My Hometown

"My Hometown"
Single by Bruce Springsteen
from the album Born in the U.S.A.
B-side"Santa Claus is Comin' to Town"
ReleasedNovember 21, 1985
RecordedJune 29, 1983
StudioHit Factory, New York City
Genre
Length4:33 (album version)
4:10 (edit)
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Bruce Springsteen
Producer(s)
Bruce Springsteen singles chronology
"I'm Goin' Down"
(1985)
"My Hometown"
(1985)
"War"
(1986)

"My Hometown" is a single by Bruce Springsteen from his Born in the U.S.A. album as its closing track, that was the then-record-tying seventh and last top 10 single to come from it, peaking at #7 on the Cash Box Top 100 and #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. It also topped the U.S. adult contemporary chart, making the song Springsteen's only #1 song on this chart to date. The song is a synthesizer-based, low-tempo number that features Springsteen on vocals.