of the Born to Run album was composed on. The song was recorded in the key of E major. In the period prior to the release of Born to Run Springsteen was becoming well known (especially in his native northeast) for his live shows. "Born to Run" joined his concert repertoire well before the release of the album, being performed in concert by May 1974, if not earlier. The first recording of the song was made by Allan Clarke of the British group the Hollies, although its release was delayed, only appearing after Springsteen's own now famous version. Recording
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. On January 8, 1974, Springsteen met his manager, Mike Appel, Clarence Clemons, and the other members of his band at 914 Sound Studios, Blauvelt, New York, to rehearse two new compositions, "Jungleland" and "Born to Run", both of which were lacking lyrics. He continued working on both songs at his home in New Jersey. The original backing track was recorded on May 21, 1974, after rehearsal sessions. Vocals were recorded on June 26, 1974. Recording was not completed until August 6, 1974, when mixing began on seventy two tracks to the sixteen available at 914 Studios, including strings, more than one dozen guitar tracks, sax, drums, glockenspiel, bass, multiple keyboards and a variety of voices. The core instrumental backing track, which had been re recorded, was mixed, along with numerous test arrangements, backing vocals, double tracked vocals and strings, and finally the one chosen for release. Springsteen and Mike Appel were the producers, and Louis Lahav was chief engineer. After finally going in the can, the tapes sat for a year, waiting for the rest of the album to be completed. A pre release version of the song, with a slightly different mix, was given by Appel to disc jockey Ed Sciaky of WMMR in Philadelphia, and played with Springsteen as his special guest on November 3, 1974, and within a couple of weeks this version was given to other progressive rock radio outlets in the Northeast as well, including WNEW FM in New York City, WMMS in Cleveland, WBCN in Boston, and WVBR in Ithaca, New York. It became quite popular on these stations, and led to older cuts from Springsteen's first two albums being played, as anticipation built for the new album. When Springsteen did a show at the Main Point, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, on February 5, 1975, with Sciaky as host, the crowd sang along to "Born to Run". Music videos
No music video was made for the original release of "Born to Run". In 1987, a video was released to MTV and other channels, featuring a live performance of "Born to Run" from Springsteen and the E Street Band's 1984–1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour, interspersed with clips of other songs' performances from the same tour. It closed with a "Thank you" message to Springsteen's fans. In 1988, director Meiert Avis shot a video of an acoustic version of the song during the Tunnel of Love Express tour. Both videos are included in the compilations Video Anthology / 1978 88 and The Complete Video Anthology / 1978 2000. Reception
At the time of the single release, Billboard described "Born to Run" as "one of the best rock anthems to individual freedom ever created," describing it as "a monster song with a piledriver arrangement" that could become Springsteen's biggest hit yet. Cash Box said that "Springsteen sounds like a cross between Roger McGuinn (from his Byrds days) and nobody else we've ever heard." In 1980 the New Jersey State Assembly passed a resolution naming "Born to Run" the "unofficial rock theme of our State's youth." The bill failed to pass the state Senate, owing to some of the song's lyrics being about a desire to leave New Jersey. Accolades
In 2016, "Born to Run" was ranked No. 16 in ''Pitchforks list of "The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s"
In 2004, the song was ranked #6 in WXPN's list of The 885 All Time Greatest Songs. Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time placed it at No. 27 in 2020
The song came in at No. 920 in Q's list of the "1001 Greatest Songs Ever" in 2003, in which they described the song as "best for working class heroes." It is one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. In 2001, the RIAA's Songs of the Century placed the song 135th (out of 365). In 1999, National Public Radio included the song in the "NPR 100", NPR's music editors' compilation of the one hundred most important American musical works of the 20th century. Live performances
The song has been played at nearly every non solo Springsteen concert since 1975 (although it was not included in the 2006 Sessions Band Tour) and is his most performed song live. Most of the time the house lights are turned fully on and fans consistently sing along with Springsteen's signature wordless vocalizations throughout the song's performance. The song has also been released in live versions on seven albums or DVDs:
A 1975 Born to Run Tour rendition on Hammersmith Odeon London '75, released in 2006;
A 1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour runthrough on Live/1975 85, released in 1986;
A starkly different 1988 solo acoustic guitar performance from the Tunnel of Love Express on Chimes of Freedom, a 1988 EP;
A 2000 Reunion Tour version on Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Live In New York City, released in 2001 (the song closes disc one but does not appear on the track listing of the album cover);
A 2002 Rising Tour take on the Live in Barcelona DVD, released in 2003. A 2009 Working on a Dream Tour performance on the DVD London Calling: Live in Hyde Park which was released in 2010. A 2018 Springsteen on Broadway performance, released on a Netflix special and an album of the same name at the end of the year. "Born to Run" was also performed as the second number of four during Springsteen and the E Street Band's halftime performance at Super Bowl XLIII. On Jon Stewart's last episode as host of The Daily Show on August 6, 2015, Springsteen performed "Land of Hope and Dreams" and "Born to Run". Live covers
On August 25, 2015, the 40th anniversary of Born to Run'''s release, indie rock band Superchunk shared a live cover of the title track. This performance also featured And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead and Crooked Fingers.
In late 1973, on the road in Tennessee, Springsteen awoke with the title "Born to Run", which he wrote down. According to Springsteen, this was the first spark of the later song. Written in the first person, the song is a love letter to a girl named Wendy, for whom the hot rod riding protagonist seems to possess the passion to love, just not the patience. However, Springsteen has noted that it has a much simpler core: getting out of Freehold. U. S. Route 9, a highway passing through Freehold, is mentioned from the lyric "sprung from cages out on Highway 9". In his 1996 book Songs, Springsteen relates that while the beginning of the song was written on guitar around the opening riff, the song's writing was finished on piano, the instrument that most of the Born to Run album was composed on. The song was recorded in the key of E major. In the period prior to the release of Born to Run Springsteen was becoming well known (especially in his native northeast) for his live shows. "Born to Run" joined his concert repertoire well before the release of the album, being performed in concert by May 1974, if not earlier. The first recording of the song was made by Allan Clarke of the British group the Hollies, although its release was delayed, only appearing after Springsteen's own now famous version. Recording
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. On January 8, 1974, Springsteen met his manager, Mike Appel, Clarence Clemons, and the other members of his band at 914 Sound Studios, Blauvelt, New York, to rehearse two new compositions, "Jungleland" and "Born to Run", both of which were lacking lyrics. He continued working on both songs at his home in New Jersey. The original backing track was recorded on May 21, 1974, after rehearsal sessions. Vocals were recorded on June 26, 1974. Recording was not completed until August 6, 1974, when mixing began on seventy two tracks to the sixteen available at 914 Studios, including strings, more than one dozen guitar tracks, sax, drums, glockenspiel, bass, multiple keyboards and a variety of voices. The core instrumental backing track, which had been re recorded, was mixed, along with numerous test arrangements, backing vocals, double tracked vocals and strings, and finally the one chosen for release. Springsteen and Mike Appel were the producers, and Louis Lahav was chief engineer. After finally going in the can, the tapes sat for a year, waiting for the rest of the album to be completed. A pre release version of the song, with a slightly different mix, was given by Appel to disc jockey Ed Sciaky of WMMR in Philadelphia, and played with Springsteen as his special guest on November 3, 1974, and within a couple of weeks this version was given to other progressive rock radio outlets in the Northeast as well, including WNEW FM in New York City, WMMS in Cleveland, WBCN in Boston, and WVBR in Ithaca, New York. It became quite popular on these stations, and led to older cuts from Springsteen's first two albums being played, as anticipation built for the new album. When Springsteen did a show at the Main Point, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, on February 5, 1975, with Sciaky as host, the crowd sang along to "Born to Run". Music videos
No music video was made for the original release of "Born to Run". In 1987, a video was released to MTV and other channels, featuring a live performance of "Born to Run" from Springsteen and the E Street Band's 1984–1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour, interspersed with clips of other songs' performances from the same tour. It closed with a "Thank you" message to Springsteen's fans. In 1988, director Meiert Avis shot a video of an acoustic version of the song during the Tunnel of Love Express tour. Both videos are included in the compilations Video Anthology / 1978 88 and The Complete Video Anthology / 1978 2000. Reception
At the time of the single release, Billboard described "Born to Run" as "one of the best rock anthems to individual freedom ever created," describing it as "a monster song with a piledriver arrangement" that could become Springsteen's biggest hit yet. Cash Box said that "Springsteen sounds like a cross between Roger McGuinn (from his Byrds days) and nobody else we've ever heard." In 1980 the New Jersey State Assembly passed a resolution naming "Born to Run" the "unofficial rock theme of our State's youth." The bill failed to pass the state Senate, owing to some of the song's lyrics being about a desire to leave New Jersey. Accolades
In 2016, "Born to Run" was ranked No. 16 in ''Pitchforks list of "The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s"
In 2004, the song was ranked #6 in WXPN's list of The 885 All Time Greatest Songs. Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time placed it at No. 27 in 2020
The song came in at No. 920 in Q's list of the "1001 Greatest Songs Ever" in 2003, in which they described the song as "best for working class heroes." It is one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. In 2001, the RIAA's Songs of the Century placed the song 135th (out of 365). In 1999, National Public Radio included the song in the "NPR 100", NPR's music editors' compilation of the one hundred most important American musical works of the 20th century. Live performances
The song has been played at nearly every non solo Springsteen concert since 1975 (although it was not included in the 2006 Sessions Band Tour) and is his most performed song live. Most of the time the house lights are turned fully on and fans consistently sing along with Springsteen's signature wordless vocalizations throughout the song's performance. The song has also been released in live versions on seven albums or DVDs:
A 1975 Born to Run Tour rendition on Hammersmith Odeon London '75, released in 2006;
A 1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour runthrough on Live/1975 85, released in 1986;
A starkly different 1988 solo acoustic guitar performance from the Tunnel of Love Express on Chimes of Freedom, a 1988 EP;
A 2000 Reunion Tour version on Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Live In New York City, released in 2001 (the song closes disc one but does not appear on the track listing of the album cover);
A 2002 Rising Tour take on the Live in Barcelona DVD, released in 2003. A 2009 Working on a Dream Tour performance on the DVD London Calling: Live in Hyde Park which was released in 2010. A 2018 Springsteen on Broadway performance, released on a Netflix special and an album of the same name at the end of the year. "Born to Run" was also performed as the second number of four during Springsteen and the E Street Band's halftime performance at Super Bowl XLIII. On Jon Stewart's last episode as host of The Daily Show on August 6, 2015, Springsteen performed "Land of Hope and Dreams" and "Born to Run". Live covers
On August 25, 2015, the 40th anniversary of Born to Run'''s release, indie rock band Superchunk shared a live cover of the title track. This performance also featured And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead and Crooked Fingers.
