![]() It was the one "sure thing" in a Springsteen set list and celebrated as such. Live performances įor many years, dating back virtually to when the song was written, "Rosalita" always closed the regular set in Springsteen concerts, often elongated to incorporate extended band introductions. This performance was later released on a compilation DVD of performances from the show. In 1979, a live concert performance was shown on the BBC2 television show The Old Grey Whistle Test. The video was a straight concert performance (from a Darkness Tour performance on Jat the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix, Arizona) that included band introductions and female fans rushing the stage. In 1984, many years after the song's initial release, MTV began showing a music video for the song. Though it was not released as a single in the US (or anywhere at the time of the album's release), "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" was released as a single in the Netherlands and some other European countries in 1979. The aggregation of critics' lists at placed this song at number 950 on their list of the top 10,000 songs of all time. Its music video occupies the number 71 spot on Rolling Stone 's 1993 list of the top 100 videos. George P Pelecanos of Uncut magazine has called it "One of the great rock'n roll performances, and as close to a perfect song as anyone's ever recorded," while Chris T-T in the same publication declared "Never mind The Beatles or The Rolling Stones, this is the best rock'n roll track of all time." The song is one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. On its release Ken Emerson of Rolling Stone dubbed it "a raucous celebration of desire." In Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau described it as "more lyrical and ironic than you could have dreamed". The song, despite never receiving an official US single release, has been lauded hugely by music critics in the years since its release in 1973. As Springsteen gained commercial success, "Rosalita" became one of his most popular airplay tracks, and is still heard on classic rock radio. and generally unknown upon its initial album release, "Rosalita" began to get FM radio airplay when an advance version of " Born to Run" was given out to rock radio stations. In 2021, Rolling Stone ranked it the 446th greatest song of all time on their updated 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list. It is included on the compilation albums The Essential Bruce Springsteen and Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Greatest Hits. The song, which clocks in at just over seven minutes, is a story of forbidden love between the singer and the titular Rosalita, whose parents disapprove of his life in a rock and roll band. " Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" is a 1973 song by Bruce Springsteen, from his The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle album, and is especially famed as a concert number for Springsteen and The E Street Band. 1973 single by Bruce Springsteen "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)"įrom the album The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffleĩ14 Sound Studios in Blauvelt, New York
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