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Which Bruce Springsteen song became an international hit from The River?
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American rock musician Bruce Springsteen performs at the New York Film Festival Spotlight Gala at Alice Tully Hall in New York City, 2025. The gala featured a screening of Deliver Me from Nowhere (2025), a biopic centering on the making of Springsteen's 1982 album Nebraska.
The song "Hungry Heart," featured on the 1980 album The River, became Bruce Springsteen's first international hit single.1