"Born to Run" by Bruce Springsteen

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"Born to Run" by Bruce Springsteen is a landmark 1975 rock anthem and title track of his breakthrough album, celebrated for its cinematic lyrics, soaring production, and embodiment of youthful escape and longing.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album Born to Run ⓘ
artist Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
associatedBand E Street Band ⓘ
bSide Meeting Across the River ⓘ
chartPosition Billboard Hot 100 number 23 ⓘ
UK Singles Chart number 16 ⓘ
composer Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticalReputation Springsteen breakthrough song ⓘ
landmark rock anthem ⓘ
featuresInstrument bass guitar ⓘ
drums ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ
glockenspiel ⓘ
piano ⓘ
saxophone ⓘ
firstReleasedAsSingleInTerritory United States ⓘ
genre heartland rock ⓘ
rock ⓘ
hasMusicVideo no original 1975 promo video ⓘ
hasPart saxophone solo by Clarence Clemons ⓘ
includedIn Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 4:30 ⓘ
liveStapleOf Bruce Springsteen concerts ⓘ
lyricCharacter Wendy ⓘ
lyricTheme romantic longing ⓘ
working-class dreams ⓘ
youthful escape ⓘ
notablePerformer Clarence Clemons ⓘ
Danny Federici ⓘ
Garry Tallent ⓘ
Max Weinberg ⓘ
Roy Bittan ⓘ
Steven Van Zandt ⓘ
openingLine In the day we sweat it out on the streets of a runaway American dream ⓘ
performer Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
producer Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
Jon Landau ⓘ
Mike Appel ⓘ
recordingDate 1974 ⓘ
1975 ⓘ
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1975-08-25 ⓘ
side A-side ⓘ
style wall of sound production ⓘ
writer Bruce Springsteen ⓘ

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