Bruce (song)

1980 single by Rick Springfield

"Bruce"

Single by Rick Springfield
from the album  Beautiful Feelings
Released| 1980/1984
Recorded| 1978
Genre| Pop rock
Length| 3:33
Songwriter(s)| Rick Springfield

"Bruce" is a song by Australian musician Rick Springfield. The song appeared on his 1984 album, Beautiful Feelings.[1] The song reached No. 27 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.[2]

## Background

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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."[3]

## Chart performance

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Chart (1984)  | Peak
position

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U.S. Billboard Hot 100[2] | 27

## References

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1. ^ "www.allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
2. ^ a b "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

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* "Bruce" by Rick Springfield at AllMusic

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Rick Springfield

Studio albums|

* Beginnings (1972)
* Comic Book Heroes (1973)
* Wait for Night (1976)
* Working Class Dog (1981)
* Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet (1982)
* Living in Oz (1983)
* Beautiful Feelings (1984)
* Tao (1985)
* Rock of Life (1988)
* Karma (1999)
* Shock/Denial/Anger/Acceptance (2004)
* The Day After Yesterday (2005)
* Christmas with You (2007)
* Venus in Overdrive (2008)
* My Precious Little One: Lullabies for a New Generation (2009)
* Songs for the End of the World (2012)
* Rocket Science (2016)
* The Snake King (2018)

Soundtrack albums|

* Mission: Magic! (1974)
* Hard to Hold (1984)

Live albums|

* Stripped Down (2015)

Compilation albums|

* Playlist: The Very Best of Rick Springfield (2008)

Singles|

* "Speak to the Sky"
* "Jessie's Girl"
* "I've Done Everything for You"
* "Love Is Alright Tonite"
* "Don't Talk to Strangers"
* "What Kind of Fool Am I"
* "Affair of the Heart"
* "Human Touch"
* "Love Somebody"
* "Bruce"
* "State of the Heart"

Related articles|

* Discography
* The Red Locusts
* Zoot
* Mission: Magic! TV series (1973)
* The Morris Springfield Project

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