В 2004 году песня заняла 6-е место в списке "The 885 All Time Greatest Songs" радиостанции WXPN. В 2020 году журнал Rolling Stone поместил ее на 27-е место в своем списке "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".
"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, 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 Stones 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. 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". Composition
In late 1973, on the road in Tennessee, Springsteen awoke with the title "Born to Run", which he wrote down. According to Springsteen, this was the first spark of the later song. Written in the first person, the song is a love letter to a girl named Wendy, for whom the hot rod riding protagonist seems to possess the passion to love, just not the patience. However, Springsteen has noted that it has a much simpler core: getting out of Freehold. U. S. Route 9, a highway passing through Freehold, is mentioned from the lyric "sprung from cages out on Highway 9". In his 1996 book Songs, Springsteen relates that while the beginning of the song was written on guitar around the opening riff, the song's writing was finished on piano, the instrument that most of the Born to Run album was composed on. The song was recorded in the key of E major. In the period prior to the release of Born to Run Springsteen was becoming well known (especially in his native northeast) for his live shows. "Born to Run" joined his concert repertoire well before the release of the album, being performed in concert by May 1974, if not earlier. The first recording of the song was made by Allan Clarke of the British group the Hollies, although its release was delayed, only appearing after Springsteen's own now famous version. Recording
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. On January 8, 1974, Springsteen met his manager, Mike Appel, Clarence Clemons, and the other members of his band at 914 Sound Studios, Blauvelt, New York, to rehearse two new compositions, "Jungleland" and "Born to Run", both of which were lacking lyrics. He continued working on both songs at his home in New Jersey. The original backing track was recorded on May 21, 1974, after rehearsal sessions. Vocals were recorded on June 26, 1974. Recording was not completed until August 6, 1974, when mixing began on seventy two tracks to the sixteen available at 914 Studios, including strings, more than one dozen guitar tracks, sax, drums, glockenspiel, bass, multiple keyboards and a variety of voices. The core instrumental backing track, which had been re recorded, was mixed, along with numerous test arrangements, backing vocals, double tracked vocals and strings, and finally the one chosen for release. Springsteen and Mike Appel were the producers, and Louis Lahav was chief engineer. After finally going in the can, the tapes sat for a year, waiting for the rest of the album to be completed. A pre release version of the song, with a slightly different mix, was given by Appel to disc jockey Ed Sciaky of WMMR in Philadelphia, and played with Springsteen as his special guest on November 3, 1974, and within a couple of weeks this version was given to other progressive rock radio outlets in the Northeast as well, including WNEW FM in New York City, WMMS in Cleveland, WBCN in Boston, and WVBR in Ithaca, New York. It became quite popular on these stations, and led to older cuts from Springsteen's first two albums being played, as anticipation built for the new album. When Springsteen did a show at the Main Point, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, on February 5, 1975, with Sciaky as host, the crowd sang along to "Born to Run". Music videos
No music video was made for the original release of "Born to Run". In 1987, a video was released to MTV and other channels, featuring a live performance of "Born to Run" from Springsteen and the E Street Band's 1984–1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour, interspersed with clips of other songs' performances from the same tour. It closed with a "Thank you" message to Springsteen's fans. In 1988, director Meiert Avis shot a video of an acoustic version of the song during the Tunnel of Love Express tour. Both videos are included in the compilations Video Anthology / 1978 88 and The Complete Video Anthology / 1978 2000. Reception
At the time of the single release, Billboard described "Born to Run" as "one of the best rock anthems to individual freedom ever created," describing it as "a monster song with a piledriver arrangement" that could become Springsteen's biggest hit yet. Cash Box said that "Springsteen sounds like a cross between Roger McGuinn (from his Byrds days) and nobody else we've ever heard." In 1980 the New Jersey State Assembly passed a resolution naming "Born to Run" the "unofficial rock theme of our State's youth." The bill failed to pass the state Senate, owing to some of the song's lyrics being about a desire to leave New Jersey. Accolades
In 2016, "Born to Run" was ranked No. 16 in ''Pitchforks list of "The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s"
In 2004, the song was ranked #6 in WXPN's list of The 885 All Time Greatest Songs. Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time placed it at No. 27 in 2020
The song came in at No. 920 in Q's list of the "1001 Greatest Songs Ever" in 2003, in which they described the song as "best for working class heroes." It is one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. In 2001, the RIAA's Songs of the Century placed the song 135th (out of 365). In 1999, National Public Radio included the song in the "NPR 100", NPR's music editors' compilation of the one hundred most important American musical works of the 20th century. Live performances
The song has been played at nearly every non solo Springsteen concert since 1975 (although it was not included in the 2006 Sessions Band Tour) and is his most performed song live. Most of the time the house lights are turned fully on and fans consistently sing along with Springsteen's signature wordless vocalizations throughout the song's performance. The song has also been released in live versions on seven albums or DVDs:
A 1975 Born to Run Tour rendition on Hammersmith Odeon London '75, released in 2006;
A 1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour runthrough on Live/1975 85, released in 1986;
A starkly different 1988 solo acoustic guitar performance from the Tunnel of Love Express on Chimes of Freedom, a 1988 EP;
A 2000 Reunion Tour version on Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Live In New York City, released in 2001 (the song closes disc one but does not appear on the track listing of the album cover);
A 2002 Rising Tour take on the Live in Barcelona DVD, released in 2003. A 2009 Working on a Dream Tour performance on the DVD London Calling: Live in Hyde Park which was released in 2010. A 2018 Springsteen on Broadway performance, released on a Netflix special and an album of the same name at the end of the year. "Born to Run" was also performed as the second number of four during Springsteen and the E Street Band's halftime performance at Super Bowl XLIII. On Jon Stewart's last episode as host of The Daily Show on August 6, 2015, Springsteen performed "Land of Hope and Dreams" and "Born to Run". Live covers
On August 25, 2015, the 40th anniversary of Born to Run'''s release, indie rock band Superchunk shared a live cover of the title track. This performance also featured And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead and Crooked Fingers.
In late 1973, on the road in Tennessee, Springsteen awoke with the title "Born to Run", which he wrote down. According to Springsteen, this was the first spark of the later song. Written in the first person, the song is a love letter to a girl named Wendy, for whom the hot rod riding protagonist seems to possess the passion to love, just not the patience. However, Springsteen has noted that it has a much simpler core: getting out of Freehold. U. S. Route 9, a highway passing through Freehold, is mentioned from the lyric "sprung from cages out on Highway 9". In his 1996 book Songs, Springsteen relates that while the beginning of the song was written on guitar around the opening riff, the song's writing was finished on piano, the instrument that most of the Born to Run album was composed on. The song was recorded in the key of E major. In the period prior to the release of Born to Run Springsteen was becoming well known (especially in his native northeast) for his live shows. "Born to Run" joined his concert repertoire well before the release of the album, being performed in concert by May 1974, if not earlier. The first recording of the song was made by Allan Clarke of the British group the Hollies, although its release was delayed, only appearing after Springsteen's own now famous version. Recording
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. On January 8, 1974, Springsteen met his manager, Mike Appel, Clarence Clemons, and the other members of his band at 914 Sound Studios, Blauvelt, New York, to rehearse two new compositions, "Jungleland" and "Born to Run", both of which were lacking lyrics. He continued working on both songs at his home in New Jersey. The original backing track was recorded on May 21, 1974, after rehearsal sessions. Vocals were recorded on June 26, 1974. Recording was not completed until August 6, 1974, when mixing began on seventy two tracks to the sixteen available at 914 Studios, including strings, more than one dozen guitar tracks, sax, drums, glockenspiel, bass, multiple keyboards and a variety of voices. The core instrumental backing track, which had been re recorded, was mixed, along with numerous test arrangements, backing vocals, double tracked vocals and strings, and finally the one chosen for release. Springsteen and Mike Appel were the producers, and Louis Lahav was chief engineer. After finally going in the can, the tapes sat for a year, waiting for the rest of the album to be completed. A pre release version of the song, with a slightly different mix, was given by Appel to disc jockey Ed Sciaky of WMMR in Philadelphia, and played with Springsteen as his special guest on November 3, 1974, and within a couple of weeks this version was given to other progressive rock radio outlets in the Northeast as well, including WNEW FM in New York City, WMMS in Cleveland, WBCN in Boston, and WVBR in Ithaca, New York. It became quite popular on these stations, and led to older cuts from Springsteen's first two albums being played, as anticipation built for the new album. When Springsteen did a show at the Main Point, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, on February 5, 1975, with Sciaky as host, the crowd sang along to "Born to Run". Music videos
No music video was made for the original release of "Born to Run". In 1987, a video was released to MTV and other channels, featuring a live performance of "Born to Run" from Springsteen and the E Street Band's 1984–1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour, interspersed with clips of other songs' performances from the same tour. It closed with a "Thank you" message to Springsteen's fans. In 1988, director Meiert Avis shot a video of an acoustic version of the song during the Tunnel of Love Express tour. Both videos are included in the compilations Video Anthology / 1978 88 and The Complete Video Anthology / 1978 2000. Reception
At the time of the single release, Billboard described "Born to Run" as "one of the best rock anthems to individual freedom ever created," describing it as "a monster song with a piledriver arrangement" that could become Springsteen's biggest hit yet. Cash Box said that "Springsteen sounds like a cross between Roger McGuinn (from his Byrds days) and nobody else we've ever heard." In 1980 the New Jersey State Assembly passed a resolution naming "Born to Run" the "unofficial rock theme of our State's youth." The bill failed to pass the state Senate, owing to some of the song's lyrics being about a desire to leave New Jersey. Accolades
In 2016, "Born to Run" was ranked No. 16 in ''Pitchforks list of "The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s"
In 2004, the song was ranked #6 in WXPN's list of The 885 All Time Greatest Songs. Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time placed it at No. 27 in 2020
The song came in at No. 920 in Q's list of the "1001 Greatest Songs Ever" in 2003, in which they described the song as "best for working class heroes." It is one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. In 2001, the RIAA's Songs of the Century placed the song 135th (out of 365). In 1999, National Public Radio included the song in the "NPR 100", NPR's music editors' compilation of the one hundred most important American musical works of the 20th century. Live performances
The song has been played at nearly every non solo Springsteen concert since 1975 (although it was not included in the 2006 Sessions Band Tour) and is his most performed song live. Most of the time the house lights are turned fully on and fans consistently sing along with Springsteen's signature wordless vocalizations throughout the song's performance. The song has also been released in live versions on seven albums or DVDs:
A 1975 Born to Run Tour rendition on Hammersmith Odeon London '75, released in 2006;
A 1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour runthrough on Live/1975 85, released in 1986;
A starkly different 1988 solo acoustic guitar performance from the Tunnel of Love Express on Chimes of Freedom, a 1988 EP;
A 2000 Reunion Tour version on Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Live In New York City, released in 2001 (the song closes disc one but does not appear on the track listing of the album cover);
A 2002 Rising Tour take on the Live in Barcelona DVD, released in 2003. A 2009 Working on a Dream Tour performance on the DVD London Calling: Live in Hyde Park which was released in 2010. A 2018 Springsteen on Broadway performance, released on a Netflix special and an album of the same name at the end of the year. "Born to Run" was also performed as the second number of four during Springsteen and the E Street Band's halftime performance at Super Bowl XLIII. On Jon Stewart's last episode as host of The Daily Show on August 6, 2015, Springsteen performed "Land of Hope and Dreams" and "Born to Run". Live covers
On August 25, 2015, the 40th anniversary of Born to Run'''s release, indie rock band Superchunk shared a live cover of the title track. This performance also featured And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead and Crooked Fingers.
