Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen lives in the middle ground — 38 moderate songs that balance intensity with control. 14 quiet anchors and 17 songs where they let go completely.
6.4
Avg Intensity
69
Songs Decoded
1
Fan Stories
The songs that hit hardest
Backstreets
intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 9
· 1975
Born to Run
intense
layered texture · mild changes · DR 8
· 1975
Jungleland
intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 9
· 1975
Night
intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8
· 1975
Adam Raised a Cain
intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 9
· 1978
Badlands
intense
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7
· 1978
Darkness on the Edge of Town
intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8
· 1978
Prove It All Night
intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8
· 1978
Something in the Night
intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8
· 1978
Born in the U.S.A.
intense
layered texture · mild changes · DR 8
· 1984
Born in the U.S.A.
intense
layered texture · mild changes · DR 8
· 1984
Downbound Train
intense
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7
· 1984
No Surrender
intense
layered texture · mild changes · DR 8
· 1984
Worlds Apart
intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8
· 2002
Radio Nowhere
intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8
· 2007
Death to My Hometown
intense
complex texture · moderate changes · DR 8
· 2012
We Take Care of Our Own
intense
complex texture · mild changes · DR 7
· 2012
The controlled burn
She's the One
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7
· 1975
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
moderate
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8
· 1975
Thunder Road
moderate
complex texture · none changes · DR 9
· 1975
Factory
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 5
· 1978
The Promised Land
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7
· 1978
Drive All Night
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7
· 1980
Hungry Heart
moderate
layered texture · none changes · DR 6
· 1980
Point Blank
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7
· 1980
The River
moderate
layered texture · none changes · DR 6
· 1980
The Price You Pay
moderate
smooth texture · none changes · DR 4
· 1982
Bobby Jean
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6
· 1984
Dancing in the Dark
moderate
smooth texture · none changes · DR 7
· 1984
Glory Days
moderate
layered texture · none changes · DR 6
· 1984
I'm Goin' Down
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7
· 1984
I'm on Fire
moderate
smooth texture · none changes · DR 5
· 1984
My Hometown
moderate
smooth texture · none changes · DR 5
· 1984
Brilliant Disguise
moderate
smooth texture · mild changes · DR 5
· 1987
One Step Up
moderate
smooth texture · mild changes · DR 5
· 1987
Tougher Than the Rest
moderate
smooth texture · none changes · DR 6
· 1987
Tunnel of Love
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 5
· 1987
Streets of Philadelphia
moderate
smooth texture · none changes · DR 5
· 1993
The Ghost of Tom Joad
moderate
smooth texture · none changes · DR 4
· 1995
Youngstown
moderate
smooth texture · mild changes · DR 5
· 1995
Lonesome Day
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7
· 2002
My City of Ruins
moderate
layered texture · none changes · DR 6
· 2002
The Rising
moderate
layered texture · none changes · DR 7
· 2002
Devil's Arcade
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7
· 2007
Long Walk Home
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7
· 2007
Jack Of All Trades
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7
· 2012
Land of Hope and Dreams
moderate
layered texture · none changes · DR 7
· 2012
The Wayfarer
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6
· 2019
Tucson Train
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6
· 2019
Burnin' Train
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7
· 2020
Ghosts
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 8
· 2020
I'll See You in My Dreams
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6
· 2020
Last Man Standing
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7
· 2020
Letter to You
moderate
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 7
· 2020
Song For Orphans
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7
· 2020
The quiet ones
Meeting Across the River
safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 3
· 1975
Racing in the Street
safe
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6
· 1978
Independence Day
safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 4
· 1980
Stolen Car
safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 3
· 1980
Wreck on the Highway
safe
smooth texture · mild changes · DR 4
· 1980
Across the Border
safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 4
· 1995
The Line
safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 3
· 1995
Waitin' on a Sunny Day
safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 5
· 2002
Girls in Their Summer Clothes
safe
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6
· 2007
Chasin' Wild Horses
safe
smooth texture · mild changes · DR 7
· 2019
Hello Sunshine
safe
smooth texture · mild changes · DR 5
· 2019
Moonlight Motel
safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 3
· 2019
There Goes My Miracle
safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 6
· 2019
Western Stars
safe
smooth texture · mild changes · DR 6
· 2019
The Wall — Fan Stories
Share your story"Show a little faith there is magic in the night"
I am from New Jersey. This is not a song to me. It is the map of my adolescence. Every line is a street I have driven. Show a little faith there is magic in the night. There was.
Mike — Jersey City
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