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
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