“Brilliant Disguise” by Bruce Springsteen

"Brilliant Disguise" was the first single from Tunnel of Love, Bruce Springsteen's 1987 album, and it's a record where Springsteen covers most of the ground himself, singing and playing guitar, bass, mandolin, harmonica and drum machine. Roy Bittan adds keyboards, Danny Federici organ and Max Weinberg percussion, and Springsteen produced it with Jon Landau and Chuck Plotkin, with Toby Scott recording and Bob Clearmountain mixing.

It went to 5 on the Hot 100 and all the way to the top of the Mainstream Rock chart, and when the title track followed it there, Springsteen had two straight chart-toppers on that list. It also went top ten in Canada and Ireland, reached the top 20 in Australia, the Netherlands and the UK, and drew a Grammy nomination for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance in 1988.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.