Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Hits List: Bruce Springsteen

Springsteen was once hailed famously as "the future of rock and roll".  He is one of the best live performers in the history of the Rock Era, and has done well on the charts, most notably his Born in the U.S.A. album.  Here is the complete Hits List* for Bruce Springsteen:

1973:  "Blinded by the Light"
           "Spirit in the Night"

1975:  "Born to Run"  (#23, #93 U.K., #53 Canada, #38 Sweden)--highly underrated.
1976:  "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" (#83, #82 Canada)
1978:  "Prove It All Night" (#33, #57 Canada, #90 Sweden))
           "Badlands" (#42, #44 Canada)
           "The Promised Land"
1980:  "Hungry Heart" (#5, #44 U.K., #5 Canada, #17 Sweden)
1981:  "Fade Away" (#20, #14 Mainstream Rock, #19 Canada)
           "Sherry Darling"
           "The River" (#35 U.K., #10 Sweden) 
           "Cadillac Rance" (#48 Rock)
           Point Blank" (#20 Rock)
1982:  "Atlantic City" (#10 Rock, #49 Canada)
           "Open All Night" (#22 Rock)

1984:  "Dancing in the Dark" (#2, #1 Rock, #4 U.K., #3 Canada, #2 Sweden)
           "Cover Me" (#7, #2 Rock, #16 U.K., #12 Canada, #15 Sweden)
           "Born in the U.S.A." (#9, #8 Rock, #5 U.K., #11 Canada, #11 Sweden)
1985:  "I'm on Fire" (#6, #4 Rock, #6 Adult Contemporary, #5 U.K., #12 Canada, #20 Sweden)
           "Glory Days" (#5, #3 Rock, #17 U.K., #17 Canada, #20 Sweden)
           "I'm Goin' Down" (#9, #9 Rock, #23 Canada, #13 Sweden)
           "My Hometown" (#6, #6 Rock, #1 AC, #9 U.K., #16 Canada, #20 Sweden)
           "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" (#9 U.K.)

1986:  "War" (#8, #4 Rock, #18 U.K., #11 Canada, #4 Sweden)
1987:  "Fire" (#46, #14 Rock, #54 U.K., #42 Canada, #17 Sweden)
           "Born to Run" (live) (#16 U.K.)
           "Brilliant Disguise" (#5, #1 Rock, #5 AC, #20 U.K., #9 Canada, #3 Sweden)
           "Tunnel of Love" (#9, #1 Rock, #45 U.K., #17 Canada)
1988:  "One Step Up" (#13, #2 Rock, #23 Canada)
           "Tougher Than the Rest" (#13 U.K.)
           "Spare Parts" (#28 Rock, #32 U.K., #16 Sweden)

1992:  "Human Touch" (#16, #1 Rock, #8 AC, #11 U.K., #2 Canada, #4 Sweden)
           "57 Channels (And Nothin' On)" (#68, #6 Rock, #32 U.K., #25 Canada, #32 Sweden)
           "Better Days" (#16, #2 Rock, #34 U.K., #23 Sweden)
           "Leap of Faith" (#28 Main, #46 U.K., #48 Canada, #23 Sweden)
1993:  "Lucky Town" (#48 U.K.)

1994:  "Streets of Philadelphia" (#9, #25 Rock, #3 AC, #2 U.K., #1 Canada, #3 Sweden)
1995:  "Murder Incorporated" (#14 Rock, #5 Canada)
           "Hungry Heart" (reissue) (#28 U.K.)
1996:  "The Ghost of Tom Joad" (#26 U.K., #34 Canada)
1997:  "Secret Garden" (#19, #5 AC, #44 U.K., #7 Canada)
1999:  "Sad Eyes"


2002:  "The Rising" (#52, #24 Rock, #26 AC, #94 U.K., #10 Sweden)
           "Lonesome Day" (#39 U.K., #47 Sweden)
2003:  "Waitin' on a Sunny Day" (#15 Sweden)
2005:  "Devils & Dust" (#72)
           "All the Way Home"
2007:  "Radio Nowhere" (#96 U.K, #55 Canada, #60 Sweden)
           "Girls in Their Summer Clothes" (#95, #27 Rock)
2008:  "Working on a Dream" (#95, #35 Rock, #91 Canada, #12 Sweden)
           "My Lucky Day" (#37 Rock)
           "The Wrestler" (#93 U.K., #63 Canada, #56 Sweden)

That's 28 hits for Bruce, with 12 of those going Top 10.

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