Buy ‘Born to Run’ Album on Apple Music and Amazon When asked about the inspiration behind the song, Bruce Springsteen revealed I liked the phrase because it suggested a cinematic drama that I thought would work with the music that I’d been hearing in my head.” At first, I thought it was the name of a movie or something I’d seen on a car spinning around the circuit. “One day I was playing my guitar on the edge of the bed, working on some song ideas, and the words ‘born to run’ came to me. The song took Springsteen six months to write. By 1975, Springsteen was about to be dropped by his record label. However, none of the albums did well commercially. How “Born to Run” Came to beīy 1975, Bruce Springsteen had released two studio albums, ‘Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.’ and ‘The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle,’ both in 1973. The song is also included in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. “Born to Run” was ranked #21 on the Rolling Stone list of ‘ The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time,’ among four other hits by Springsteen.
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