Born to Run

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Written by: Springsteen
Produced by: Springsteen, Mike Appel
Released: Aug. '75 on Columbia
Charts: 11 weeks
Top spot: No. 23

This song's four and a half minutes took three and a half months to cut. Aiming for the impact of Phil Spector's Wall of Sound, Springsteen included strings, glockenspiel, multiple keyboards -- and more than a dozen guitar tracks. The words poured out just as relentlessly, telling a story of young lovers on the highways of New Jersey. "I don't know how important the settings are in the first place," Springsteen told ROLLING STONE. "It's the idea behind the settings. It could be New Jersey, it could be California, it could be Alaska."

Appears on: Born to Run (Columbia)

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