В 2003 году песня заняла 920-е место в списке "1001 Greatest Songs Ever" журнала Q, в котором ее назвали "лучшей песней для героев рабочего класса". Она также входит в список 500 песен, сформировавших рок-н-ролл, составленный Залом славы рок-н-ролла. В 2001 году RIAA's Songs of the Century поместила песню на 135-е место (из 365). В 1999 году Национальное общественное радио включило песню в "NPR 100" – сборник ста самых важных американских музыкальных произведений XX века, составленный музыкальными редакторами NPR.
"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, 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 Stones 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. 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". Composition
In late 1973, on the road in Tennessee, Springsteen awoke with the title "Born to Run", which he wrote down. According to Springsteen, this was the first spark of the later song. Written in the first person, the song is a love letter to a girl named Wendy, for whom the hot rod riding protagonist seems to possess the passion to love, just not the patience. However, Springsteen has noted that it has a much simpler core: getting out of Freehold. U. S. Route 9, a highway passing through Freehold, is mentioned from the lyric "sprung from cages out on Highway 9". In his 1996 book Songs, Springsteen relates that while the beginning of the song was written on guitar around the opening riff, the song's writing was finished on piano, the instrument that most of the Born to Run album was composed on. The song was recorded in the key of E major. In the period prior to the release of Born to Run Springsteen was becoming well known (especially in his native northeast) for his live shows. "Born to Run" joined his concert repertoire well before the release of the album, being performed in concert by May 1974, if not earlier. The first recording of the song was made by Allan Clarke of the British group the Hollies, although its release was delayed, only appearing after Springsteen's own now famous version. Recording
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. On January 8, 1974, Springsteen met his manager, Mike Appel, Clarence Clemons, and the other members of his band at 914 Sound Studios, Blauvelt, New York, to rehearse two new compositions, "Jungleland" and "Born to Run", both of which were lacking lyrics. He continued working on both songs at his home in New Jersey. The original backing track was recorded on May 21, 1974, after rehearsal sessions. Vocals were recorded on June 26, 1974. Recording was not completed until August 6, 1974, when mixing began on seventy two tracks to the sixteen available at 914 Studios, including strings, more than one dozen guitar tracks, sax, drums, glockenspiel, bass, multiple keyboards and a variety of voices. The core instrumental backing track, which had been re recorded, was mixed, along with numerous test arrangements, backing vocals, double tracked vocals and strings, and finally the one chosen for release. Springsteen and Mike Appel were the producers, and Louis Lahav was chief engineer. After finally going in the can, the tapes sat for a year, waiting for the rest of the album to be completed. A pre release version of the song, with a slightly different mix, was given by Appel to disc jockey Ed Sciaky of WMMR in Philadelphia, and played with Springsteen as his special guest on November 3, 1974, and within a couple of weeks this version was given to other progressive rock radio outlets in the Northeast as well, including WNEW FM in New York City, WMMS in Cleveland, WBCN in Boston, and WVBR in Ithaca, New York. It became quite popular on these stations, and led to older cuts from Springsteen's first two albums being played, as anticipation built for the new album. When Springsteen did a show at the Main Point, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, on February 5, 1975, with Sciaky as host, the crowd sang along to "Born to Run". Music videos
No music video was made for the original release of "Born to Run". In 1987, a video was released to MTV and other channels, featuring a live performance of "Born to Run" from Springsteen and the E Street Band's 1984–1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour, interspersed with clips of other songs' performances from the same tour. It closed with a "Thank you" message to Springsteen's fans. In 1988, director Meiert Avis shot a video of an acoustic version of the song during the Tunnel of Love Express tour. Both videos are included in the compilations Video Anthology / 1978 88 and The Complete Video Anthology / 1978 2000. Reception
At the time of the single release, Billboard described "Born to Run" as "one of the best rock anthems to individual freedom ever created," describing it as "a monster song with a piledriver arrangement" that could become Springsteen's biggest hit yet. Cash Box said that "Springsteen sounds like a cross between Roger McGuinn (from his Byrds days) and nobody else we've ever heard." In 1980 the New Jersey State Assembly passed a resolution naming "Born to Run" the "unofficial rock theme of our State's youth." The bill failed to pass the state Senate, owing to some of the song's lyrics being about a desire to leave New Jersey. Accolades
In 2016, "Born to Run" was ranked No. 16 in ''Pitchforks list of "The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s"
In 2004, the song was ranked #6 in WXPN's list of The 885 All Time Greatest Songs. Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time placed it at No. 27 in 2020
The song came in at No. 920 in Q's list of the "1001 Greatest Songs Ever" in 2003, in which they described the song as "best for working class heroes." It is one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. In 2001, the RIAA's Songs of the Century placed the song 135th (out of 365). In 1999, National Public Radio included the song in the "NPR 100", NPR's music editors' compilation of the one hundred most important American musical works of the 20th century. Live performances
The song has been played at nearly every non solo Springsteen concert since 1975 (although it was not included in the 2006 Sessions Band Tour) and is his most performed song live. Most of the time the house lights are turned fully on and fans consistently sing along with Springsteen's signature wordless vocalizations throughout the song's performance. The song has also been released in live versions on seven albums or DVDs:
A 1975 Born to Run Tour rendition on Hammersmith Odeon London '75, released in 2006;
A 1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour runthrough on Live/1975 85, released in 1986;
A starkly different 1988 solo acoustic guitar performance from the Tunnel of Love Express on Chimes of Freedom, a 1988 EP;
A 2000 Reunion Tour version on Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Live In New York City, released in 2001 (the song closes disc one but does not appear on the track listing of the album cover);
A 2002 Rising Tour take on the Live in Barcelona DVD, released in 2003. A 2009 Working on a Dream Tour performance on the DVD London Calling: Live in Hyde Park which was released in 2010. A 2018 Springsteen on Broadway performance, released on a Netflix special and an album of the same name at the end of the year. "Born to Run" was also performed as the second number of four during Springsteen and the E Street Band's halftime performance at Super Bowl XLIII. On Jon Stewart's last episode as host of The Daily Show on August 6, 2015, Springsteen performed "Land of Hope and Dreams" and "Born to Run". Live covers
On August 25, 2015, the 40th anniversary of Born to Run'''s release, indie rock band Superchunk shared a live cover of the title track. This performance also featured And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead and Crooked Fingers.
