Song · Bruce Springsteen
“Long Walk Home” by Bruce Springsteen
From the album Magic (2007)
“Long Walk Home” by Bruce Springsteen appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2008 and 2024. It was first released in 2007 on the album Magic. Its best result is #7 on the WVBR Top 93 of 2008. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #181 alternative song of 2008.
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Bruce Springsteen first tried "Long Walk Home" as a folk song, played just once, in London, on the European leg of his Sessions Band Tour. He then rewrote it with shorter lyrics and took it to the E Street Band, who made it the mid-tempo rocker on Magic in 2007. Brendan O'Brien produced and mixed it, Garry Tallent and Max Weinberg hold down bass and drums, and Patrick Warren colors the edges with Chamberlin and tack piano.
Springsteen tied it to how the George W. Bush years felt to him: a man comes home to a town he no longer recognizes, and that no longer recognizes him. It was only ever a promo single, but Rolling Stone ranked it 8th among the best songs of 2007, and its video mixed real Jersey Shore scenes with shots of him in Asbury Park and Freehold.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 7 | WVBR Ithaca, NY | WVBR Top 93 of 2008 | 93 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 866 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Essential Songs | 913 |
| 2024 | 462 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
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