Glory Days (Bruce Springsteen song)

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"Glory Days"
Single by Bruce Springsteen
from the album Born in the U.S.A.
B-side"Stand on It"
ReleasedMay 1985[1]
RecordedMay 5, 1982
StudioPower Station, New York City
GenreRock[2]
Length
  • 4:15 (album version)
  • 5:31 (alternate mix)
  • 3:49 (single version)
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Bruce Springsteen
Producer(s)
Bruce Springsteen singles chronology
"I'm on Fire"
(1985) 		"Glory Days"
(1985) 		"I'm Goin' Down"
(1985)
Music video
"Glory Days" on
YouTube
Riff of Glory Days

"Glory Days" is a song written and performed by American rock singer Bruce Springsteen. In 1985, it became the fifth single released from his 1984 album Born in the U.S.A.

History

The song is a

Little League baseball teammate Joe DePugh in the summer of 1973.[3]

The music is jocular, consisting of what Springsteen biographer Dave Marsh called "rinky-dink organ, honky-tonk piano, and garage-band guitar kicked along by an explosive tom-tom pattern".

The single peaked at #5 on the

record-tying seven Top 10 hit singles
to be released from Born in the U.S.A.

Missing verse

An alternate mix of the song includes an extra verse about the narrator's father, who worked at the Ford auto plant in Metuchen, New Jersey, for twenty years and who now spends most of his time at the American Legion Hall, thinking about how he "ain't never had glory days."[4] However, after Springsteen realized that this verse did not fit with the song's storyline, it was cut out.

Reception

Cash Box described the single as "rowdy, raucous and set for good AOR and CHR airplay...with something for everybody and for all markets."[5]

Music video

The

West New York, New Jersey. The field is inside a city block surrounded mostly by homes. Intercut with these were scenes of Springsteen and the E Street Band lip-synching the song in a bar. The bar performance scenes were filmed at Maxwell's in Hoboken, New Jersey.[6]

Although he had left the band the prior year,[7] Steven Van Zandt was invited back to perform in this video, but the two new members of the band, Nils Lofgren and Patti Scialfa, who had not been on the record at all, were also featured. Springsteen's then-wife Julianne Phillips made a cameo appearance at the baseball field at the end.

The video began airing on MTV in mid-June 1985 and went into heavy rotation. The music video received two MTV Video Music Awards nominations, Best Male Video and Best Overall Performance at the 1986 MTV Video Music Awards.

Clips of New York Mets pitcher Dwight Gooden striking out a couple of batters in real games appear in the video.

Personnel

According to authors Philippe Margotin and Jean-Michel Guesdon:[8]

E Street Band

Track listing

  1. "Glory Days" – 4:15
  2. "Stand On It" – 2:30

The B-side of the single, "Stand On It", was a rocker occasionally brought out for encores at concerts. It was a late 1980s hit for country singer Mel McDaniel, and was also featured in the 1986 film Ruthless People and its accompanying soundtrack album.

Charts

Certifications

Certifications and sales for "Glory Days"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[27] 2× Platinum 140,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[28] Silver 200,000‡
United States (RIAA)[29] Platinum 1,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ "Great Rock Discography". p. 773.
  2. ISBN 978-1135462963
    .
  3. ^ Coyne, Kevin. "Story Behind the Glory". Cape Cod Times, published July 10, 2011. Page C8.
  4. YouTube
  5. ^ "Single Releases" (PDF). Cash Box. May 25, 1985. p. 11. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
  6. ^ "The Hoboken Sound: An Oral History of Maxwell's". Vulture. July 22, 2013. Archived from the original on July 25, 2013. Retrieved July 23, 2013.
  7. Gannett Company, Inc.
    , 29 February 2016. Web. 26 March 2017.
  8. ISBN 978-1-78472-649-2. Archived
    from the original on February 26, 2023. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
  9. ISBN 0-646-11917-6
    .
  10. ^ "Bruce Springsteen – Glory Days" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  11. ^ "Bruce Springsteen – Glory Days" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  12. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 0563." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  13. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Glory Days". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  14. ^ "Classifiche". Musica e dischi (in Italian). Archived from the original on December 1, 2016. Retrieved June 1, 2022. Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, with "Glory Days" in the "Titolo" field, click "cerca".
  15. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Bruce Springsteen" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  16. ^ "Bruce Springsteen – Glory Days" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  17. ^ "Bruce Springsteen – Glory Days". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  18. ^ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Archived from the original on February 19, 2020. Retrieved August 18, 2019.
  19. ^ "Bruce Springsteen – Glory Days". Singles Top 100. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  20. ^ "Bruce Springsteen – Glory Days". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  21. ^ "Bruce Springsteen: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  22. ^ "Bruce Springsteen The E Street Band Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  23. ^ "Bruce Springsteen The E Street Band Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  24. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Bruce Springsteen – Glory Days" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  25. ^ "Musicoutfitters.com". Archived from the original on July 27, 2017. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  26. ^ "Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 28, 1985". Archived from the original on July 12, 2014. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  27. ^ "Oct 2023 Single Accreds" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
  28. ^ "British single certifications – Bruce Springsteen – Glory Days". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
  29. ^ "American single certifications – Bruce Springsteen – Glory Days". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved May 26, 2022.


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