The Rising (Bruce Springsteen song)
"The Rising" is a 2002 song by Bruce Springsteen and is the title track to his 12th studio album The Rising. It went to number 52 in the United States, number 94 in the United Kingdom, number 6 in Italy, number 39 in the Netherlands, number 5 in Norway, number 10 in Sweden and number 9 in Spain and Romania and won 2 Grammy Awards in 2003. It was covered by Heart for Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign. It was written from the September 11, 2001 attacks.
| "The Rising" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Bruce Springsteen | ||||
| from The Rising" | ||||
| B-side | "Land of Hope and Dreams" | |||
| Released | July 16, 2002 | |||
| Recorded | February–March 2002 Southern Tracks Recording Studio, Atlanta, Georgia | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 4:50 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Bruce Springsteen | |||
| Producer(s) | Brendan O'Brien | |||
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The Rising (Bruce Springsteen Song) Media
Eerie blue-white lighting accompanies a performance of "The Rising" during the Magic Tour in 2007.
"The Rising" played during Springsteen's last-ever stand of Giants Stadium shows in New Jersey in 2009. Soozie Tyrell played her key violin part as stadium was lit in red, until the final codas of the song, when the lighting changed to white.
"The Rising" was performed during this October 4, 2008, Change Rocks voter registration rally on behalf of Barack Obama, on Philadelphia's Benjamin Franklin Parkway.
