Wrecking Ball (Bruce Springsteen song)

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"Wrecking Ball"
Single by Bruce Springsteen
from the album Wrecking Ball
Length5:48 (6:37 live single version)
Label Columbia Records
Songwriter(s) Bruce Springsteen
Producer(s) Ron Aniello

"Wrecking Ball" is a song written and performed by American rock singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen. It is the title track of Wrecking Ball, his 17th studio album. It was first released as a live single in 2009, and it charted at number three on the Hot Singles Sales chart. [1]

History

The song had been written some years before the album for the concerts with the E Street Band at the Giants Stadium in Rutherford, New Jersey in 2009, before the stadium was demolished. [2] A live version of the song from these concerts was released in 2009 as a single. [3]

"Wrecking Ball" was listed at number 43 in Rolling Stone ' list of Bruce Springsteen's 100 best songs. His guitarist Steve Van Zandt said about the song: "I think it's a great example of how good craft becomes art. I really believe that is how most of it happens. It's rare that someone sets out to do something that is great art and actually succeeds at it. Most of the time that's not the thought. Bruce certainly does that more than most." [2]

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References

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  3. "Wrecking Ball (Live at Giants Stadium, E. Rutherford, NJ - October 2009) - Single di Bruce Springsteen" via music.apple.com.