{"id":264133,"date":"2026-01-29T19:11:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T19:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/264133\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T19:11:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T19:11:12","slug":"bruce-springsteens-ice-protest-song-soars-to-no-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/264133\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruce Springsteen\u2019s ICE Protest Song Soars To No. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Bruce<\/p>\n

Bruce Springsteen releases ICE protest song \u201cStreets of Minneapolis,\u201d which quickly becomes a bestseller and takes over the iTunes Top Songs chart in the United States. MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – MAY 14: Bruce Springsteen performs during the first night of his ‘The Land of Hopes and Dreams’ tour at Co-op Live on May 14, 2025 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Shirlaine Forrest\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

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Throughout the past several days, dozens of well known musicians have spoken out against the Trump administration\u2019s ICE raids in the city of Minneapolis, which have now claimed multiple lives and sparked outrage across the United States. One of the most famous artists to use his voice to attempt to highlight the insanity of what\u2019s going on is Bruce Springsteen<\/a>. <\/p>\n

On Wednesday (January 28), the legendary rocker released a protest song titled \u201cStreets of Minneapolis\u201d in reaction to the protests and the violence. In only a matter of hours, the track has become a quick bestseller.<\/p>\n

Bruce Springsteen\u2019s \u201cStreets of Minneapolis\u201d<\/p>\n

As of the time of writing, \u201cStreets of Minneapolis\u201d<\/a> rules the iTunes Top Songs chart, the platform\u2019s ranking of the bestselling individual tracks in America. Springsteen\u2019s cut quickly rocketed to the summit, replacing \u201cI Just Might\u201d by Bruno Mars, which rules the Hot 100 for a second week.<\/p>\n

\u201cStreets of Minneapolis\u201d Lyrics And Targets<\/p>\n

\u201cStreets of Minneapolis\u201d is not subtle, and Springsteen does not mince words. In the cut\u2019s lyrics<\/a>, he refers to the president as King Trump, honors both Alex Pretti and Renee Good, two American citizens who were shot and killed by ICE, and the superstar also name checks Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem, calling out their \u201cdirty lies.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bruce Springsteen\u2019s Statement On \u201cStreets of Minneapolis\u201d<\/p>\n

On his website<\/a>, Springsteen posted a short message about \u201cStreets of Minneapolis,\u201d saying:<\/p>\n

\u201cI wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It\u2019s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.\u201d <\/p>\n

He ended the missive with the simple message, \u201cStay free.\u201d<\/p>\n

Classic Bruce Springsteen Songs Rise on iTunes<\/p>\n

As \u201cStreets of Minneapolis” rules — which coincidentally, or perhaps not so coincidentally, nearly shares a title with Springsteen\u2019s Academy Award-winning \u201cStreets of Philadelphia\u201d from the movie Philadelphia \u2013 two thematically-relevant classics from the rocker\u2019s discography surge on the iTunes Top Songs chart. \u201cBorn in the U.S.A.\u201d<\/a> returns at No. 130, while \u201cI\u2019m on Fire\u201d breaks back onto the ranking at No. 135.<\/p>\n

Bruce Springsteen\u2019s Albums are Also Performing Well<\/p>\n

Over on the iTunes Top Albums ranking, five full-lengths by Springsteen are performing well, buoyed in part by the release of his politically-charged new single. Nebraska and Born in the U.S.A. take up space within the top 20, landing at Nos. 18 and 20 respectively. Springsteen\u2019s Greatest Hits shoots more than 50 spaces north to settle at No. 27. At the same time, Born to Run and Land of Hope and Dreams settle lower on the roster, and as of the time of writing, they sit at Nos. 134 and 160, respectively.<\/p>\n

Bruce Springsteen\u2019s Busy 2025<\/p>\n

\u201cStreets of Minneapolis\u201d marks Springsteen\u2019s first new music release of 2026 after a packed 2025. Last year, the Grammy winner shared an EP titled Land of Hope and Dreams, which was released just days after being recorded live at a concert in Manchester, England. The short project includes a rant from Springsteen against Trump. <\/p>\n

UNITED STATES – OCTOBER 11: REDBANK Photo of Bruce SPRINGSTEEN, Bruce Springsteen performing on stage – Born to Run Tour, 27 (Photo by Fin Costello\/Redferns)<\/p>\n

Redferns<\/p>\n

Springsteen also shared a pair of box sets in 2025. First came Tracks II: The Lost Albums, which included seven never-before-released full-lengths, and which dropped in June. Before the year was up, Nebraska ’82: Expanded Edition arrived in October to coincide with the film Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere. The musician\u2019s biopic, starring Jeremy Allen White and Jeremy Strong, landed in theaters that month, and it tells the story of the creation of Springsteen\u2019s album Nebraska.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bruce Springsteen releases ICE protest song \u201cStreets of Minneapolis,\u201d which quickly becomes a bestseller and takes over the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":264134,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[138502,138501,138503,138504,138497,138505,138499,138496,138500,146,85,46,409,138498],"class_list":{"0":"post-264133","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-bruce-springsteen-born-in-the-u-s-a-itunes-return","9":"tag-bruce-springsteen-bruno-mars-itunes","10":"tag-bruce-springsteen-im-on-fire-itunes","11":"tag-bruce-springsteen-itunes-top-albums","12":"tag-bruce-springsteen-itunes-top-songs-chart","13":"tag-bruce-springsteen-nebraska-itunes-chart","14":"tag-bruce-springsteen-protest-song-minneapolis","15":"tag-bruce-springsteen-streets-of-minneapolis","16":"tag-bruce-springsteen-trump-protest-song","17":"tag-entertainment","18":"tag-il","19":"tag-israel","20":"tag-music","21":"tag-streets-of-minneapolis-itunes-bestseller"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}