High Hopes (Tim Scott McConnell song)

(Redirected from High Hopes (Bruce Springsteen song)) 1985 song by Tim Scott McConnell, recorded in 1995 by Bruce Springsteen

"High Hopes"
Song by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
from the album Blood Brothers (EP)
Released	1995
Recorded	January 1995
Genre	Rock
Length	4:20
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Tim Scott McConnell
Producer(s)	Bruce Springsteen and Jon Landau

"High Hopes" is a song that was recorded by American musicians Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band during their 1995 Greatest Hits sessions and eventually released on the Blood Brothers (EP) in 1996. The song was written and originally recorded in 1985 by Tim Scott McConnell. on his album High Lonesome Sound. The song was also released on a record with McConnell's band The Havalinas in 1990.

2013 re-recording

"High Hopes"

Single by Bruce Springsteen

from the album High Hopes

Released

November 25, 2013

Recorded

March 2013
Studios 301, Sydney

Genre

Alternative rock, funk rock

Length

4:56

Tim Scott McConnell

Ron Aniello and Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen singles chronology

"Death to My Hometown"
(2012)

"High Hopes"
(2013)

"American Beauty"
(2014)

Music video

"High Hopes" on YouTube

On November 25, 2013, Springsteen released a brand new recording of the song along with a music video which was the first single from his eighteenth studio album, High Hopes, released in January 2014.

Recording

I was working on a record of some of our best unreleased material from the past decade when Tom Morello (sitting in for Steve during the Australian leg of our tour) suggested we ought to add "High Hopes" to our live set. I had cut "High Hopes," a song by Tim Scott McConnell of the LA based Havalinas, in the 90′s. We worked it up in our Aussie rehearsals and Tom then proceeded to burn the house down with it. We re-cut it mid tour at Studios 301 in Sydney.
— Bruce Springsteen

Charts

Weekly chart performance for "High Hopes"
Chart (2013–14)	Peak position
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)	36
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia)	30
France (SNEP)	145
Italy (Musica e Dischi)	48
Slovenia (SloTop50)	45
Spain (PROMUSICAE)	33
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)	64
US Adult Alternative Songs (Billboard)	15

References

Sullivan, James (November 20, 2013). "'High Hopes' Songwriter Tim Scott Explains His Springsteen Connection". Rolling Stone. New York City: Wenner Media LLC. Retrieved May 6, 2017.
Greene, Andy (November 18, 2013). "Bruce Springsteen Releasing 'High Hopes' Single". Yahoo Music. Retrieved January 17, 2014.
Springsteen, Bruce (November 25, 2013). "Bruce On 'High Hopes'". BruceSpringsteen.net. Retrieved January 17, 2014.
""] (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
""] (in French). Ultratip. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
"Bruce Springsteen – High Hopes" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
"Classifiche". Musica e dischi (in Italian). Retrieved June 1, 2022. Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, with "High hopes" in the "Titolo" field, click "cerca".
"SloTop50: Slovenian official singles weekly chart" (in Slovenian). SloTop50. Archived from the original on July 29, 2017. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
""] Canciones Top 50. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
""]. Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
"Bruce Springsteen Chart History (Adult Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved December 22, 2014.

External links

Lyrics for "High Hopes" by Tim Scott McConnell Archived February 14, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
Brucespringsteen.net

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Born to Run	"Thunder Road" "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" "Night" "Backstreets" "Born to Run" "She's the One" "Meeting Across the River" "Jungleland"
Darkness on the Edge of Town	"Badlands" "Adam Raised a Cain" "Racing in the Street" "The Promised Land" "Prove It All Night" "Darkness on the Edge of Town"

1980s

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Nebraska	"Nebraska" "Atlantic City" "Johnny 99" "Highway Patrolman" "Open All Night" "My Father's House"
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1990s

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2000s

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