Man At The Top

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Disc 3 track 11 of Tracks.

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Credits

• Tracks (1998)
  • Bruce Springsteen: vocals, guitar
  • Roy Bittan: piano, backing vocals[?]
  • Clarence Clemons: saxophone, percussion[?], backing vocals
  • Danny Federici: organ, backing vocals[?]
  • Garry Tallent: bass, backing vocals[?]
  • Max Weinberg: drums, percussion[?], backing vocals[?]

Performances

Performed live 3 times (not including snippet performances). 2013-07-28 Nowlan Park, Kilkenny, Ireland 1985-08-05 RFK Stadium, Washington, DC 1984-07-12 Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI

Performances broken down by tour (not including rehearsals and snippet performances) Performed at 0 show(s) of 130 on the 2023-25 International Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 266 on the Springsteen On Broadway run. Performed at 0 show(s) of 14 on the Summer '17 Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 75 on the The River Tour 2016. Performed at 0 show(s) of 33 on the High Hopes Tour. Performed at 1 show(s) of 133 on the Wrecking Ball Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 83 on the Working On A Dream Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 99 on the Magic Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 56 on The Seeger Sessions Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 72 on the Devils & Dust Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 7 on the Vote For Change Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 120 on The Rising Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 132 on The Reunion Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 127 on The Ghost Of Tom Joad Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 102 on the World Tour 1992-93. Performed at 0 show(s) of 20 on the Human Rights Now! Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 67 on the Tunnel Of Love Express Tour. Performed at 2 show(s) of 156 on the Born In The U.S.A. Tour. Performed at 0 known other show(s), plus 0 public tour rehearsal(s).

Released on Album

Released on Tracks (1998).

On The Tracks

MAN AT THE TOP - V1a	4:08	uncirculating
MAN AT THE TOP - V1b	3:16	TRACKS

Note: Recorded on January 12, 1984 at The Hit Factory, New York, NY, take 2, slow acoustic version. Springsteen premiered the song live on July 12, 1984 on the Born In The U.S.A. Tour. Thanks to the Panda for providing track length of full cut with hard stop, before it was downsized and faded out for Tracks.

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^{Studio Sessions: Born In The U.S.A.}

Lyrics

Man At The Top

Here comes a fireman, here comes a cop
Here comes a wrench, here comes a car hop
Been going on forever, it ain't ever gonna stop
Everybody wants to be the man at the top

Everybody wants to be the man at the top
Everybody wants to be the man at the top now
Aim your gun, son, and shoot your shot
Everybody wants to be the man at the top

Rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief
Doctor, lawyer, Indian chief
One thing in common they all got
Everybody wants to be the man at the top, yeah

Everybody wants to be the man at the top
Everybody wants to be the man at the top now
Aim your gun, son, and shoot your shot
Everybody wants to be the man at the top, yeah

(Oh oh alright)
(Oh oh oh yeah)
(Oh oh alright)
(Oh oh oh yeah)

Man at the top says it's lonely up there
If it is, man, I don't care
From the big white house to the parking lot
Everybody wants to be the man at the top

Here comes a banker, here comes a businessman
Here comes a kid with a guitar in his hand
Dreaming of his record in the number one spot
Everybody wants to be the man at the top

Everybody wants to be the man at the top
Everybody wants to be the man at the top now
Aim your gun, son, and shoot your shot
Everybody wants to be the man at the top, yeah

(Oh oh alright)
(Oh oh oh yeah) Alright now
(Oh oh alright) Ah ah ah
(Oh oh oh yeah) Who's the man at the top
(Oh oh alright) Ah ah ah
(Oh oh oh yeah) Who's the man at the top
(Oh oh alright) Oh yeah
(Oh oh oh yeah)
(Oh oh alright) Hmm hmm hmm hmm
(Oh oh oh yeah) Hmm hmm hmm hmm
(Oh oh alright) Hmm hmm hmm hmm
(Oh oh oh yeah) Hmm hmm hmm hmm
(Oh oh alright) Oh yeah

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