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
Wrecking Ball (Bruce Springsteen album) exclusive photos and artwork. The vinyl version included a copy of the standard CD (without the two additional tracks). Horn section Additional musicians Backing vocals Group vocals Choir Strings Mixing engineers Wrecking Ball (Bruce Springsteen album) Wrecking Ball is the seventeenth studio album by American recording artist Bruce Springsteen, released March 6, 2012, on Columbia Records. It was named best album of 2012 by "Rolling Stone" and along with the album's first single, "We Take Care of Our Own", was nominated for three Grammy Awards. All but four songs were written in 2011. Three of the exceptions were songs previously