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Bruce Springsteen - "Glory Days"
from the album Born In The U.S.A. (1984)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #5 (one week)
Weeks in the Top-40: 13

Today's Song of the Day is from Jersey's own Boss, Bruce Springsteen, whose Born In The USA album had already spun off four top-10 hits with the arena-closer "Dancing In The Dark", the brooding "I'm On Fire", the cha-cha's of "Cover Me", and the veteran's anthem of the title track. For his fifth release from the set, he went with one of the most loved cuts on the album, the hilariously nostalgic "Glory Days", a look back with rose-tinted glasses at days gone by. The video, shot in West New York and Hoboken, ironically featured both his old (Julianne Phillips) and eventual new (Patti Scialfa) wives...

"Glory Days" became Bruce's fifth top-10 hit from the album in August of 1985, while climbing to #3 on the Mainstream Rock radio chart in Billboard magazine. Internationally, the record went to #3 in Ireland, top-20 in England, Canada, and Holland, and top-30 in Germany and Australia. Along with "I'm On Fire" it's probably the most-played of the tracks these days as well..

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Here's "The Boss" live on tour in 1985...