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Who sang One Step Up?

Bruce Springsteen released the song One Step Up. Date of release: 1987.

Release date: 1987

Duration: 04:22

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The meaning of the song 'One Step Up ', based on the lyrics

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🎶 One Step Up song analysis

The song is about a difficult relationship between a man and a woman. Despite their best efforts, they can't learn and find themselves in a repetitive cycle. The singer wants to be someone else and finds himself looking at the woman across the room, but he knows that his dreams will not come true and he will remain in the same cycle.

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Bruce Springsteen - Short Biography

Bruce Springsteen is an American singer, songwriter and musician who has released 21 studio albums and is considered one of the originators of heartland rock. Nicknamed "The Boss," his career spans six decades and he is known for his poetic lyrics and energetic stage performances that can last up to four hours.

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- "One Step Up" is a song from Bruce Springsteen's eighth studio album, Tunnel of Love (1987).
- It was released as the third single from the album and peaked at #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #3 on the Adult Contemporary chart in the United States.
- It also peaked at #2 on the U.S. Album Rock Tracks chart
- The song was only released as a single in America
- An unreleased song from the 1980 album The River, "Roulette", recorded on April 3, 1979, was released as a B-side, with an alternate vocal mixed on April 12, 1980, which would also be used in 1998, when it was chosen for Tracks.

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