In late 1973, on the road in Tennessee, Springsteen awoke with the title "Born to Run", which he wrote down. According to Springsteen, this was the first spark of the later song. Written in the first person, the song is a love letter to a girl named Wendy, for whom the hot rod riding protagonist seems to possess the passion to love, just not the patience. However, Springsteen has noted that it has a much simpler core: getting out of Freehold. U. S. Route 9, a highway passing through Freehold, is mentioned from the lyric "sprung from cages out on Highway 9". In his 1996 book Songs, Springsteen relates that while the beginning of the song was written on guitar around the opening riff, the song's writing was finished on piano, the instrument that most of the Born to Run album was composed on. The song was recorded in the key of E major. In the period prior to the release of Born to Run Springsteen was becoming well known (especially in his native northeast) for his live shows. "Born to Run" joined his concert repertoire well before the release of the album, being performed in concert by May 1974, if not earlier. The first recording of the song was made by Allan Clarke of the British group the Hollies, although its release was delayed, only appearing after Springsteen's own now famous version. Recording
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. On January 8, 1974, Springsteen met his manager, Mike Appel, Clarence Clemons, and the other members of his band at 914 Sound Studios, Blauvelt, New York, to rehearse two new compositions, "Jungleland" and "Born to Run", both of which were lacking lyrics. He continued working on both songs at his home in New Jersey. The original backing track was recorded on May 21, 1974, after rehearsal sessions. Vocals were recorded on June 26, 1974. Recording was not completed until August 6, 1974, when mixing began on seventy two tracks to the sixteen available at 914 Studios, including strings, more than one dozen guitar tracks, sax, drums, glockenspiel, bass, multiple keyboards and a variety of voices. The core instrumental backing track, which had been re recorded, was mixed, along with numerous test arrangements, backing vocals, double tracked vocals and strings, and finally the one chosen for release. Springsteen and Mike Appel were the producers, and Louis Lahav was chief engineer. After finally going in the can, the tapes sat for a year, waiting for the rest of the album to be completed. A pre release version of the song, with a slightly different mix, was given by Appel to disc jockey Ed Sciaky of WMMR in Philadelphia, and played with Springsteen as his special guest on November 3, 1974, and within a couple of weeks this version was given to other progressive rock radio outlets in the Northeast as well, including WNEW FM in New York City, WMMS in Cleveland, WBCN in Boston, and WVBR in Ithaca, New York. It became quite popular on these stations, and led to older cuts from Springsteen's first two albums being played, as anticipation built for the new album. When Springsteen did a show at the Main Point, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, on February 5, 1975, with Sciaky as host, the crowd sang along to "Born to Run". Music videos
No music video was made for the original release of "Born to Run". In 1987, a video was released to MTV and other channels, featuring a live performance of "Born to Run" from Springsteen and the E Street Band's 1984–1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour, interspersed with clips of other songs' performances from the same tour. It closed with a "Thank you" message to Springsteen's fans. In 1988, director Meiert Avis shot a video of an acoustic version of the song during the Tunnel of Love Express tour. Both videos are included in the compilations Video Anthology / 1978 88 and The Complete Video Anthology / 1978 2000. Reception
At the time of the single release, Billboard described "Born to Run" as "one of the best rock anthems to individual freedom ever created," describing it as "a monster song with a piledriver arrangement" that could become Springsteen's biggest hit yet. Cash Box said that "Springsteen sounds like a cross between Roger McGuinn (from his Byrds days) and nobody else we've ever heard." In 1980 the New Jersey State Assembly passed a resolution naming "Born to Run" the "unofficial rock theme of our State's youth." The bill failed to pass the state Senate, owing to some of the song's lyrics being about a desire to leave New Jersey. Accolades
In 2016, "Born to Run" was ranked No. 16 in ''Pitchforks list of "The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s"
In 2004, the song was ranked #6 in WXPN's list of The 885 All Time Greatest Songs. Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time placed it at No. 27 in 2020
The song came in at No. 920 in Q's list of the "1001 Greatest Songs Ever" in 2003, in which they described the song as "best for working class heroes." It is one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. In 2001, the RIAA's Songs of the Century placed the song 135th (out of 365). In 1999, National Public Radio included the song in the "NPR 100", NPR's music editors' compilation of the one hundred most important American musical works of the 20th century. Live performances
The song has been played at nearly every non solo Springsteen concert since 1975 (although it was not included in the 2006 Sessions Band Tour) and is his most performed song live. Most of the time the house lights are turned fully on and fans consistently sing along with Springsteen's signature wordless vocalizations throughout the song's performance. The song has also been released in live versions on seven albums or DVDs:
A 1975 Born to Run Tour rendition on Hammersmith Odeon London '75, released in 2006;
A 1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour runthrough on Live/1975 85, released in 1986;
A starkly different 1988 solo acoustic guitar performance from the Tunnel of Love Express on Chimes of Freedom, a 1988 EP;
A 2000 Reunion Tour version on Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Live In New York City, released in 2001 (the song closes disc one but does not appear on the track listing of the album cover);
A 2002 Rising Tour take on the Live in Barcelona DVD, released in 2003. A 2009 Working on a Dream Tour performance on the DVD London Calling: Live in Hyde Park which was released in 2010. A 2018 Springsteen on Broadway performance, released on a Netflix special and an album of the same name at the end of the year. "Born to Run" was also performed as the second number of four during Springsteen and the E Street Band's halftime performance at Super Bowl XLIII. On Jon Stewart's last episode as host of The Daily Show on August 6, 2015, Springsteen performed "Land of Hope and Dreams" and "Born to Run". Live covers
On August 25, 2015, the 40th anniversary of Born to Run'''s release, indie rock band Superchunk shared a live cover of the title track. This performance also featured And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead and Crooked Fingers.
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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, 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 Stones 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. 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". Composition
In late 1973, on the road in Tennessee, Springsteen awoke with the title "Born to Run", which he wrote down. According to Springsteen, this was the first spark of the later song. Written in the first person, the song is a love letter to a girl named Wendy, for whom the hot rod riding protagonist seems to possess the passion to love, just not the patience. However, Springsteen has noted that it has a much simpler core: getting out of Freehold. U. S. Route 9, a highway passing through Freehold, is mentioned from the lyric "sprung from cages out on Highway 9". In his 1996 book Songs, Springsteen relates that while the beginning of the song was written on guitar around the opening riff, the song's writing was finished on piano, the instrument that most of the Born to Run album was composed on. The song was recorded in the key of E major. In the period prior to the release of Born to Run Springsteen was becoming well known (especially in his native northeast) for his live shows. "Born to Run" joined his concert repertoire well before the release of the album, being performed in concert by May 1974, if not earlier. The first recording of the song was made by Allan Clarke of the British group the Hollies, although its release was delayed, only appearing after Springsteen's own now famous version. Recording
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. On January 8, 1974, Springsteen met his manager, Mike Appel, Clarence Clemons, and the other members of his band at 914 Sound Studios, Blauvelt, New York, to rehearse two new compositions, "Jungleland" and "Born to Run", both of which were lacking lyrics. He continued working on both songs at his home in New Jersey. The original backing track was recorded on May 21, 1974, after rehearsal sessions. Vocals were recorded on June 26, 1974. Recording was not completed until August 6, 1974, when mixing began on seventy two tracks to the sixteen available at 914 Studios, including strings, more than one dozen guitar tracks, sax, drums, glockenspiel, bass, multiple keyboards and a variety of voices. The core instrumental backing track, which had been re recorded, was mixed, along with numerous test arrangements, backing vocals, double tracked vocals and strings, and finally the one chosen for release. Springsteen and Mike Appel were the producers, and Louis Lahav was chief engineer. After finally going in the can, the tapes sat for a year, waiting for the rest of the album to be completed. A pre release version of the song, with a slightly different mix, was given by Appel to disc jockey Ed Sciaky of WMMR in Philadelphia, and played with Springsteen as his special guest on November 3, 1974, and within a couple of weeks this version was given to other progressive rock radio outlets in the Northeast as well, including WNEW FM in New York City, WMMS in Cleveland, WBCN in Boston, and WVBR in Ithaca, New York. It became quite popular on these stations, and led to older cuts from Springsteen's first two albums being played, as anticipation built for the new album. When Springsteen did a show at the Main Point, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, on February 5, 1975, with Sciaky as host, the crowd sang along to "Born to Run". Music videos
No music video was made for the original release of "Born to Run". In 1987, a video was released to MTV and other channels, featuring a live performance of "Born to Run" from Springsteen and the E Street Band's 1984–1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour, interspersed with clips of other songs' performances from the same tour. It closed with a "Thank you" message to Springsteen's fans. In 1988, director Meiert Avis shot a video of an acoustic version of the song during the Tunnel of Love Express tour. Both videos are included in the compilations Video Anthology / 1978 88 and The Complete Video Anthology / 1978 2000. Reception
At the time of the single release, Billboard described "Born to Run" as "one of the best rock anthems to individual freedom ever created," describing it as "a monster song with a piledriver arrangement" that could become Springsteen's biggest hit yet. Cash Box said that "Springsteen sounds like a cross between Roger McGuinn (from his Byrds days) and nobody else we've ever heard." In 1980 the New Jersey State Assembly passed a resolution naming "Born to Run" the "unofficial rock theme of our State's youth." The bill failed to pass the state Senate, owing to some of the song's lyrics being about a desire to leave New Jersey. Accolades
In 2016, "Born to Run" was ranked No. 16 in ''Pitchforks list of "The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s"
In 2004, the song was ranked #6 in WXPN's list of The 885 All Time Greatest Songs. Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time placed it at No. 27 in 2020
The song came in at No. 920 in Q's list of the "1001 Greatest Songs Ever" in 2003, in which they described the song as "best for working class heroes." It is one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. In 2001, the RIAA's Songs of the Century placed the song 135th (out of 365). In 1999, National Public Radio included the song in the "NPR 100", NPR's music editors' compilation of the one hundred most important American musical works of the 20th century. Live performances
The song has been played at nearly every non solo Springsteen concert since 1975 (although it was not included in the 2006 Sessions Band Tour) and is his most performed song live. Most of the time the house lights are turned fully on and fans consistently sing along with Springsteen's signature wordless vocalizations throughout the song's performance. The song has also been released in live versions on seven albums or DVDs:
A 1975 Born to Run Tour rendition on Hammersmith Odeon London '75, released in 2006;
A 1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour runthrough on Live/1975 85, released in 1986;
A starkly different 1988 solo acoustic guitar performance from the Tunnel of Love Express on Chimes of Freedom, a 1988 EP;
A 2000 Reunion Tour version on Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Live In New York City, released in 2001 (the song closes disc one but does not appear on the track listing of the album cover);
A 2002 Rising Tour take on the Live in Barcelona DVD, released in 2003. A 2009 Working on a Dream Tour performance on the DVD London Calling: Live in Hyde Park which was released in 2010. A 2018 Springsteen on Broadway performance, released on a Netflix special and an album of the same name at the end of the year. "Born to Run" was also performed as the second number of four during Springsteen and the E Street Band's halftime performance at Super Bowl XLIII. On Jon Stewart's last episode as host of The Daily Show on August 6, 2015, Springsteen performed "Land of Hope and Dreams" and "Born to Run". Live covers
On August 25, 2015, the 40th anniversary of Born to Run'''s release, indie rock band Superchunk shared a live cover of the title track. This performance also featured And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead and Crooked Fingers.
