“Prove It All Night” by Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen led the charge for his fourth album, Darkness on the Edge of Town, with "Prove It All Night," the single that hit the street on May 23, 1978, and it's a love song that sounds like a getaway. The narrator swears to prove his love all night long, and you can hear that as a hustle or as pure young hope. Either way, the clock is ticking and the walls are closing in on the two of them.

Roy Bittan's piano opens it, Clarence Clemons tears off a sax solo after the second verse, and then Springsteen answers with a fast, knotty guitar solo that sounds like a man who can't wait to run. Max Weinberg, Garry Tallent, Danny Federici and Little Steven lock in behind him. Springsteen produced it with Jon Landau, Little Steven assisting, and Jimmy Iovine recorded it.

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