Lonely Night In The Park

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Born To Run outtake released as a digital single in 2025.

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Credits

• Lonely Night In The Park (Single, 2025)
  • Bruce Springsteen: vocals, guitar, organ, celeste, tambourine
  • Ron Aniello: guitar
  • Roy Bittan: piano
  • Garry Tallent: bass
  • Steven Van Zandt: guitar
  • Max Weinberg: drums

Released on Album

Released on Lonely Night In The Park (Single, 2025).

On The Tracks

LONELY NIGHT IN THE PARK - V1	4:30	uncirculating
LONELY NIGHT IN THE PARK - V2	4:48	ESR / BWNH / BTRS(10) / BTRCS / UBTROC
LONELY NIGHT IN THE PARK - V2b	4:37	2025 single
LONELY NIGHT IN THE PARK - V3	4:20	uncirculating

Note: This long-documented song finally surfaced in late 2005 during broadcasts by Sirius radio. The circulating version is clearly only an unfinished, early workout. This recording and additional takes on May 4 or 5 are the only mention of the song in studio logs. The song was documented on two handwritten song lists from 1974, with "Lonely Night In The Park" listed on one, and "Lonely Night At The Beach" on another, which may have been an earlier version of the song. It was in the running for the album up until July 2, 1975, before Mike Appel convinced Bruce to replace it with the title track. The fact that it was considered for the album so late in the process suggests that more work was undertaken on the song between May and July that is undocumented.

V2b was officially issued at midnight on August 21, 2025 to streaming services to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the release of Born To Run. The new track appears to retain Springsteen's original vocal and the basic backing track, but has received some subtle guitar overdubs from Steve Van Zandt and Ron Aniello. The inclusion of a recording engineer credit for Louis Lahav indicates that some part of the track (perhaps the backing) was recorded prior to March 1975 when he left to return to Israel.

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^{Studio Sessions: Born To Run}

Links

• MusicBrainz
• Bruce Springsteen releases ‘Born to Run’ outtake, ‘Lonely Night in the Park’ ^(NJArts)

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