Bruce Springsteen - 4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) b/w The E Street Shuffle (1973)

"4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)", often known just as "Sandy", is a 1973 song by Bruce Springsteen, originally appearing as the second song on his album The Wild, The Innocent and The E Street Shuffle.

Set on, as the title suggests, the Fourth of July in Asbury Park, New Jersey, the song is a powerful love ballad, dedicated to one Sandy and describing the depressing atmosphere that threatens to smother the love between the singer and Sandy. Locals include the "stoned-out faces," "switchblade lovers" and "the greasers" who "tramp the streets or get busted for sleeping out on the beach all night." The singer is tired of "hangin' in them dusty arcades" and "chasin' the factory girls."

A - Sandy (4th Of July, Ashbury Park) (5:31)
written-by: Bruce Springsteen / produced-by: Mike Appel, Jim Cretecos
B - The E Street Shuffle (4:23)
written-by: Bruce Springsteen / produced-by: Mike Appel, Jim Cretecos

Label:   Columbia Records
Genre:   Folk Rock