In 1973, Springsteen released his first two albums, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. and The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle, neither of which earned him a large audience. He changed his style and reached worldwide popularity with Born to Run in 1975. It was followed by Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978) and The River (1980), which topped the US Billboard 200 chart. After the solo recording, Nebraska (1982), he reunited with the E Street Band for Born in the U.S.A. (1984), his most commercially successful album and one of the best-selling albums of all time. Seven of its singles reached the Top Ten of the Billboard Hot 100, including the title track. Springsteen recorded his next three albums, Tunnel of Love (1987), Human Touch (1992), and Lucky Town (1992) using mostly session musicians. He reassembled the E Street Band for 1995's Greatest Hits, then recorded the sparse acoustic The Ghost of Tom Joad, followed by the EP Blood Brothers (1996), his last release of the decade.
Springsteen dedicated his 2002 album The Rising to the victims of the September 11 attacks. He released two more folk albums, Devils & Dust (2005) and We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (2006), followed by two more albums with the E Street Band: Magic (2007) and Working on a Dream (2009). The next two, Wrecking Ball (2012) and High Hopes (2014), topped album charts worldwide. His latest releases include the solo Western Stars (2019), the E Street Band-featuring Letter to You (2020) and a solo cover album Only the Strong Survive (2022). When Letter to You went to No.2 in the US, Springsteen became the first artist to score a Top Five hit across six consecutive decades.
Among the album era's prominent acts, Springsteen has sold more than 140 million records worldwide and more than 71 million in the United States, making him one of the world's best-selling music artists. He has earned numerous awards for his work, including 20 Grammy Awards, two Golden Globes, an Academy Award, and a Special Tony Award (for Springsteen on Broadway). Springsteen was inducted into both the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999, received the Kennedy Center Honors in 2009, named MusiCares person of the year in 2013, and awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama in 2016. He ranked 23rd on Rolling Stone's list of the Greatest Artists of All Time, which described him as being "the embodiment of rock & roll".
Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Springsteen
Studio albums
Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. (1973)
The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle (1973)
Born to Run (1975)
Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978)
The River (1980)
Nebraska (1982)
Born in the U.S.A. (1984)
Tunnel of Love (1987)
Human Touch (1992)
Lucky Town (1992)
The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995)
The Rising (2002)
Devils & Dust (2005)
We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (2006)
Magic (2007)
Working on a Dream (2009)
Wrecking Ball (2012)
High Hopes (2014)
Western Stars (2019)
Letter to You (2020)
Only the Strong Survive (2022)
Hungry Heart
Bruce Springsteen Lyrics
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I went out for a ride and I never went back
Like a river that don't know where it's flowing
I took a wrong turn and I just kept going
Everybody's got a hungry heart
Everybody's got a hungry heart
Lay down your money and you play your part
Oh
I met her in a Kingstown bar
We fell in love, I knew it had to end
We took what we had and we ripped it apart
Now here I am down in Kingstown again
Everybody's got a hungry heart
Everybody's got a hungry heart
Lay down your money and you play your part
Everybody's got a h-h-hungry heart
La-la-la-la-la-la, oh yeah
La-la-la-la-la-la
Everybody needs a place to rest
Everybody wants to have a home
Don't make no difference what nobody says
Ain't nobody like to be alone
Everybody's got a hungry heart
Everybody's got a hungry heart
Lay down your money and you play your part
Everybody's got a h-h-hungry heart
(Everybody's got a hungry heart)
Oh yeah
(Everybody's got a hungry heart)
(Lay down your money and you play your part)
Oh yeah
(Everybody's got a hungry heart)
La-la-la-la-la-la
Ooh yeah
La-la-la-la-la-la
The lyrics to Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band's song Hungry Heart speak to the universal experience of an unsatisfied longing deep within the heart. The song tells the story of a man who leaves his wife and kids in Baltimore, and without a clear direction in mind, he goes on a ride that he never returns from. The lyrics depict the man as being like a river that has lost its way, and though he took a wrong turn, he kept going down that path.
The lyrics paint a picture of a man who is restless, and who always feels the need to keep moving. He falls in love with a woman he meets in a bar in Kingstown, but he knows deep down that their love will not last. They eventually rip apart what they had, and the man finds himself back in Kingstown again. The chorus of the song emphasizes the point that everybody has a hungry heart, and that we all have to play our part and lay down our money to satisfy that hunger.
Overall, the song Hungry Heart is a powerful reminder that we all have an insatiable hunger within us, and that we are constantly seeking ways to satisfy that hunger. The lyrics speak to the universal experience of human longing and desire, and the need for connection and meaning in our lives.
Line by Line Meaning
Got a wife and kids in Baltimore, Jack
I'm married and have kids in Baltimore, but I left without notice for an unknown destination.
I went out for a ride and I never went back
I left my home and my family behind after going out for a ride.
Like a river that don't know where it's flowing
I lost my sense of direction and didn't know where I was going.
I took a wrong turn and I just kept going
I made a mistake by taking a wrong turn, but I continued moving forward.
Everybody's got a hungry heart
Everyone has an inner desire or an unfulfilled longing.
Lay down your money and you play your part
Money will buy you a place in someone's heart or attention.
Oh
Interjection expressing excitement or emotion.
I met her in a Kingstown bar
I met a girl in a bar in Kingstown, and we fell in love.
We fell in love, I knew it had to end
I knew our love had an expiration date, and it could not last.
We took what we had and we ripped it apart
We separated, ending our relationship in a violent way.
Now here I am down in Kingstown again
I returned to Kingstown, the place where I fell in love and separated.
Everybody needs a place to rest
Everyone needs a comfortable and safe place to stay.
Everybody wants to have a home
Everyone desires to have a permanent place to live.
Don't make no difference what nobody says
It doesn't matter what others think or say about it.
Ain't nobody like to be alone
No one likes to be lonely or isolated.
(Everybody's got a hungry heart)
Rephrasing the chorus, showing that everyone desires something.
La-la-la-la-la-la, oh yeah
Syllabic sounds expressing excitement or emotion.
Ooh yeah
Exclamation expressing excitement or agreement.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Bruce Springsteen
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@suegreen2490
My husband died in July last year, far too early, we loved signing this song together, especially when we drove into Baltimore and this came on the radio. Sadness and joy with this song.
@JohnBarrylizard
Sorry for your loss.
@liachatzi5897
🥲🥲
@Sianybosh
My daughters favourite Bruce Springsteen song. She was 11 years old and we played it at her funeral. Taken from us far too soon. We love you Angel, keep singing and dancing in heaven xxx
@NitishSinghchin2
My condolences. She is in a much better place now.
@Sianybosh
@@NitishSinghchin2 Thank you, I just wish she was here with me. It’s very hard to believe she is in a better place if we don’t know where she is? I’m not a religious person, but I do believe our soul goes somewhere else. Xx
@NitishSinghchin2
It's an unimaginable loss. But, as my mother always says - Time is the best healer. Stay strong. Stay positive. Better times are yet to come.
@Sianybosh
@@NitishSinghchin2 it’s very hard to see there will ever be better times ahead, maybe easier but never better than when my daughter was alive. She was also my best friend and we did everything together
@westslopesandra
Sorry that you lost your daughter. Glad that you could play that song for her and that you had a relationship with her that you knew that...
@qying123
My father loved this song. He passed away in June last year. Today I was working on his house fixing it up for the first time since his passing. While playing music on my aux cord my car randomly switched to the radio station which has never happened before and the aux cord did not disconnect. I believe this was him giving me a sign to listen to this song and know that he’s there and proud of what I’m doing for my family.