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"Bruce" is a song by Australian musician Rick Springfield. The song appeared on his 1984 album, Beautiful Feelings. The song reached No. 27 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.

Background

Originally recorded in 1978, relatively early in Springfield's career, the song's first-person lyrics offer a comedic take on being frequently confused with the more famous fellow musician Bruce Springsteen. One verse recounts a romantic tryst with a woman who refers to Springfield as "Bruce" during sex, another describes an encounter with a fan who expresses an affinity for Born to Run, and the final verse sees Springfield being mistakenly called Bruce even by his own mother.

Cash Box called it "a hard rocking and humorous lament over being mistaken for Bruce Springsteen."

Chart performance

References

1. "www.allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
2. ^ "Rick Springfield - Chart History". Billboard. Archived from the original on August 8, 2016. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
3. "Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. November 17, 1984. p. 7. Retrieved 2022-07-26.

External links

• "Bruce" by Rick Springfield at AllMusic

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