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Born To Run might have been hard for Bruce to write, however it earned him a number sixteen  hit in the UK twelve years after in was released on his album of the same name.

Bruce Springsteen Song facts

Composer
Bruce Springsteen

Genre
Rock

Album
Born To Run

Year of release
1975

UK Chart Position
16

Bruce Springsteen on writing Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen reveals to Trevor Dann (via a long-distance phone call) how he wrote Born To Run - "It took me a really long time to write it...it was really hard to write".
 
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Frankie Goes to Hollywood

  Frankie Goes To Hollywood provide a stormin' version of Springsteen's classic song.

Just an incredible song! So much life, so much energy, so exciting, just quite simply everything that a rock song should be!

Jamie
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