page_title: Born to Run (Bruce Springsteen song)
section_title: Live performances
hierarchical_section_title: Born to Run (Bruce Springsteen song) / Live performances
caption_attribution_description: English: "Born to Run" being performed by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at the Meadowlands.
context_page_description: "Born to Run" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen, and the title song of his album Born to Run. Upon its release, music critic Robert Christgau took note of its wall of sound influence and called it "the fulfillment of everything 'Be My Baby' was about and lots more".
  "Born to Run" was Springsteen's first worldwide single release, although it achieved little initial success outside of the United States. Within the U.S. it received extensive airplay on progressive or album-oriented rock radio stations and the single was a top 40 hit, reaching number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100.
  The song ranked number 21 on the Rolling Stone list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, the highest entry for a song by Springsteen, and is included in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.
context_section_description: The song has been played at nearly every non-solo Springsteen concert since 1975 (although it was not included in the 2006 Sessions Band Tour).  Most of the time the house lights are turned fully on and fans consistently sing along with Springsteen's signature wordless vocalizations throughout the song's performance.
  The song has also been released in live versions on six albums or DVDs:
  A 1975 Born to Run Tour rendition on Hammersmith Odeon London '75, released in 2006;
  A 1985 Born in the U.S.A. Tour runthrough on Live/1975-85, released in 1986;
  A starkly different 1988 solo acoustic guitar performance from the Tunnel of Love Express on Chimes of Freedom, a 1988 EP;
  A 2000 Reunion Tour version on Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Live In New York City, released in 2001 (the song closes disc one but does not appear on the track listing of the album cover);
  A 2002 Rising Tour take on the Live in Barcelona DVD, released in 2003.
  A 2009 Working on a Dream Tour performance on the DVD London Calling: Live in Hyde Park which was released in 2010.
  "Born to Run" was also performed as the second number of four during Springsteen and the E Street Band's halftime performance at Super Bowl XLIII.
  On Jon Stewart's last episode as host of The Daily Show on August 6, 2015, Springsteen performed "Land of Hope and Dreams" and "Born to Run".
caption: "Born to Run" in its home state of New Jersey.  Izod Center, May 21, 2009.
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