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
My Lucky Day (Bruce Springsteen song) My Lucky Day (Bruce Springsteen song) My Lucky Day is a song written and recorded by Bruce Springsteen. It was released as the second single on his 2009 album "Working on a Dream". "My Lucky Day" was made available in the U.S. on Amazon.com on December 1, 2008, accompanied by a long music video that showed Springsteen and the band arranging and recording the song. It was also made available as downloadable content for the game "Guitar Hero World Tour" on January 27, 2009, along with "Born to Run" as part of the Bruce Springsteen Pack, which can be imported