Born to Run (Bruce Springsteen song) in Long Branch, New Jersey in early 1974, the song was Bruce Springsteen's final attempt to become successful. The prior year, Springsteen had released two albums to critical acclaim but with little commercial movement. Written in the first person, the song is a love letter to a girl named Wendy, for whom the hot rod-riding protagonist seems to possess the passion to love, just not the patience. However, Springsteen has noted that it has a much simpler core: getting out of Freehold. Route 9 is mentioned from the lyric "sprung from cages out on Highway 9". In his 1996 book
Ramrod (Bruce Springsteen song) Ramrod (Bruce Springsteen song) "Ramrod" is a song written and performed by Bruce Springsteen for his fifth album, "The River", released in 1980. It was recorded at The Power Station in New York in June or July 1979. The song was written earlier and initially recorded for Springsteen's "Darkness on the Edge of Town" album, but that recording was not used for its release on "The River". Although "Ramrod" was never released as the A-side of a single, it reached #30 on the "Billboard" Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in 1981. It has remained a popular song in concerts by