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Born in the U.S.A. is the seventh studio album by the American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen, released on June 4, 1984, by Columbia Records. Co-produced by Springsteen, Jon Landau, Steven Van Zandt, and Chuck Plotkin, the album was recorded in New York City with the E Street Band over two years between January 1982 and March 1984. Some of the songs originated from the same demo tape that yielded Nebraska (1982), while others were written after that album's release. The sessions yielded between 70 and 90 songs; some were released as B-sides while others later saw release on compilation albums.
Born in the U.S.A. is a rock and roll album with a more pop-influenced sound than Springsteen's previous albums. Its production is typical of mainstream 1980s rock music, with prominent use of synthesizers. The lyrics contrast with the album's livelier sound and continue the themes of previous records, particularly Nebraska. Topics include working-class struggles, disillusionment, patriotism, and personal relationships, while several tracks feature humor. The cover photograph of Springsteen against the American flag was taken by Annie Leibovitz and has appeared on lists of the best album covers ever.
Accompanied by a vast promotional campaign that featured seven singles, five music videos, and three dance remixes, Born in the U.S.A. was a massive commercial success, becoming the best-selling album of 1985 and topping the charts in nine countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom. All seven of its singles, including "Dancing in the Dark", "Born in the U.S.A.", "I'm on Fire", and "Glory Days", reached the U.S. top ten. The album has sold over 30 million copies worldwide, making it Springsteen's best-selling album and one of the best-selling albums of all time. At the time, music critics praised the album's storytelling and musical performances, while others criticized the use of similar lyrical themes as Springsteen's previous albums. Springsteen and the E Street Band supported the album on the Born in the U.S.A. Tour.
Born in the U.S.A. made Springsteen a superstar and brought him his largest amount of success to date as a recording and performing artist. He later expressed reservations about the album itself and the fame it brought him. Nevertheless, retrospective assessments consider Born in the U.S.A. one of the best records by Springsteen and of the 1980s decade. It has appeared on lists of the greatest albums of all time, including by Rolling Stone and NME, and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2012.
Bruce Springsteen rented a ranch in Colts Neck, New Jersey, following the conclusion of the River Tour in September 1981.[1][2] While there, he spent time writing new material,[2] including a song called "Vietnam", about a Vietnam veteran returning home from the war to an unenthusiastic response.[3] During the tour, Springsteen read Born on the Fourth of July, a 1976 autobiography by Ron Kovic, an anti-war activist who was wounded and paralyzed during the Vietnam War.[4] Kovic's story inspired Springsteen to meet various Vietnam War veterans in Los Angeles, California, which affected him more and inspired the writing of several tracks that centered on or included themes about the Vietnam War:[2] "Vietnam", "Shut Out the Light", "A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Pittsburgh)", "Highway Patrolman", and "Brothers Under the Bridges".[5] As Springsteen continued developing "Vietnam", the director Paul Schrader asked him to write music for an ultimately unmade film called Born in the U.S.A. The screenplay concerned a Cleveland factory worker who works during the day and plays guitar in a bar band at night.[6] Springsteen, fascinated with the title, revised the lyrics and music of "Vietnam" to create "Born in the U.S.A."[a][7][8][9]
Weeks after recording the demos in Colts Neck in late January 1982, Springsteen and the E Street Band were at the Hit Factory in New York City recording a session for Gary U.S. Bonds' album On the Line, which Springsteen had written seven songs for and co-produced with Van Zandt.[14][15][16] During the session, the band recorded "Cover Me", a song Springsteen had written for Donna Summer. His manager-producer Jon Landau convinced Springsteen to keep it for his next album after hearing the finished recording;[17][18] Springsteen subsequently wrote Summer another song, "Protection",[15] and recorded a version with the E Street Band.[19]
