Bruce Springsteen

Released: December 4, 2015

Songwriter: Bruce Springsteen

Producer: Bruce Springsteen Jon Landau Little Steven

There’s a rumble in the park
There’s a thunder in the dark
The night’s so quiet, it's
Chain lightning
Beneath a street light
Two boys boppin’ in the night
They had something in ’em called
Chain lightning

Though you never hear a sound
There’s a fire underground
Rumbling through the town
You can’t keep it from comin’ down
Lovers walking through the mist
Romeo he steal a kiss
Caught up in the moment of
Chain lightning

Now I don’t know about romance
But baby it’s the latest dance
Everybody’s getting up, doin’ it
Chain lightning
All along the strand baby
Down in jungleland
Everybody’s caught up in
Chain lightning

Ever hear the sound
Of a fire underground
Rumblin’ through the town
The big cold is comin’ down
Sittin’ at the light
I’m a rider in the night
Streaking light to light for
Chain lightning

I ain’t into style, baby
I ain’t into fashion
I just got a passion for
Chain lightning
Sittin’ at the light
I’m a rider in the night
Streaking light to light for
Chain lightning

Bruce Springsteen is a rock ‘n’ roll icon from the great state of New Jersey. Nicknamed “The Boss,” he’s known for spirited sax-powered anthems about working-class people making their way in the world. Backed by the trusty E Street Band, he’s sold more than 120 million records, won numerous awards (including 20 Grammys and an Oscar), sold out stadiums around the globe, and earned a place alongside his teenage heroes in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Although he’s a living legend who ranks among the most important artists in rock history, Springsteen wasn’t an overnight success. Around the time of his first album, 1973’s Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J., he was dismissed as just another “new Dylan"—some scruffy folk singer with a decent vocabulary looking to follow in Bob’s footsteps. In the decade that followed, Springsteen proved himself to be much more.

His breakthrough came with his third album, 1975’s Born to Run. The record hit No. 3 on the Billboard 200 and landed the singer-songwriter on the cover of both Time and Newsweek. Bruce nabbed his first chart-topping album five years later with The River, and in 1984, he went global with Born in the U.S.A., a critical and commercial smash that produced seven Top 10 singles.

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