Bruce Springsteen officially releases ‘Lonely Night in the Park’ to celebrate ‘Born To Run’ turning 50
Bruce Springsteen has officially released ‘Lonely Night in the Park’ for the first time, which he recorded in 1975.
The track was recorded at the Record Plant alongside the rest of Springsteen’s third album, a seminal release which arrived on August 25th, 1975. However, it didn’t make the final cut of the record and hasn’t been available on streaming services until now.
On the opening verse, ‘The Boss’ sings, “Johnny got an angel dancing topless, At night down in Toyland, Where the blondies and the supergirls offer, A sad look and soft hands, And if you’re looking for someone, To steal your heart, Someone tough enough to take it, Someone to keep it or to tear it apart.
Someone to love you, someone to fake it.”
While Springsteen previously aired a rough version of the track on Sirius XM’s E Street Radio in 2005, it wasn’t available to listen to widely online, nor was it in studio quality.
In June, Springsteen released the compilation Tracks II: The Lost Albums, a box set that consists of seven complete records made by the New Jersey legend between 1983 and 2018, which, for various reasons, remained unreleased for many years.
Additionally, he also promised that more unheard music from his vaults would see the light of day in the future. “Tracks III, that is finished. It’s basically what was left in the vault,” he said in an interview with the New York Times.
Springsteen continued: “So there was a lot of good music left. There are five full albums of music.”
Currently, Springsteen has an empty tour itinerary for the first time in three years. However, he remains busy. Next month, his biopic, Deliver Me From Nowhere, starring Jeremy Allen White, will premiere at the New York Film Festival before a cinematic release later this year.
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