Born in the USA
Born in the USA
by Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
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Born in the USA Technique

Great songwriters move us like the world's best poets. Take a close-up look at the art.

Songwriting

In a sense, "Born in the USA" was two different songs: the one Bruce Springsteen wrote and the one Bruce Springsteen's fans heard. The song Bruce Springsteen wrote was all about bitter irony. This...

Music

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band rode to stardom in the late 1970s largely on the back of a series of richly textured, sonically complex hit songs. Tunes like "Born to Run" and "Thunder Road...

Calling Card

For more than thirty years now, Bruce Springsteen's calling card has been what we might call "workingman's rock and roll." Springsteen has always imagined himself as a spokesman for the ordinary bl...