The 1980 Bruce Springsteen song that was too good to give away

The 1980 Bruce Springsteen song that was too good to give away

Bruce Springsteen really broke through in the 1970s, but he didn’t rule the singles charts. If you look at his track record, he followed in Bob Dylan’s footsteps, more famous for whole albums than catchy number one singles. By that time, Bruce had two albums in the top five: Born to Run and Darkness on the Edge of Town. But not a single song cracked the top 20 on the US Billboard chart. ‘Born to Run’ hit 23, and ‘Prove It All Night’ barely slid …