Writer: Bruce Springsteen
Producers: Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau, Chuck Plotkin, and Steve Van Zandt
Recorded: Early 1984 at the Power Station, New York City
Released: May 1984
| Players: | Bruce Springsteen — vocals, guitar Clarence Clemons — saxophone Danny Federici — keyboards Roy Bittan — keyboards Garry Tallent — bass “Miami” Steve Van Zandt — guitar, mandolin, vocals Max Weinberg — drums |
| Album: | Born In The U.S.A. (Columbia, 1984) |
“Glory Days” was the fifth single released from Bruce Springsteen's Born In The U.S.A. album.
In the song, Springsteen poked fun at nostalgia with two vignettes. In the liner notes to his Greatest Hits album, he wrote, “The first verse (about meeting a high school baseball player) actually happened, the second verse (about a high school classmate and single mother) mostly happened, the third verse, of course, is happening now.”
The video for the song, a performance clip set in a pool hall, was shot in Asbury Park and directed by filmmaker John Sayles.
“Miami” Steve Van Zandt, who left the E Street Band after the recording of Born In The U.S.A., made a cameo appearance in the video.
The Born In The U.S.A. album was Springsteen's commercial breakthrough, topping charts everywhere and selling over an estimated 18 million copies worldwide.
The album also earned Springsteen his first Grammy Award, for Best Rock Performance, Male.
