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“Tunnel of Love” by Bruce Springsteen
From the album Tunnel of Love (1987)
“Tunnel of Love” by Bruce Springsteen appears on 10 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2004 and 2024. It was first released in 1987 on the album Tunnel of Love. Its best result is #387 on the WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,642 indie & aaa song of all time.
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Bruce Springsteen named his 1987 album after "Tunnel of Love", and the song was a late arrival: every other track was already finished when engineer Toby Scott taped it at Springsteen's home studio in Rumson, New Jersey in the summer of 1987, with Springsteen playing everything himself, drum machine included. Then Scott headed to an amusement park in Point Pleasant to tape a family on a roller coaster, and members of the E Street Band swapped in for their leader's parts: Roy Bittan on synthesizers, Nils Lofgren on lead guitar, Max Weinberg on drums, Patti Scialfa on backing vocals.
Bob Clearmountain mixed the result, a funhouse ride of a song with synths glinting and carnival shrieks swirling underneath. Following "Brilliant Disguise" to number one on the Mainstream Rock chart, it also reached number 9 on the Hot 100, and its video picked up five MTV Video Music Award nominations.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 842 | WXPN | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004) | 885 |
| 2009 | 449 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) | 885 |
| 2010 | 632 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010) | 885 |
| 2012 | 387 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012) | 885 |
| 2014 | 649 | WXPN | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) | 885 |
| 2020 | 1143 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2021 | 708 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s | 909 |
| 2022 | 1008 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 | 603 |
| 2023 | 804 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 | 1229 |
| 2024 | 636 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years | 1049 |
Also listed as: Tunnel Of Love.
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