Song · Bruce Springsteen
“Hello Sunshine” by Bruce Springsteen
From the album Western Stars (2019)
“Hello Sunshine” by Bruce Springsteen appears on 8 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 2019 and 2026. It was first released in 2019 on the album Western Stars. Its best result is #7 on the WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2019. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #47 indie & aaa song of 2019, #3,095 indie & aaa song of all time and #385 of the '10s.
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"Hello Sunshine" was the first taste of Western Stars, released in April 2019 as the album's lead single, and it found Bruce Springsteen in a mellow, melancholy mood, drawing on the influence of Jimmy Webb, Glen Campbell and Burt Bacharach. The song follows a man who has grown far too fond of being alone, driving an empty road that never seems to end.
Springsteen wrote it and produced it with Ron Aniello, who plays a small orchestra's worth of instruments himself; Rob Mathes handled the arrangement, a section of violins, violas and cellos fills out the sound, Marc Muller adds pedal steel and Matt Chamberlain drums, and Tom Elmhirst mixed. Pitchfork called it gorgeous and heard echoes of "Gentle on My Mind" and "Everybody's Talkin'", while Spin singled out its wordless bridge.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 17 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Songs of 2019 | 90 |
| 2019 | 97 | Exit 97.7 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | WEXT Top 97 of 2019 | 97 |
| 2019 | 56 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2019 | 104 |
| 2019 | 103 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2019 | 107 |
| 2019 | 35 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Top 100 Most Played Songs of 2019 | 100 |
| 2019 | 7 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2019 | 90 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 146 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time | 1055 |
| 2026 | 117 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound | 1055 |
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