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“The Rising” by Bruce Springsteen
From the album The Rising (2002)
“The Rising” by Bruce Springsteen appears on 24 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 2002 and 2026. It was first released in 2002 on the album The Rising. Its best result is #5 on the WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013). In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #8 indie & aaa song of 2002, #366 indie & aaa song of all time and #110 of the '00s.
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Bruce Springsteen wrote "The Rising" in response to the September 11 attacks, and it gave his 2002 album both its title and its center of gravity. It came late in the sessions, meant as a bookend to the album's "Into the Fire", and it follows a New York City firefighter up the stairs of one of the World Trade Center towers after the planes had struck. Springsteen couldn't get past the picture of people ascending into the unknown, and the song turns that image into a chant that keeps climbing.
Brendan O'Brien produced and mixed it big and bright, with Soozie Tyrell's violin and backing vocals and Jane Scarpantoni's cello lifting the chorus. It won Grammys for Best Rock Song and Best Male Rock Vocal Performance, Rolling Stone put it at 35th among the decade's finest songs, and Fox closed its 2002 World Series broadcast with it.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
Classic Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 7 (tie) | 93XRT Chicago, IL | WXRT Listener Poll: Top 30 Songs of 2002 | 30 |
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