In late 1973, on the road in Tennessee, Springsteen awoke with the title "Born to Run", which he wrote down. According to Springsteen, this was the first spark of the later song. Written in the first person, the song is a love letter to a girl named Wendy, for whom the hot rod riding protagonist seems to possess the passion to love, just not the patience. However, Springsteen has noted that it has a much simpler core: getting out of Freehold. U. S. Route 9, a highway passing through Freehold, is mentioned from the lyric "sprung from cages out on Highway 9". In his 1996 book Songs, Springsteen relates that while the beginning of the song was written on guitar around the opening riff, the song's writing was finished on piano, the instrument that most of the Born to Run album was composed on. The song was recorded in the key of E major. In the period prior to the release of Born to Run Springsteen was becoming well known (especially in his native northeast) for his live shows. "Born to Run" joined his concert repertoire well before the release of the album, being performed in concert by May 1974, if not earlier. The first recording of the song was made by Allan Clarke of the British group the Hollies, although its release was delayed, only appearing after Springsteen's own now famous version. Recording
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. On January 8, 1974, Springsteen met his manager, Mike Appel, Clarence Clemons, and the other members of his band at 914 Sound Studios, Blauvelt, New York, to rehearse two new compositions, "Jungleland" and "Born to Run", both of which were lacking lyrics. He continued working on both songs at his home in New Jersey. The original backing track was recorded on May 21, 1974, after rehearsal sessions. Vocals were recorded on June 26, 1974. Recording was not completed until August 6, 1974, when mixing began on seventy two tracks to the sixteen available at 914 Studios, including strings, more than one dozen guitar tracks, sax, drums, glockenspiel, bass, multiple keyboards and a variety of voices. The core instrumental backing track, which had been re recorded, was mixed, along with numerous test arrangements, backing vocals, double tracked vocals and strings, and finally the one chosen for release. Springsteen and Mike Appel were the producers, and Louis Lahav was chief engineer. After finally going in the can, the tapes sat for a year, waiting for the rest of the album to be completed. A pre release version of the song, with a slightly different mix, was given by Appel to disc jockey Ed Sciaky of WMMR in Philadelphia, and played with Springsteen as his special guest on November 3, 1974, and within a couple of weeks this version was given to other progressive rock radio outlets in the Northeast as well, including WNEW FM in New York City, WMMS in Cleveland, WBCN in Boston, and WVBR in Ithaca, New York. It became quite popular on these stations, and led to older cuts from Springsteen's first two albums being played, as anticipation built for the new album. When Springsteen did a show at the Main Point, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, on February 5, 1975, with Sciaky as host, the crowd sang along to "Born to Run". Music videos
No music video was made for the original release of "Born to Run". In 1987, a video was released to MTV and other channels, featuring a live performance of "Born to Run" from Springsteen and the E Street Band's 1984–1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour, interspersed with clips of other songs' performances from the same tour. It closed with a "Thank you" message to Springsteen's fans. In 1988, director Meiert Avis shot a video of an acoustic version of the song during the Tunnel of Love Express tour. Both videos are included in the compilations Video Anthology / 1978 88 and The Complete Video Anthology / 1978 2000. Reception
At the time of the single release, Billboard described "Born to Run" as "one of the best rock anthems to individual freedom ever created," describing it as "a monster song with a piledriver arrangement" that could become Springsteen's biggest hit yet. Cash Box said that "Springsteen sounds like a cross between Roger McGuinn (from his Byrds days) and nobody else we've ever heard." In 1980 the New Jersey State Assembly passed a resolution naming "Born to Run" the "unofficial rock theme of our State's youth." The bill failed to pass the state Senate, owing to some of the song's lyrics being about a desire to leave New Jersey. Accolades
In 2016, "Born to Run" was ranked No. 16 in ''Pitchforks list of "The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s"
In 2004, the song was ranked #6 in WXPN's list of The 885 All Time Greatest Songs. Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time placed it at No. 27 in 2020
The song came in at No. 920 in Q's list of the "1001 Greatest Songs Ever" in 2003, in which they described the song as "best for working class heroes." It is one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. In 2001, the RIAA's Songs of the Century placed the song 135th (out of 365). In 1999, National Public Radio included the song in the "NPR 100", NPR's music editors' compilation of the one hundred most important American musical works of the 20th century. Live performances
The song has been played at nearly every non solo Springsteen concert since 1975 (although it was not included in the 2006 Sessions Band Tour) and is his most performed song live. Most of the time the house lights are turned fully on and fans consistently sing along with Springsteen's signature wordless vocalizations throughout the song's performance. The song has also been released in live versions on seven albums or DVDs:
A 1975 Born to Run Tour rendition on Hammersmith Odeon London '75, released in 2006;
A 1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour runthrough on Live/1975 85, released in 1986;
A starkly different 1988 solo acoustic guitar performance from the Tunnel of Love Express on Chimes of Freedom, a 1988 EP;
A 2000 Reunion Tour version on Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Live In New York City, released in 2001 (the song closes disc one but does not appear on the track listing of the album cover);
A 2002 Rising Tour take on the Live in Barcelona DVD, released in 2003. A 2009 Working on a Dream Tour performance on the DVD London Calling: Live in Hyde Park which was released in 2010. A 2018 Springsteen on Broadway performance, released on a Netflix special and an album of the same name at the end of the year. "Born to Run" was also performed as the second number of four during Springsteen and the E Street Band's halftime performance at Super Bowl XLIII. On Jon Stewart's last episode as host of The Daily Show on August 6, 2015, Springsteen performed "Land of Hope and Dreams" and "Born to Run". Live covers
On August 25, 2015, the 40th anniversary of Born to Run'''s release, indie rock band Superchunk shared a live cover of the title track. This performance also featured And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead and Crooked Fingers.
Песня исполнялась почти на каждом концерте Спрингстина, не являющемся сольным, с 1975 года (хотя она не вошла в программу тура Sessions Band в 2006 году) и является самой исполняемой им песней вживую. Обычно во время исполнения песни полностью включается освещение, и поклонники постоянно подпевают безмолвным вокализациям Спрингстина на протяжении всей песни. Живые версии песни были выпущены на семи альбомах или DVD:
"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, 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 Stones 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. 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". Composition
In late 1973, on the road in Tennessee, Springsteen awoke with the title "Born to Run", which he wrote down. According to Springsteen, this was the first spark of the later song. Written in the first person, the song is a love letter to a girl named Wendy, for whom the hot rod riding protagonist seems to possess the passion to love, just not the patience. However, Springsteen has noted that it has a much simpler core: getting out of Freehold. U. S. Route 9, a highway passing through Freehold, is mentioned from the lyric "sprung from cages out on Highway 9". In his 1996 book Songs, Springsteen relates that while the beginning of the song was written on guitar around the opening riff, the song's writing was finished on piano, the instrument that most of the Born to Run album was composed on. The song was recorded in the key of E major. In the period prior to the release of Born to Run Springsteen was becoming well known (especially in his native northeast) for his live shows. "Born to Run" joined his concert repertoire well before the release of the album, being performed in concert by May 1974, if not earlier. The first recording of the song was made by Allan Clarke of the British group the Hollies, although its release was delayed, only appearing after Springsteen's own now famous version. Recording
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. On January 8, 1974, Springsteen met his manager, Mike Appel, Clarence Clemons, and the other members of his band at 914 Sound Studios, Blauvelt, New York, to rehearse two new compositions, "Jungleland" and "Born to Run", both of which were lacking lyrics. He continued working on both songs at his home in New Jersey. The original backing track was recorded on May 21, 1974, after rehearsal sessions. Vocals were recorded on June 26, 1974. Recording was not completed until August 6, 1974, when mixing began on seventy two tracks to the sixteen available at 914 Studios, including strings, more than one dozen guitar tracks, sax, drums, glockenspiel, bass, multiple keyboards and a variety of voices. The core instrumental backing track, which had been re recorded, was mixed, along with numerous test arrangements, backing vocals, double tracked vocals and strings, and finally the one chosen for release. Springsteen and Mike Appel were the producers, and Louis Lahav was chief engineer. After finally going in the can, the tapes sat for a year, waiting for the rest of the album to be completed. A pre release version of the song, with a slightly different mix, was given by Appel to disc jockey Ed Sciaky of WMMR in Philadelphia, and played with Springsteen as his special guest on November 3, 1974, and within a couple of weeks this version was given to other progressive rock radio outlets in the Northeast as well, including WNEW FM in New York City, WMMS in Cleveland, WBCN in Boston, and WVBR in Ithaca, New York. It became quite popular on these stations, and led to older cuts from Springsteen's first two albums being played, as anticipation built for the new album. When Springsteen did a show at the Main Point, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, on February 5, 1975, with Sciaky as host, the crowd sang along to "Born to Run". Music videos
No music video was made for the original release of "Born to Run". In 1987, a video was released to MTV and other channels, featuring a live performance of "Born to Run" from Springsteen and the E Street Band's 1984–1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour, interspersed with clips of other songs' performances from the same tour. It closed with a "Thank you" message to Springsteen's fans. In 1988, director Meiert Avis shot a video of an acoustic version of the song during the Tunnel of Love Express tour. Both videos are included in the compilations Video Anthology / 1978 88 and The Complete Video Anthology / 1978 2000. Reception
At the time of the single release, Billboard described "Born to Run" as "one of the best rock anthems to individual freedom ever created," describing it as "a monster song with a piledriver arrangement" that could become Springsteen's biggest hit yet. Cash Box said that "Springsteen sounds like a cross between Roger McGuinn (from his Byrds days) and nobody else we've ever heard." In 1980 the New Jersey State Assembly passed a resolution naming "Born to Run" the "unofficial rock theme of our State's youth." The bill failed to pass the state Senate, owing to some of the song's lyrics being about a desire to leave New Jersey. Accolades
In 2016, "Born to Run" was ranked No. 16 in ''Pitchforks list of "The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s"
In 2004, the song was ranked #6 in WXPN's list of The 885 All Time Greatest Songs. Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time placed it at No. 27 in 2020
The song came in at No. 920 in Q's list of the "1001 Greatest Songs Ever" in 2003, in which they described the song as "best for working class heroes." It is one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. In 2001, the RIAA's Songs of the Century placed the song 135th (out of 365). In 1999, National Public Radio included the song in the "NPR 100", NPR's music editors' compilation of the one hundred most important American musical works of the 20th century. Live performances
The song has been played at nearly every non solo Springsteen concert since 1975 (although it was not included in the 2006 Sessions Band Tour) and is his most performed song live. Most of the time the house lights are turned fully on and fans consistently sing along with Springsteen's signature wordless vocalizations throughout the song's performance. The song has also been released in live versions on seven albums or DVDs:
A 1975 Born to Run Tour rendition on Hammersmith Odeon London '75, released in 2006;
A 1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour runthrough on Live/1975 85, released in 1986;
A starkly different 1988 solo acoustic guitar performance from the Tunnel of Love Express on Chimes of Freedom, a 1988 EP;
A 2000 Reunion Tour version on Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Live In New York City, released in 2001 (the song closes disc one but does not appear on the track listing of the album cover);
A 2002 Rising Tour take on the Live in Barcelona DVD, released in 2003. A 2009 Working on a Dream Tour performance on the DVD London Calling: Live in Hyde Park which was released in 2010. A 2018 Springsteen on Broadway performance, released on a Netflix special and an album of the same name at the end of the year. "Born to Run" was also performed as the second number of four during Springsteen and the E Street Band's halftime performance at Super Bowl XLIII. On Jon Stewart's last episode as host of The Daily Show on August 6, 2015, Springsteen performed "Land of Hope and Dreams" and "Born to Run". Live covers
On August 25, 2015, the 40th anniversary of Born to Run'''s release, indie rock band Superchunk shared a live cover of the title track. This performance also featured And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead and Crooked Fingers.
