Bruce Springsteen was advocating for the rights of the common working-class man. The song was widely misinterpreted as jingoistic, and in connection with the 1984 presidential campaign became the subject of considerable folklore. In 1984, conservative columnist George Will attended a Springsteen concert and then wrote a column praising Springsteen's work ethic. Six days after the column was printed, in a campaign rally in Hammonton, New Jersey, Reagan said, "America's future rests in a thousand dreams inside your hearts. It rests in the message of hope in the songs of a man so many young Americans admire—New Jersey's own, Bruce Springsteen." Two
Night (Bruce Springsteen song) working life on songs such as "Badlands", "Adam Raised a Cain", "The Promised Land", "Prove It All Night" and, especially, "Factory". This central theme would later be explored on "The River", especially in the song "Out in the Street", and became a focus of Springsteen's post-"Darkness on the Edge of Town" songwriting dealing with working class characters leading dead-end lives. In 1979, it was released as the B-side of the "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" single in Europe. Night (Bruce Springsteen song) "Night" is a song by Bruce Springsteen which first appeared on the "Born to Run" album in 1975. Although