Bruce Springsteen Unearths Born to Run Outtake “Lonely Night in the Park”: Stream

Bruce Springsteen is celebrating the 50th anniversary of his classic album, Born to Run, by officially releasing the outtake “Lonely Night in the Park.” Listen to it below.

Recorded in 1975 during Springsteen’s sessions at New York City’s Record Plant with producer Jon Landau, “Lonely Night in the Park” was in strong contention for the final Born to Run tracklist.

In the book Down Thunder Road: The Making of Bruce Springsteen, co-author Mike Appel revealed that during the recording of Born to Run (an album he co-produced with Landau and Springsteen), Landau fought to have “Lonely Night in the Park” or “Linda Let Me Be the One” on the album instead of penultimate song, “Meeting Across the River.” Appel was adamant that “Meeting Across the River” fill the spot, and ultimately won out. “Linda Let Me Be the One” was later released on Springsteen’s 1998 outtakes and B-sides box set, Tracks.

While this is the first official release of “Lonely Night in the Park,” the song was briefly in rotation on SiriusXM’s E Street Radio channel in late 2005.

“Lonely Night in the Park” follows Springsteen’s recent 83-song release, Tracks II, which included seven previously unreleased albums recorded between 1983 and 2018. In an interview promoting the project, Springsteen revealed he has already completed Tracks III, which will essentially empty the remainder of his vault.

Just last month, it was revealed that Springsteen’s 2023-25 tour was the biggest of his career, grossing a whopping $729.7 million and selling 4.9 million tickets.