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
Live in Barcelona (Bruce Springsteen DVD) on February 28, 2003 as well. The performance of "Waitin' on a Sunny Day" was released as a music video to promote the single. Released on November 18, 2003 after the tour's conclusion and now incorporating the complete Barcelona performance, this DVD was the first time that an entire Springsteen concert was documented with an official release in either audio or video. Unlike the prior tour's concert video "", no equivalent audio-only album release was made. As listed on the DVD cover: Live in Barcelona (Bruce Springsteen DVD) Live In Barcelona is a full concert video DVD of a performance