In late 1973, on the road in Tennessee, Springsteen awoke with the title "Born to Run", which he wrote down. According to Springsteen, this was the first spark of the later song. Written in the first person, the song is a love letter to a girl named Wendy, for whom the hot rod riding protagonist seems to possess the passion to love, just not the patience. However, Springsteen has noted that it has a much simpler core: getting out of Freehold. U. S. Route 9, a highway passing through Freehold, is mentioned from the lyric "sprung from cages out on Highway 9". In his 1996 book Songs, Springsteen relates that while the beginning of the song was written on guitar around the opening riff, the song's writing was finished on piano, the instrument that most of the Born to Run album was composed on. The song was recorded in the key of E major. In the period prior to the release of Born to Run Springsteen was becoming well known (especially in his native northeast) for his live shows. "Born to Run" joined his concert repertoire well before the release of the album, being performed in concert by May 1974, if not earlier. The first recording of the song was made by Allan Clarke of the British group the Hollies, although its release was delayed, only appearing after Springsteen's own now famous version. Recording
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. On January 8, 1974, Springsteen met his manager, Mike Appel, Clarence Clemons, and the other members of his band at 914 Sound Studios, Blauvelt, New York, to rehearse two new compositions, "Jungleland" and "Born to Run", both of which were lacking lyrics. He continued working on both songs at his home in New Jersey. The original backing track was recorded on May 21, 1974, after rehearsal sessions. Vocals were recorded on June 26, 1974. Recording was not completed until August 6, 1974, when mixing began on seventy two tracks to the sixteen available at 914 Studios, including strings, more than one dozen guitar tracks, sax, drums, glockenspiel, bass, multiple keyboards and a variety of voices. The core instrumental backing track, which had been re recorded, was mixed, along with numerous test arrangements, backing vocals, double tracked vocals and strings, and finally the one chosen for release. Springsteen and Mike Appel were the producers, and Louis Lahav was chief engineer. After finally going in the can, the tapes sat for a year, waiting for the rest of the album to be completed. A pre release version of the song, with a slightly different mix, was given by Appel to disc jockey Ed Sciaky of WMMR in Philadelphia, and played with Springsteen as his special guest on November 3, 1974, and within a couple of weeks this version was given to other progressive rock radio outlets in the Northeast as well, including WNEW FM in New York City, WMMS in Cleveland, WBCN in Boston, and WVBR in Ithaca, New York. It became quite popular on these stations, and led to older cuts from Springsteen's first two albums being played, as anticipation built for the new album. When Springsteen did a show at the Main Point, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, on February 5, 1975, with Sciaky as host, the crowd sang along to "Born to Run". Music videos
No music video was made for the original release of "Born to Run". In 1987, a video was released to MTV and other channels, featuring a live performance of "Born to Run" from Springsteen and the E Street Band's 1984–1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour, interspersed with clips of other songs' performances from the same tour. It closed with a "Thank you" message to Springsteen's fans. In 1988, director Meiert Avis shot a video of an acoustic version of the song during the Tunnel of Love Express tour. Both videos are included in the compilations Video Anthology / 1978 88 and The Complete Video Anthology / 1978 2000. Reception
At the time of the single release, Billboard described "Born to Run" as "one of the best rock anthems to individual freedom ever created," describing it as "a monster song with a piledriver arrangement" that could become Springsteen's biggest hit yet. Cash Box said that "Springsteen sounds like a cross between Roger McGuinn (from his Byrds days) and nobody else we've ever heard." In 1980 the New Jersey State Assembly passed a resolution naming "Born to Run" the "unofficial rock theme of our State's youth." The bill failed to pass the state Senate, owing to some of the song's lyrics being about a desire to leave New Jersey. Accolades
In 2016, "Born to Run" was ranked No. 16 in ''Pitchforks list of "The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s"
In 2004, the song was ranked #6 in WXPN's list of The 885 All Time Greatest Songs. Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time placed it at No. 27 in 2020
The song came in at No. 920 in Q's list of the "1001 Greatest Songs Ever" in 2003, in which they described the song as "best for working class heroes." It is one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. In 2001, the RIAA's Songs of the Century placed the song 135th (out of 365). In 1999, National Public Radio included the song in the "NPR 100", NPR's music editors' compilation of the one hundred most important American musical works of the 20th century. Live performances
The song has been played at nearly every non solo Springsteen concert since 1975 (although it was not included in the 2006 Sessions Band Tour) and is his most performed song live. Most of the time the house lights are turned fully on and fans consistently sing along with Springsteen's signature wordless vocalizations throughout the song's performance. The song has also been released in live versions on seven albums or DVDs:
A 1975 Born to Run Tour rendition on Hammersmith Odeon London '75, released in 2006;
A 1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour runthrough on Live/1975 85, released in 1986;
A starkly different 1988 solo acoustic guitar performance from the Tunnel of Love Express on Chimes of Freedom, a 1988 EP;
A 2000 Reunion Tour version on Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Live In New York City, released in 2001 (the song closes disc one but does not appear on the track listing of the album cover);
A 2002 Rising Tour take on the Live in Barcelona DVD, released in 2003. A 2009 Working on a Dream Tour performance on the DVD London Calling: Live in Hyde Park which was released in 2010. A 2018 Springsteen on Broadway performance, released on a Netflix special and an album of the same name at the end of the year. "Born to Run" was also performed as the second number of four during Springsteen and the E Street Band's halftime performance at Super Bowl XLIII. On Jon Stewart's last episode as host of The Daily Show on August 6, 2015, Springsteen performed "Land of Hope and Dreams" and "Born to Run". Live covers
On August 25, 2015, the 40th anniversary of Born to Run'''s release, indie rock band Superchunk shared a live cover of the title track. This performance also featured And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead and Crooked Fingers.
* Исполнение во время тура *Born to Run* 1975 года на *Hammersmith Odeon London '75*, выпущенном в 2006 году;
* Исполнение во время тура *Born in the U. S. A.* 1985 года на *Live/1975 85*, выпущенном в 1986 году;
* Резко отличающееся акустическое исполнение на гитаре 1988 года из тура *Tunnel of Love Express* на EP *Chimes of Freedom*, выпущенном в 1988 году;
* Исполнение во время тура *Reunion Tour* 2000 года на *Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Live In New York City*, выпущенном в 2001 году (песня закрывает первый диск, но не указана в трек-листе на обложке альбома);
* Исполнение во время тура *Rising Tour* 2002 года на DVD *Live in Barcelona*, выпущенном в 2003 году;
* Исполнение во время тура *Working on a Dream Tour* 2009 года на DVD *London Calling: Live in Hyde Park*, выпущенном в 2010 году;
* Исполнение 2018 года на *Springsteen on Broadway*, выпущенном на специальном выпуске Netflix и одноименном альбоме в конце года.
"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, 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 Stones 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. 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". Composition
In late 1973, on the road in Tennessee, Springsteen awoke with the title "Born to Run", which he wrote down. According to Springsteen, this was the first spark of the later song. Written in the first person, the song is a love letter to a girl named Wendy, for whom the hot rod riding protagonist seems to possess the passion to love, just not the patience. However, Springsteen has noted that it has a much simpler core: getting out of Freehold. U. S. Route 9, a highway passing through Freehold, is mentioned from the lyric "sprung from cages out on Highway 9". In his 1996 book Songs, Springsteen relates that while the beginning of the song was written on guitar around the opening riff, the song's writing was finished on piano, the instrument that most of the Born to Run album was composed on. The song was recorded in the key of E major. In the period prior to the release of Born to Run Springsteen was becoming well known (especially in his native northeast) for his live shows. "Born to Run" joined his concert repertoire well before the release of the album, being performed in concert by May 1974, if not earlier. The first recording of the song was made by Allan Clarke of the British group the Hollies, although its release was delayed, only appearing after Springsteen's own now famous version. Recording
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. On January 8, 1974, Springsteen met his manager, Mike Appel, Clarence Clemons, and the other members of his band at 914 Sound Studios, Blauvelt, New York, to rehearse two new compositions, "Jungleland" and "Born to Run", both of which were lacking lyrics. He continued working on both songs at his home in New Jersey. The original backing track was recorded on May 21, 1974, after rehearsal sessions. Vocals were recorded on June 26, 1974. Recording was not completed until August 6, 1974, when mixing began on seventy two tracks to the sixteen available at 914 Studios, including strings, more than one dozen guitar tracks, sax, drums, glockenspiel, bass, multiple keyboards and a variety of voices. The core instrumental backing track, which had been re recorded, was mixed, along with numerous test arrangements, backing vocals, double tracked vocals and strings, and finally the one chosen for release. Springsteen and Mike Appel were the producers, and Louis Lahav was chief engineer. After finally going in the can, the tapes sat for a year, waiting for the rest of the album to be completed. A pre release version of the song, with a slightly different mix, was given by Appel to disc jockey Ed Sciaky of WMMR in Philadelphia, and played with Springsteen as his special guest on November 3, 1974, and within a couple of weeks this version was given to other progressive rock radio outlets in the Northeast as well, including WNEW FM in New York City, WMMS in Cleveland, WBCN in Boston, and WVBR in Ithaca, New York. It became quite popular on these stations, and led to older cuts from Springsteen's first two albums being played, as anticipation built for the new album. When Springsteen did a show at the Main Point, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, on February 5, 1975, with Sciaky as host, the crowd sang along to "Born to Run". Music videos
No music video was made for the original release of "Born to Run". In 1987, a video was released to MTV and other channels, featuring a live performance of "Born to Run" from Springsteen and the E Street Band's 1984–1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour, interspersed with clips of other songs' performances from the same tour. It closed with a "Thank you" message to Springsteen's fans. In 1988, director Meiert Avis shot a video of an acoustic version of the song during the Tunnel of Love Express tour. Both videos are included in the compilations Video Anthology / 1978 88 and The Complete Video Anthology / 1978 2000. Reception
At the time of the single release, Billboard described "Born to Run" as "one of the best rock anthems to individual freedom ever created," describing it as "a monster song with a piledriver arrangement" that could become Springsteen's biggest hit yet. Cash Box said that "Springsteen sounds like a cross between Roger McGuinn (from his Byrds days) and nobody else we've ever heard." In 1980 the New Jersey State Assembly passed a resolution naming "Born to Run" the "unofficial rock theme of our State's youth." The bill failed to pass the state Senate, owing to some of the song's lyrics being about a desire to leave New Jersey. Accolades
In 2016, "Born to Run" was ranked No. 16 in ''Pitchforks list of "The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s"
In 2004, the song was ranked #6 in WXPN's list of The 885 All Time Greatest Songs. Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time placed it at No. 27 in 2020
The song came in at No. 920 in Q's list of the "1001 Greatest Songs Ever" in 2003, in which they described the song as "best for working class heroes." It is one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. In 2001, the RIAA's Songs of the Century placed the song 135th (out of 365). In 1999, National Public Radio included the song in the "NPR 100", NPR's music editors' compilation of the one hundred most important American musical works of the 20th century. Live performances
The song has been played at nearly every non solo Springsteen concert since 1975 (although it was not included in the 2006 Sessions Band Tour) and is his most performed song live. Most of the time the house lights are turned fully on and fans consistently sing along with Springsteen's signature wordless vocalizations throughout the song's performance. The song has also been released in live versions on seven albums or DVDs:
A 1975 Born to Run Tour rendition on Hammersmith Odeon London '75, released in 2006;
A 1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour runthrough on Live/1975 85, released in 1986;
A starkly different 1988 solo acoustic guitar performance from the Tunnel of Love Express on Chimes of Freedom, a 1988 EP;
A 2000 Reunion Tour version on Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Live In New York City, released in 2001 (the song closes disc one but does not appear on the track listing of the album cover);
A 2002 Rising Tour take on the Live in Barcelona DVD, released in 2003. A 2009 Working on a Dream Tour performance on the DVD London Calling: Live in Hyde Park which was released in 2010. A 2018 Springsteen on Broadway performance, released on a Netflix special and an album of the same name at the end of the year. "Born to Run" was also performed as the second number of four during Springsteen and the E Street Band's halftime performance at Super Bowl XLIII. On Jon Stewart's last episode as host of The Daily Show on August 6, 2015, Springsteen performed "Land of Hope and Dreams" and "Born to Run". Live covers
On August 25, 2015, the 40th anniversary of Born to Run'''s release, indie rock band Superchunk shared a live cover of the title track. This performance also featured And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead and Crooked Fingers.
