Bruce Springsteen was advocating for the rights of the common working-class man. The song was widely misinterpreted as jingoistic, and in connection with the 1984 presidential campaign became the subject of considerable folklore. In 1984, conservative columnist George Will attended a Springsteen concert and then wrote a column praising Springsteen's work ethic. Six days after the column was printed, in a campaign rally in Hammonton, New Jersey, Reagan said, "America's future rests in a thousand dreams inside your hearts. It rests in the message of hope in the songs of a man so many young Americans admire—New Jersey's own, Bruce Springsteen." Two
Fire (Bruce Springsteen song) Peters, "Le Feu" (French) by Michèle Richard () and "Teesklus" (Estonian) by Rock Hotel (). In a stand-up routine recorded on his album "Throbbing Python of Love", Robin Williams performed the song as if it were sung by Elmer Fudd. Kristin Chenoweth and Matthew Morrison, in character as April Rhodes and Will Schuester respectively, sing "Fire" as a duet in the "Glee" episode "Home". Fire (Bruce Springsteen song) "Fire" is a song written by Bruce Springsteen in 1977 which had its highest profile as a 1978 single release by the Pointer Sisters. Bruce Springsteen envisioned "Fire" as a song which