Single:
Glory Days entered the Australian singles chart* on 1 July 1985 and peaked at #29.
Album:
The song is on Born in the USA which entered the Australian albums chart* on 18 June 1984. It reached #1 on 22 October 1984 and remained there for a total of 8 weeks.
Songwriter:
Bruce Springsteen
Producers:
Jon Landau, Chuck Plotkin, Bruce Springsteen, Steven Van Zandt
Record label of Australian release:
CBS
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Songfacts:
In Glory Days, Springsteen sings about a chance encounter with an old friend who was a star baseball player in high school. This fellow is Joe DePugh, and the encounter really did happen.
Springsteen: “The first verse actually happened, the second verse mostly happened, the third verse, of course, is happening now.”
This is one of Springsteen’s favorites. He almost always plays it at the impromptu bar gigs he is famous for on the Jersey Shore.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/bruce-springsteen/glory-days
Lyrics:
I had a friend was a big baseball player
Back in high school
He could throw that speedball by you
Make you look like a fool boy
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