In late 1973, on the road in Tennessee, Springsteen awoke with the title "Born to Run", which he wrote down. According to Springsteen, this was the first spark of the later song. Written in the first person, the song is a love letter to a girl named Wendy, for whom the hot rod riding protagonist seems to possess the passion to love, just not the patience. However, Springsteen has noted that it has a much simpler core: getting out of Freehold. U. S. Route 9, a highway passing through Freehold, is mentioned from the lyric "sprung from cages out on Highway 9". In his 1996 book Songs, Springsteen relates that while the beginning of the song was written on guitar around the opening riff, the song's writing was finished on piano, the instrument that most of the Born to Run album was composed on. The song was recorded in the key of E major. In the period prior to the release of Born to Run Springsteen was becoming well known (especially in his native northeast) for his live shows. "Born to Run" joined his concert repertoire well before the release of the album, being performed in concert by May 1974, if not earlier. The first recording of the song was made by Allan Clarke of the British group the Hollies, although its release was delayed, only appearing after Springsteen's own now famous version. Recording
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. On January 8, 1974, Springsteen met his manager, Mike Appel, Clarence Clemons, and the other members of his band at 914 Sound Studios, Blauvelt, New York, to rehearse two new compositions, "Jungleland" and "Born to Run", both of which were lacking lyrics. He continued working on both songs at his home in New Jersey. The original backing track was recorded on May 21, 1974, after rehearsal sessions. Vocals were recorded on June 26, 1974. Recording was not completed until August 6, 1974, when mixing began on seventy two tracks to the sixteen available at 914 Studios, including strings, more than one dozen guitar tracks, sax, drums, glockenspiel, bass, multiple keyboards and a variety of voices. The core instrumental backing track, which had been re recorded, was mixed, along with numerous test arrangements, backing vocals, double tracked vocals and strings, and finally the one chosen for release. Springsteen and Mike Appel were the producers, and Louis Lahav was chief engineer. After finally going in the can, the tapes sat for a year, waiting for the rest of the album to be completed. A pre release version of the song, with a slightly different mix, was given by Appel to disc jockey Ed Sciaky of WMMR in Philadelphia, and played with Springsteen as his special guest on November 3, 1974, and within a couple of weeks this version was given to other progressive rock radio outlets in the Northeast as well, including WNEW FM in New York City, WMMS in Cleveland, WBCN in Boston, and WVBR in Ithaca, New York. It became quite popular on these stations, and led to older cuts from Springsteen's first two albums being played, as anticipation built for the new album. When Springsteen did a show at the Main Point, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, on February 5, 1975, with Sciaky as host, the crowd sang along to "Born to Run". Music videos
No music video was made for the original release of "Born to Run". In 1987, a video was released to MTV and other channels, featuring a live performance of "Born to Run" from Springsteen and the E Street Band's 1984–1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour, interspersed with clips of other songs' performances from the same tour. It closed with a "Thank you" message to Springsteen's fans. In 1988, director Meiert Avis shot a video of an acoustic version of the song during the Tunnel of Love Express tour. Both videos are included in the compilations Video Anthology / 1978 88 and The Complete Video Anthology / 1978 2000. Reception
At the time of the single release, Billboard described "Born to Run" as "one of the best rock anthems to individual freedom ever created," describing it as "a monster song with a piledriver arrangement" that could become Springsteen's biggest hit yet. Cash Box said that "Springsteen sounds like a cross between Roger McGuinn (from his Byrds days) and nobody else we've ever heard." In 1980 the New Jersey State Assembly passed a resolution naming "Born to Run" the "unofficial rock theme of our State's youth." The bill failed to pass the state Senate, owing to some of the song's lyrics being about a desire to leave New Jersey. Accolades
In 2016, "Born to Run" was ranked No. 16 in ''Pitchforks list of "The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s"
In 2004, the song was ranked #6 in WXPN's list of The 885 All Time Greatest Songs. Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time placed it at No. 27 in 2020
The song came in at No. 920 in Q's list of the "1001 Greatest Songs Ever" in 2003, in which they described the song as "best for working class heroes." It is one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. In 2001, the RIAA's Songs of the Century placed the song 135th (out of 365). In 1999, National Public Radio included the song in the "NPR 100", NPR's music editors' compilation of the one hundred most important American musical works of the 20th century. Live performances
The song has been played at nearly every non solo Springsteen concert since 1975 (although it was not included in the 2006 Sessions Band Tour) and is his most performed song live. Most of the time the house lights are turned fully on and fans consistently sing along with Springsteen's signature wordless vocalizations throughout the song's performance. The song has also been released in live versions on seven albums or DVDs:
A 1975 Born to Run Tour rendition on Hammersmith Odeon London '75, released in 2006;
A 1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour runthrough on Live/1975 85, released in 1986;
A starkly different 1988 solo acoustic guitar performance from the Tunnel of Love Express on Chimes of Freedom, a 1988 EP;
A 2000 Reunion Tour version on Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Live In New York City, released in 2001 (the song closes disc one but does not appear on the track listing of the album cover);
A 2002 Rising Tour take on the Live in Barcelona DVD, released in 2003. A 2009 Working on a Dream Tour performance on the DVD London Calling: Live in Hyde Park which was released in 2010. A 2018 Springsteen on Broadway performance, released on a Netflix special and an album of the same name at the end of the year. "Born to Run" was also performed as the second number of four during Springsteen and the E Street Band's halftime performance at Super Bowl XLIII. On Jon Stewart's last episode as host of The Daily Show on August 6, 2015, Springsteen performed "Land of Hope and Dreams" and "Born to Run". Live covers
On August 25, 2015, the 40th anniversary of Born to Run'''s release, indie rock band Superchunk shared a live cover of the title track. This performance also featured And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead and Crooked Fingers.
"Born to Run" также была исполнена в качестве второго номера из четырех во время выступления Спрингстина и E Street Band в перерыве Суперкубка XLIII. На последнем эпизоде Джона Стюарта в качестве ведущего *The Daily Show*...
