Free Springsteen songs for GHWT

By Robert Purchese Published 13 January, 2009

To celebrate The Boss' new album.

Activision will be bolstering Guitar Hero World Tour with a pair of songs by legendary rocker Bruce "The Boss" Springsteen.

The tracks - 1975 classic "Born to Run" and newcomer "My Lucky Day" - will be free to download from 27th January. It's all to celebrate the same-day launch of his new album Working on a Dream, from which "My Lucky Day" is pulled.

The songs will stop being free from 5th February, mind you, and cost 320 Microsoft Points (GBP 2.70 / EUR 3.85) on Xbox Live, or 200 Wii Points (approx GBP 1.40 / EUR 2) each on Wii. UK pricing for PlayStation 3 has yet to be set.

Springsteen has apparently sold over 120 million albums worldwide according to Wikipedia, which is about as reliable as a weather forecast. We even know some of his songs.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (20) Latest comment 3 years ago

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  • Raz76 #1 3 years ago

    Damn! Now I probably have to get the game at some point.

  • JahB #2 3 years ago

    Free Songs? Yes, thank you. More please.

  • DFawkes #3 3 years ago

    I'm not a fan of anyone who has a nickname like "The Boss". I prefer a little modesty.

    Still, free tracks, and not a terrible musician. I'll take them :)

  • Raz76 #4 3 years ago

    @ DFawkes

    He didn't give it to himself, to be fair.

  • DFawkes #5 3 years ago

    Yeah I know, but he accepted it. I'd have went "Nah, I'll seem like a dick if I stick with that." and stuck with something else. But I'll give you that, he didn't choose it. Who did though?

  • Evolution #6 3 years ago

    @ DFawkes / Raz76

    Besides, it's totally deserved :p

  • Raz76 #7 3 years ago

    @DFawkes

    From Wikipedia:

    "In the late 1960s, Springsteen performed briefly in a power trio known as Earth, playing in clubs in New Jersey. Springsteen acquired the nickname "The Boss" during this period as when he played club gigs with a band he took on the task of collecting the band's nightly pay and distributing it amongst his bandmates."

    And I agree with Evolution

  • DFawkes #8 3 years ago

    Fair enough, it is a great nickname considering how he got it, and the potential fights averted because of it ("Hey, I didn't get my cut!";).

    Plus those tracks on offer are alright. Certainly good enough that I'd consider buying them, so for free they're a bargain :)

  • Thunderbolt #9 3 years ago

    Hey its free and "Born to Run" is a pretty good song so I'm getting it.

  • LosCapitan #10 3 years ago

    My favourite bumper-sticker of all time spotted (unsuprisingly) in New York:
    "My only boss is Bruce."

    GHWT FTW!

    How can you question:
    "In the day we sweat it out on the streets of a runaway American Dream,
    At night we ride through mansions of glory on suicide machines"

    I know that's how I spend MY days...

  • jaluuk #11 3 years ago

    Born to Run is genius. I hope this is the start of a long Springsteen-GHWT relationship. Just imagine, Born In The USA, Dancing In The Dark, No Surrender...geez. That'd be killer.

  • Zomoniac #12 3 years ago

    Bah, I was hoping for Radio Nowhere, the opening track from his last album, which is fucking awesome.

  • udat #13 3 years ago

    Eurogamer should remind us of this on the 27th because I will totally forget.

  • Raz76 #14 3 years ago

    @ DFawkes

    They are indeed :-)

  • KrispyBacon #15 3 years ago

    Born to Run is my all time favorite song. Getting it for free is a bonus.

  • Feanor #16 3 years ago

    Less Geezer Rock please, Activision.

  • CitizenErazed #17 3 years ago

    More geezer rock, please. Fed up of reading track listings that look like the game was aimed at 17 year old metal kiddies. Some more proper, decent, old-fashioned rock, please.

  • skybluesam86 #18 3 years ago

    What udat said. I won't remember this on the 27th!
    Dancing In The Dark would also be nice. And The River. And Mary's Place. And The Rising. And Radio Nowhere. And Rosalita. And I could go on forever.
    GH: Boss Edition would be epic!

  • Miths #19 3 years ago

    I didn't even know he had a new album coming - thanks for telling me :). I've been a fan since the mid 80s, though I've admittedly been a bit late in buying most of his recent albums - and to be honest I didn't actually care all that much for most of the tracks on his latest four studio albums, with the (rather unexpected) exception of We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions.

  • elephant_stone #20 3 years ago

    WHAT, AMAZING! The Boss is king! Hail!