"She drew out all her money from the Southern Trust, and put her little boy aboard the Greyhound Bus." It was not a big hit for Berry, but Springsteen decided to use those lines in 1981, for a new song that used most of the lyrics from "Come On Let's Go Tonight", calling it "Johnny Bye-Bye". Goode", where a mother sent her musician son off to Hollywood to be a star. The B-side of the single, "Johnny Bye Bye" - Just before he was sentenced to three years for violating the Mann Act in 1962, Chuck Berry wrote "Bye Bye Johnny", a sequel to " Johnny B.
The music video for the song was shot in March 1985 in Los Angeles, and was directed by filmmaker John Sayles. This marked the first time for an artist to have as many as three singles inside the Dutch top ten since The Beatles did so in 1965. 1 in the Netherlands for 3 weeks in July and August 1985, while two other Springsteen singles (" Dancing in the Dark" and " Born in the U.S.A.") were also in the top ten. It was the fourth of a record-tying seven Top 10 hit singles to be released from Born in the U.S.A. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles charts in early 1985. The result was a moody number that merges a soft rockabilly beat, lyrics built around sexual tension, and synthesizers into an effective whole it was one of the first uses of that instrument in Springsteen's music. This took place in impromptu fashion when Springsteen started making up a slow tune on guitar for some lyrics he had, some of which had been written for "Spanish Eyes", which would later surface on The Promise, and drummer Max Weinberg and keyboardist Roy Bittan, hearing it for the first time, created an accompaniment on the spot. sessions, but the album version and the single was cut on May 11, 1982, at The Power Station.
"I'm on Fire" was first recorded in January 1982 during the first wave of Born in the U.S.A.