Born in the USA

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Born in the USA
Bruce Springsteen's studio album

Publication
(s)

4th June 1984

Label (s) Columbia Records

Format (s)

LP , CD , MC

Genre (s)

Rock , AOR

Title (number)

12

running time

46:19

occupation

production

Jon Landau , Chuck Plotkin , Bruce Springsteen, Steven Van Zandt

Studio (s)

January 1982 - February 1984, The Power Station and The Hit Factory , New York City

chronology
Nebraska
(1982) 		Born in the USA Live / 1975-85
(1986)

Born in the USA is the seventh studio album by Bruce Springsteen . It was released in 1984 and is Springsteen's best-selling album by far. It stayed at number one in the charts for weeks in the USA , Great Britain and Germany . In the United States was Born in the USA 139 weeks in the charts and was 15 million copies sold. The seven singles for the album all reached the top 10 .

In 2010 Born in the USA was released on CD along with six other Springsteen's albums on the CD box set The Collection 1973-84 .

backgrounds

The album contains - in contrast to the previous album Nebraska - more radio-friendly songs, on which Springsteen uses a synthesizer for the first time .

The album was also the first CD made in the United States. The CDs sold in the previous years were all imported from Japan . A total of seven singles were released from the album, all of which reached the top 10 of the US charts.

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Track list

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Born in the USA
  DE 1 06/18/1984 (85 weeks)
  AT 1 07/15/1984 (61 weeks)
  CH 1 06/17/1984 (68 weeks)
  UK 1 06/16/1984 (135 weeks)
  US 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 07/07/1984 (141 weeks)
Singles
Dancing in the Dark
  UK 4th 05/26/1984 (30 weeks)
  US 2 05/26/1984 (21 weeks)
Cover Me
  UK 16 10/06/1984 (21 weeks)
  US 7th 08/11/1984 (18 weeks)
Born in the USA
  AT 13 04/01/1985 (20 weeks)
  US 9 11/10/1984 (17 weeks)
I'm on fire
  DE 16 05/20/1985 (18 weeks)
  AT 10 07/01/1985 (8 weeks)
  CH 15th May 19, 1985 (14 weeks)
  US 6th 02/16/1985 (20 weeks)
Born In The USA / I'm On Fire
  UK 5 06/15/1985 (12 weeks)
Glory Days
  DE 27 08/05/1985 (9 weeks)
  AT 25th 08/15/1985 (4 weeks)
  CH 19th 08/25/1985 (6 weeks)
  UK 17th 07/30/1985 (6 weeks)
  US 5 06/01/1985 (18 weeks)
I'm goin 'down
  DE 61 October 21, 1985 (5 weeks)
  US 9 07.09.1985 (13 weeks)
Santa Claus is Coming to Town // My Hometown
  UK 9 December 14, 1985 (5 weeks)
My hometown
  US 6th December 07, 1985 (15 weeks)

page A

  1. Born in the USA - 4:39
  2. Cover Me - 3:26
  3. Darlington County - 4:48
  4. Working on the Highway - 3:11
  5. Downbound Train - 3:35
  6. I'm on Fire - 2:36

Side B

  1. No surrender - 4:00
  2. Bobby Jean - 3:46
  3. I'm Goin 'Down - 3:29
  4. Glory Days - 4:15
  5. Dancing in the Dark - 4:01
  6. My Hometown - 4:33

All songs were written by Bruce Springsteen.

Sales figures and awards

Country / Region Award Sales
Awards for music sales
(country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA) Australia (ARIA) Platinum record icon.svg 13 × platinum 910,000
Denmark (IFPI) Denmark (IFPI) Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum 160,000
Germany (BVMI) Germany (BVMI) Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum 1,000,000
Finland (IFPI) Finland (IFPI) Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum 108.913
France (SNEP) France (SNEP) Platinum record icon.svg platinum 300,000
Italy (FIMI) Italy (FIMI) Platinum record icon.svg platinum 100,000
Canada (MC) Canada (MC) Diamond record icon.svg diamond 1,000,000
New Zealand (RMNZ) New Zealand (RMNZ) Platinum record icon.svg 17 × platinum 255,000
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) Platinum record icon.svg 3 × platinum 150,000
Spain (Promusicae) Spain (Promusicae) Gold record icon.svg gold 50,000
United States (RIAA) United States (RIAA) Diamond record icon.svgPlatinum record icon.svg 15 × platinum 15,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Platinum record icon.svg 3 × platinum 900,000
All in all Gold record icon.svg1 × gold
Platinum record icon.svg49 × platinum
Diamond record icon.svg2 × diamond
 19,923,913

Main article: Bruce Springsteen / Music Sales Awards

literature

Bruce Springsteen. - The Rolling Stone Facts, ISBN 978-3-85445-130-3 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Charts DE Charts AT Charts CH Charts UK Charts US
Bruce Springsteen albums


Studio albums

Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ  (1973) • The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle  (1973) • Born to Run  (1975) • Darkness on the Edge of Town  (1978) • The River  (1980) • Nebraska  (1982 ) • Born in the USA  (1984) • Tunnel of Love  (1987) • Human Touch  (1992) • Lucky Town  (1992) • The Ghost of Tom Joad  (1995) • The Rising  (2002) • Devils & Dust  (2005) • We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions  (2006) • Magic  (2007) • Working on a Dream  (2009) • Wrecking Ball  (2012) • High Hopes  (2014) • Western Stars (2019)

Live albums

Live 1975-85  (1986) • In Concert MTV Plugged  (1993) • Live in New York City  (2001) • Hammersmith Odeon, London '75  (2006) • Live in Dublin  (2007)

Compilation albums

Greatest Hits  (1995) • Tracks  (1998) • 18 Tracks  (1999) • The Essential Bruce Springsteen (2003) • Born to Run - The 30th Anniversary Edition  (2005) • Greatest Hits (2009) • The Collection 1973 - 84  (2010 ) • The Promise  (2010)