Born To Run...anthem for border angst

Written at 7½ West End Court in Long Branch, New Jersey in early 1974, the song was Bruce Springsteen's last-ditch effort to make it big. The prior year, Springsteen had released two albums to critical acclaim but with little commercial success.

In his 1996 book Songs, Springsteen relates that while the beginning of the song was written on guitar around the opening riff, the song's writing was finished on piano, the instrument that most of the Born to Run album was composed on.

Here it is, the would-be rock song to end all rock songs. (It did for some.)

Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run

By the way, back then, he had a mustache.