In April, Springsteen and the E Street Band regrouped at the Power Station to record the demos as full-band versions for release on the next album.[12][20] Production was handled by Springsteen, Landau, Van Zandt, and The River's mixer Chuck Plotkin, while Toby Scott returned from the Hit Factory sessions as engineer.[21] The band spent two weeks attempting full-band arrangements of the Colts Neck tracks, including "Nebraska", "Johnny 99", and "Mansion on the Hill", but Springsteen and his co-producers were dissatisfied with the recordings.[20][22][23] Plotkin described the performances with E Street as "less meaningful ... less compelling ... less honest" than the demo recordings.[24] Other songs from the tape, including "Born in the U.S.A.", "Downbound Train", and "Child Bride" (now rewritten as "Working on the Highway"), proved successful in full-band arrangements.[25] According to the author Dave Marsh, the night the band recorded "Born in the U.S.A." was when "they knew they'd really begun making an album."[26] Over the next few weeks into May,[26] the band's productivity increased as they recorded material absent from the Colts Neck tape, including "Darlington County", "Frankie", "Glory Days", "I'm Goin' Down", "I'm on Fire", "Murder Incorporated", "My Love Will Not Let You Down", "A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Pittsburgh)", "This Hard Land", "None but the Brave", and "Wages of Sin",[25][27] as well as a new recording of "Cover Me".[b][29]
Despite the band's productivity and excitement about the recorded material, Springsteen remained focused on the rest of the Colts Neck songs.[30] Realizing the tracks would not work in full-band arrangements, he decided to release the demos as is.[31][32] Springsteen briefly considered releasing a double album of acoustic and electric songs before deciding to release the acoustic ones on their own to give them "greater stature".[33] The album, Nebraska, was released in September 1982.[34] It featured nine songs from the original demo tape,[35] and "My Father's House", recorded by Springsteen at Colts Neck in late May.[36] The album was a commercial success, reaching number three in the U.S. and the U.K. charts,[37] and was praised by music critics as "a brave artistic statement".[38] Springsteen himself did not promote the album; he conducted no interviews and, for the first time after an album release, did not tour,[39][40] instead vacationing on a cross-country road trip to California.[41]
In late 1982, Springsteen and his assistant Mike Batlan constructed a studio in the former's new Los Angeles home. There, he spent time recording new demos that were stylistically similar to the Nebraska tracks,[21][40][42] albeit with a drum machine. Songs demoed included "Shut Out the Light", "Johnny Bye-Bye", "Cynthia", "One Love", "Richfield Whistle", "Fugitive's Dream", "County Fair", "Unsatisfied Heart", "Little Girl Like You", "Seven Tears", "Sugarland", "Don't Back Down", "The Klansman", "My Hometown", "Betty Jean", "Delivery Man", and "Follow That Dream", a reworking of the 1962 Elvis Presley single of the same name.[21][43][44][45] Like the Nebraska tracks, Springsteen felt the new material would not work in a band setting; he considered releasing another solo acoustic album before scrapping the idea.[43][38][46] During this period, Springsteen made numerous lifestyle changes, including therapy and increasing his physique with a weight-training program.[41][43][47] In April 1983, he departed California and traveled back to New York to record more material with the E Street Band.[43]
Springsteen and the E Street Band resumed recording at the Hit Factory between May and June 1983.[21] These sessions featured re-recordings of the new solo material Springsteen had demoed ("Cynthia" and "My Hometown"), as well as work on other tracks such as "Pink Cadillac", "Car Wash", "TV Movie", "Stand on It", and "County Fair".[48][49] These were the first sessions without Van Zandt, who departed the E Street Band in June the year prior and had started a solo career, performing under the name Little Steven.[50][51] According to the author Fred Goodman, Van Zandt departed due to personal clashes with Landau,[52] although other sources state Van Zandt had felt trapped in the E Street Band and was ready to perform solo.[50][53] By the summer of 1983, Van Zandt was touring supporting his second solo album, Voice of America.[41][54] Springsteen's friendship with Van Zandt inspired the writing of two new songs, "Bobby Jean" and "No Surrender".[55]
By July 1983, Springsteen and his co-producers had over fifty tracks to choose from for the album.[56] The amount of tracks recorded encompassed dozens of different styles, including R&B ("Lion's Den", "Pink Cadillac"), rockabilly ("Stand on It", "Delivery Man"), hard rock ("Murder Incorporated", "My Love Will Not Let You Down"), and country and folk ("This Hard Land", "County Fair", "None but the Brave").[57] Using the working title Murder Incorporated,[38] Springsteen asked Plotkin to develop a rough mix of the album in August that included "Born in the U.S.A.", "Glory Days", "My Hometown", "Downbound Train", "Follow That Dream", "Shut Out the Light", "My Love Will Not Let You Down", and "Sugarland".[56] Plotkin dismissed the tentative list as "a conceptual mess"; he felt the album should begin with "Born in the U.S.A." and end with "My Hometown", and include "Working on the Highway" and "I'm on Fire".[57]
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