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“Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)” by Bruce Springsteen

From the album The Wild, the Innocent & The E Street Shuffle (1973)

“Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)” by Bruce Springsteen appears on 51 radio countdowns from 19 stations between 1982 and 2026. It was first released in 1973 on the album The Wild, the Innocent & The E Street Shuffle. Its best result is #16 on the WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #225 indie & aaa song of all time and #267 of the '70s.

51countdowns
19stations
#16best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1982–2026years charted

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"Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" is the seven-minute-plus rave-up from Bruce Springsteen's 1973 album The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle, a tale of forbidden love with a girl named Rosalita whose parents can't stand the thought of her running with a guy in a rock and roll band. Springsteen wrote and arranged it, sings it and plays guitar, with Clarence Clemons' sax honking, Garry Tallent's bass and Vini Lopez's drums pushing the whole thing along like a street party that refuses to break up. Mike Appel and Jim Cretecos produced it for Columbia.

Onstage with the E Street Band is where it truly made its name, as a concert showstopper, and in 2021 Rolling Stone placed it at 446 on its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

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

RockLists rankings

Indie & Adult Alternative

Classic Rock

All Rock Formats

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1982 88 95.5 KLOS KLOS Memorial Day 500 (1982) 499
1991 37 WNEW-FM WNEW Firecracker 500 (1991) 500
1996 47 WNEW-FM WNEW Firecracker 500 (1996) 500
1997 169 102.3 WBAB WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997) 1023
2001 232 WFPK WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time 2000
2002 698 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002) 923
2004 22 WXPN WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004) 885
2004 705 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004) 923
2005 90 WFPK WFPK Top 100 Party Songs 100
2007 46 WTMD WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time 897
2009 784 WYEP WYEP 913 Essential Songs 913
2009 18 WXPN WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) 885
2010 42 WXPN WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010) 885
2011 233 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) 1100
2012 214 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2012) 500
2012 156 WYEP WYEP Top 500 Songs Countdown 500
2012 234 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) 1200
2012 16 WXPN WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012) 885
2013 99 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013) 1000
2013 301 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2013) 500
2014 27 WXPN WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) 885
2014 364 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 639 Big 100 BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) 1000
2015 331 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2015) 500
2015 99 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015) 1007
2015 191 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2015) 499
2016 255 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 1007
2017 492 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2017) 500
2018 483 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2018) 500
2018 565 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs 892
2019 303 102.5 KZOK KZOK Top 1025 of 2019 1025
2020 21 WXPN WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time 2020
2021 93 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2021) 1043
2022 268 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s 908
2022 50 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2022) 500
2022 253 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2022 162 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2022) 1043
2023 501 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015
2023 35 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2023) 500
2023 91 WYEP WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 1229
2023 143 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023) 1043
2023 627 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023) 1043
2024 366 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2024) 500
2024 18 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2024) 500
2024 169 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2024) 1043
2025 101 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2025) 1043
2025 118 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2025) 500
2025 72 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2025) 500
2025 102 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs 800
2026 264 WYEP WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time 1180
2026 221 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2026) 500
2026 184 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2026) 500

Also listed as: Rosalita; Rosalita (Come out tonight).

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