"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, 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 Stones 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. 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". Composition
In late 1973, on the road in Tennessee, Springsteen awoke with the title "Born to Run", which he wrote down. According to Springsteen, this was the first spark of the later song. Written in the first person, the song is a love letter to a girl named Wendy, for whom the hot rod riding protagonist seems to possess the passion to love, just not the patience. However, Springsteen has noted that it has a much simpler core: getting out of Freehold. U. S. Route 9, a highway passing through Freehold, is mentioned from the lyric "sprung from cages out on Highway 9". In his 1996 book Songs, Springsteen relates that while the beginning of the song was written on guitar around the opening riff, the song's writing was finished on piano, the instrument that most of the Born to Run album was composed on. The song was recorded in the key of E major. In the period prior to the release of Born to Run Springsteen was becoming well known (especially in his native northeast) for his live shows. "Born to Run" joined his concert repertoire well before the release of the album, being performed in concert by May 1974, if not earlier. The first recording of the song was made by Allan Clarke of the British group the Hollies, although its release was delayed, only appearing after Springsteen's own now famous version. Recording
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. On January 8, 1974, Springsteen met his manager, Mike Appel, Clarence Clemons, and the other members of his band at 914 Sound Studios, Blauvelt, New York, to rehearse two new compositions, "Jungleland" and "Born to Run", both of which were lacking lyrics. He continued working on both songs at his home in New Jersey. The original backing track was recorded on May 21, 1974, after rehearsal sessions. Vocals were recorded on June 26, 1974. Recording was not completed until August 6, 1974, when mixing began on seventy two tracks to the sixteen available at 914 Studios, including strings, more than one dozen guitar tracks, sax, drums, glockenspiel, bass, multiple keyboards and a variety of voices. The core instrumental backing track, which had been re recorded, was mixed, along with numerous test arrangements, backing vocals, double tracked vocals and strings, and finally the one chosen for release. Springsteen and Mike Appel were the producers, and Louis Lahav was chief engineer. After finally going in the can, the tapes sat for a year, waiting for the rest of the album to be completed. A pre release version of the song, with a slightly different mix, was given by Appel to disc jockey Ed Sciaky of WMMR in Philadelphia, and played with Springsteen as his special guest on November 3, 1974, and within a couple of weeks this version was given to other progressive rock radio outlets in the Northeast as well, including WNEW FM in New York City, WMMS in Cleveland, WBCN in Boston, and WVBR in Ithaca, New York. It became quite popular on these stations, and led to older cuts from Springsteen's first two albums being played, as anticipation built for the new album. When Springsteen did a show at the Main Point, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, on February 5, 1975, with Sciaky as host, the crowd sang along to "Born to Run". Music videos
No music video was made for the original release of "Born to Run". In 1987, a video was released to MTV and other channels, featuring a live performance of "Born to Run" from Springsteen and the E Street Band's 1984–1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour, interspersed with clips of other songs' performances from the same tour. It closed with a "Thank you" message to Springsteen's fans. In 1988, director Meiert Avis shot a video of an acoustic version of the song during the Tunnel of Love Express tour. Both videos are included in the compilations Video Anthology / 1978 88 and The Complete Video Anthology / 1978 2000. Reception
At the time of the single release, Billboard described "Born to Run" as "one of the best rock anthems to individual freedom ever created," describing it as "a monster song with a piledriver arrangement" that could become Springsteen's biggest hit yet. Cash Box said that "Springsteen sounds like a cross between Roger McGuinn (from his Byrds days) and nobody else we've ever heard." In 1980 the New Jersey State Assembly passed a resolution naming "Born to Run" the "unofficial rock theme of our State's youth." The bill failed to pass the state Senate, owing to some of the song's lyrics being about a desire to leave New Jersey. Accolades
In 2016, "Born to Run" was ranked No. 16 in ''Pitchforks list of "The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s"
In 2004, the song was ranked #6 in WXPN's list of The 885 All Time Greatest Songs. Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time placed it at No. 27 in 2020
The song came in at No. 920 in Q's list of the "1001 Greatest Songs Ever" in 2003, in which they described the song as "best for working class heroes." It is one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. In 2001, the RIAA's Songs of the Century placed the song 135th (out of 365). In 1999, National Public Radio included the song in the "NPR 100", NPR's music editors' compilation of the one hundred most important American musical works of the 20th century. Live performances
The song has been played at nearly every non solo Springsteen concert since 1975 (although it was not included in the 2006 Sessions Band Tour) and is his most performed song live. Most of the time the house lights are turned fully on and fans consistently sing along with Springsteen's signature wordless vocalizations throughout the song's performance. The song has also been released in live versions on seven albums or DVDs:
A 1975 Born to Run Tour rendition on Hammersmith Odeon London '75, released in 2006;
A 1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour runthrough on Live/1975 85, released in 1986;
A starkly different 1988 solo acoustic guitar performance from the Tunnel of Love Express on Chimes of Freedom, a 1988 EP;
A 2000 Reunion Tour version on Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Live In New York City, released in 2001 (the song closes disc one but does not appear on the track listing of the album cover);
A 2002 Rising Tour take on the Live in Barcelona DVD, released in 2003. A 2009 Working on a Dream Tour performance on the DVD London Calling: Live in Hyde Park which was released in 2010. A 2018 Springsteen on Broadway performance, released on a Netflix special and an album of the same name at the end of the year. "Born to Run" was also performed as the second number of four during Springsteen and the E Street Band's halftime performance at Super Bowl XLIII. On Jon Stewart's last episode as host of The Daily Show on August 6, 2015, Springsteen performed "Land of Hope and Dreams" and "Born to Run". Live covers
On August 25, 2015, the 40th anniversary of Born to Run'''s release, indie rock band Superchunk shared a live cover of the title track. This performance also featured And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead and Crooked Fingers.
In late 1973, on the road in Tennessee, Springsteen awoke with the title "Born to Run", which he wrote down. According to Springsteen, this was the first spark of the later song. Written in the first person, the song is a love letter to a girl named Wendy, for whom the hot rod riding protagonist seems to possess the passion to love, just not the patience. However, Springsteen has noted that it has a much simpler core: getting out of Freehold. U. S. Route 9, a highway passing through Freehold, is mentioned from the lyric "sprung from cages out on Highway 9". In his 1996 book Songs, Springsteen relates that while the beginning of the song was written on guitar around the opening riff, the song's writing was finished on piano, the instrument that most of the Born to Run album was composed on. The song was recorded in the key of E major. In the period prior to the release of Born to Run Springsteen was becoming well known (especially in his native northeast) for his live shows. "Born to Run" joined his concert repertoire well before the release of the album, being performed in concert by May 1974, if not earlier. The first recording of the song was made by Allan Clarke of the British group the Hollies, although its release was delayed, only appearing after Springsteen's own now famous version. Recording
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. On January 8, 1974, Springsteen met his manager, Mike Appel, Clarence Clemons, and the other members of his band at 914 Sound Studios, Blauvelt, New York, to rehearse two new compositions, "Jungleland" and "Born to Run", both of which were lacking lyrics. He continued working on both songs at his home in New Jersey. The original backing track was recorded on May 21, 1974, after rehearsal sessions. Vocals were recorded on June 26, 1974. Recording was not completed until August 6, 1974, when mixing began on seventy two tracks to the sixteen available at 914 Studios, including strings, more than one dozen guitar tracks, sax, drums, glockenspiel, bass, multiple keyboards and a variety of voices. The core instrumental backing track, which had been re recorded, was mixed, along with numerous test arrangements, backing vocals, double tracked vocals and strings, and finally the one chosen for release. Springsteen and Mike Appel were the producers, and Louis Lahav was chief engineer. After finally going in the can, the tapes sat for a year, waiting for the rest of the album to be completed. A pre release version of the song, with a slightly different mix, was given by Appel to disc jockey Ed Sciaky of WMMR in Philadelphia, and played with Springsteen as his special guest on November 3, 1974, and within a couple of weeks this version was given to other progressive rock radio outlets in the Northeast as well, including WNEW FM in New York City, WMMS in Cleveland, WBCN in Boston, and WVBR in Ithaca, New York. It became quite popular on these stations, and led to older cuts from Springsteen's first two albums being played, as anticipation built for the new album. When Springsteen did a show at the Main Point, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, on February 5, 1975, with Sciaky as host, the crowd sang along to "Born to Run". Music videos
No music video was made for the original release of "Born to Run". In 1987, a video was released to MTV and other channels, featuring a live performance of "Born to Run" from Springsteen and the E Street Band's 1984–1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour, interspersed with clips of other songs' performances from the same tour. It closed with a "Thank you" message to Springsteen's fans. In 1988, director Meiert Avis shot a video of an acoustic version of the song during the Tunnel of Love Express tour. Both videos are included in the compilations Video Anthology / 1978 88 and The Complete Video Anthology / 1978 2000. Reception
At the time of the single release, Billboard described "Born to Run" as "one of the best rock anthems to individual freedom ever created," describing it as "a monster song with a piledriver arrangement" that could become Springsteen's biggest hit yet. Cash Box said that "Springsteen sounds like a cross between Roger McGuinn (from his Byrds days) and nobody else we've ever heard." In 1980 the New Jersey State Assembly passed a resolution naming "Born to Run" the "unofficial rock theme of our State's youth." The bill failed to pass the state Senate, owing to some of the song's lyrics being about a desire to leave New Jersey. Accolades
In 2016, "Born to Run" was ranked No. 16 in ''Pitchforks list of "The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s"
In 2004, the song was ranked #6 in WXPN's list of The 885 All Time Greatest Songs. Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time placed it at No. 27 in 2020
The song came in at No. 920 in Q's list of the "1001 Greatest Songs Ever" in 2003, in which they described the song as "best for working class heroes." It is one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. In 2001, the RIAA's Songs of the Century placed the song 135th (out of 365). In 1999, National Public Radio included the song in the "NPR 100", NPR's music editors' compilation of the one hundred most important American musical works of the 20th century. Live performances
The song has been played at nearly every non solo Springsteen concert since 1975 (although it was not included in the 2006 Sessions Band Tour) and is his most performed song live. Most of the time the house lights are turned fully on and fans consistently sing along with Springsteen's signature wordless vocalizations throughout the song's performance. The song has also been released in live versions on seven albums or DVDs:
A 1975 Born to Run Tour rendition on Hammersmith Odeon London '75, released in 2006;
A 1985 Born in the U. S. A. Tour runthrough on Live/1975 85, released in 1986;
A starkly different 1988 solo acoustic guitar performance from the Tunnel of Love Express on Chimes of Freedom, a 1988 EP;
A 2000 Reunion Tour version on Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Live In New York City, released in 2001 (the song closes disc one but does not appear on the track listing of the album cover);
A 2002 Rising Tour take on the Live in Barcelona DVD, released in 2003. A 2009 Working on a Dream Tour performance on the DVD London Calling: Live in Hyde Park which was released in 2010. A 2018 Springsteen on Broadway performance, released on a Netflix special and an album of the same name at the end of the year. "Born to Run" was also performed as the second number of four during Springsteen and the E Street Band's halftime performance at Super Bowl XLIII. On Jon Stewart's last episode as host of The Daily Show on August 6, 2015, Springsteen performed "Land of Hope and Dreams" and "Born to Run". Live covers
On August 25, 2015, the 40th anniversary of Born to Run'''s release, indie rock band Superchunk shared a live cover of the title track. This performance also featured And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead and Crooked Fingers.
В популярной культуре
"Born to Run" стала песней-ги́мном для мужской сборной США по хоккею на чемпионате мира IIHF 2023 года, проходившем в Тампере (Финляндия) и Риге (Латвия). В 2005 году эта песня прозвучала в оригинальном телевизионном показе сериала "Bad Girls". Она была сыграна во время мемориальной службы по персонажу Ивонн Аткинс; ранее в сериале Ивонн упоминала, что является поклонницей Брюса Спрингстина. По причинам, связанным с авторскими правами, песня была исключена из последующих трансляций и выпусков на домашних носителях.
"Born to Run" was the goal song of choice for the United States men's national ice hockey team at the 2023 IIHF World Championship in Tampere, Finland and Riga, Latvia. In 2005, the song appeared in the original television broadcast of Bad Girls. The song was played during the memorial service for character Yvonne Atkins, earlier in the series Yvonne had stated she was a fan of Bruce Springsteen. Due to copyright reasons, future broadcasts and home media have removed the song.