BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Hungry Heart

Hungry Heart is a song written and performed by American singersongwriter and multiinstrumentalist, Bruce Springsteen on his fifth album, The River. It was released as the album s first single in 1980 and became Springsteen s first big hit of his own on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. When Springsteen met Joey Ramone in Asbury Park, New Jersey, Ramone asked him to write a song for The Ramones. Springsteen composed Hungry Heart that night, but decided to keep it for himself on the advice of his producer and manager, Jon Landau. Previously, upbeat and catchy Springsteen songs such as Because the Night and Fire had been given away and become hits for others, and Landau preferred the trend not continue.