Top 100 Songs Written and/or Performed by Bruce Springsteen
Dave’s Music Database lists are determined by song’s appearances on best-of lists, appearances on compilations and live albums by the featured act, and songs’ chart success, sales, radio airplay, streaming, and awards. Songs which hit #1 on various charts are noted. (Click for codes to charts.)
DMDB Top 1%:
1. Born to Run (1975)
2. Born in the U.S.A. (1984)
3. Dancing in the Dark (1984) #1 CB, #1 AR
4. Streets of Philadelphia (1994) #1 CN
5. Thunder Road (1975)
DMDB Top 2%:
6. Blinded by the Light (Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, 1976) #1 US, 1 CB, 1 HR, 1 RR, 1 CL, 1 CN
7. Hungry Heart (1980)
DMDB Top 5%:
8. Glory Days (1984)
9. The River (1980)
10. I’m on Fire (1984)
11. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) (1973)
12. Brilliant Disguise (1987) #1 AR
13. The Rising (2002) #1 AA
14. Because the Night (Patti Smith, 1978)
15. Tunnel of Love (1987) #1 AR
16. Badlands (1978)
17. Jungleland (1975)
18. My Hometown (1984) #1 AC
19. Fire (The Pointer Sisters, 1978)
20. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (live, 1975)
21. Secret Garden (1995)
DMDB Top 10%:
22. Atlantic City (1982)
23. Human Touch (1992) #1 AR
24. Tenth Avenue Freeze Out (1975)
25. Cover Me (1984)
26. War (live, 1985)
27. Pink Cadillac (1984)
28. Prove It All Night (1978)
29. 4th of July (Sandy) (1973)
30. Radio Nowhere (2007)
31. Fire (1978)
32. Because the Night (10,000 Maniacs; 1993)
33. American Skin (41 Shots) (live, 2000)
DMDB Top 20%:
34. The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995)
35. Devils & Dust (2005)
36. I’m Goin’ Down (1984)
37. Trapped (live, 1984) #1 AR
38. We Take Care of Our Own (2012)
39. Backstreets (1975)
40. Spare Parts (1987)
41. We Shall Overcome (1998)
42. One Step Up (1987)
43. This Land Is Your Land (live, 1980)
44. This Little Girl (Gary “U.S.” Bonds, 1981)
45. Fade Away (1980)
46. 57 Channels and Nothin’ On (1992)
47. Bobby Jean (1984)
48. Better Days (1992)
49. Light of Day (Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, 1987)
50. The Promised Land (1978)
51. Lonesome Day (2002)
52. Because the Night (1978)
53. Blinded by the Light (1973)
54. Racing in the Street (1978)
55. Wasted Days (with John Mellencamp, 2021)
56. Murder Incorporated (1982)
57. Working on a Dream (2008)
58. Spirit in the Night (1973)
59. Hello Sunshine (2019)
60. Girls in Their Summer Clothes (2007)
61. No Surrender (1984)
62. The Wrestler (2008)
63. Pink Cadillac (Natalie Cole, 1988)
64. Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978)
65. Land of Hope and Dreams (1999)
66. My City of Ruins (2000)
67. Thunder Road (live with Melissa Etheridge, 1995)
68. Cadillac Ranch (1980)
69. Letter to You (2020)
70. Tougher Than the Rest (1987)
71. Spirit in the Night (Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, 1975)
Beyond the DMDB Top 20%:
72. Candy’s Room (1978)
73. Stand on It (1983)
74. Empty Sky (2002)
75. For You (1973)
76. Rocky Ground (2012)
77. Wrecking Ball (2012)
78. Growin’ Up (1973)
79. My City of Ruins (Eddie Vedder, 2009)
80. Leap of Faith (1992)
81. Youngstown (1995)
82. Point Blank (1980)
83. For You (Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, 1981)
84. My Lucky Day (2008)
85. The Ghost of Tom Joad (Rage Against the Machine, 1997)
86. Gypsy Woman (1994)
87. She’s the One (1975)
88. Outlaw Pete (2009)
89. Independence Day (1980)
90. Out in the Street (1980)
91. Be True (1979)
92. I’ll Stand by You Always (2000)
93. Waitin’ on a Sunny Day (2002)
94. Ramrod (1980)
95. High Hopes (1996)
96. Johnny 99 (1982)
97. Lucky Town (1992)
98. Chimes of Freedom (live, 1988)
99. Jack of All Trades (2012)
100. All That Heaven Will Allow (1987)
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First posted 9/23/2011; last updated 2/28/2023.
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