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<p><strong>“My hometown”</strong> is a song from Bruce Springsteen.</p><p><br></p><p>It was published 1984 and was successful in several charts like <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cash_Box_Top_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: windowtext;">Cash Box&nbsp;Top 100</a>&nbsp;and on the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: windowtext;">Billboard&nbsp;Hot 100</a>&nbsp;singles chart. </p><p><br></p><p>It also topped the U.S.&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Adult_Contemporary_Tracks" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: windowtext;">adult contemporary chart</a> with No 1.</p><p><br></p><p>It’s a social-critical song about the situation in New Jersey in the sixties.</p><p><br></p><p>It describes the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_violence" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: windowtext;">racial violence</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_depression" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: windowtext;">economic depression</a> in that time.</p><p><br></p><p>In the end the singer describes his wish to leave his hometown with his family.</p><p><br></p><p>Long outro …</p>