Secret Garden (Bruce Springsteen song)
| "Secret Garden" | ||||
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| Single by Bruce Springsteen | ||||
| from the album Greatest Hits | ||||
| A-side | "Secret Garden" | |||
| B-side | "Thunder Road" (live) | |||
| Released | April 11, 1995 | |||
| Genre | Soft rock | |||
| Length | 4:30 | |||
| Label | Sony | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Bruce Springsteen | |||
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| "Secret Garden" on YouTube | ||||
"Secret Garden" is a song by American musician Bruce Springsteen. It was originally released as a single from his Greatest Hits album on February 27, 1995, on Columbia Records. Upon its initial release, it peaked at number 63 on the Billboard Hot 100.
"Secret Garden" was re-released on April 11, 1997, through Sony as a two-track single, of which also featured a live version of "Thunder Road". (An EP was also released in 1995, featuring two versions of "Secret Garden" ("album" and "string"), live versions of "Murder Incorporated" and "Thunder Road" and the original version of "Pink Cadillac" from Greatest Hits.) This re-issue returned the song to the Hot 100, where it peaked at number 19 and remains Springsteen's final top-20 hit in the United States to date.[1]
The song gained much of its popularity after being featured on the soundtrack for the 1996 movie Jerry Maguire peaking at number 12 and number 15 on the Adult Top 40 and Top 40 Mainstream respectively.[1]
"Secret Garden" was also featured in the film Night at the Roxbury and the TV show It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. The song was also synced with Gary Dell'Abate's 'Love Tape' to his ex-girlfriend. It was featured in the Cold Case episode, "Ravaged", in 2005.
The song has been performed only a handful of times live. It was performed three times in 1995 in New York, and one time on the Reunion Tour in 2000. The song returned to the setlist once in 2013 when Springsteen performed it in the United Kingdom. After a three-year hiatus, Springsteen performed it twice in 2016 in New Jersey and Washington, D.C., and once in 2017 in Brisbane, Australia.
Critical reception
In 1997, British magazine Music Week rated "Secret Garden" three out of five, describing it as a "melancholic track".[2]
Track listing
- "Secret Garden" – 4:29
- "Secret Garden - string version" – 4:38
- "Murder Incorporated - live version" – 5:50
- "Thunder Road - Live" – 5:29
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United Kingdom (BPI)[14] | Silver | 200,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
- ^ a b Allmusic Bruce Springsteen chart history
- ^ "Reviews: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 22 March 1997. p. 8. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
- ^ "Bruce Springsteen – Secret Garden". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved June 17, 2017.
- ^ Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 951-31-2503-3.
- ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Bruce Springsteen" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved May 13, 2022.
- ^ "Bruce Springsteen – Secret Garden" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved May 13, 2022.
- ^ "Bruce Springsteen: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 17, 2017.
- ^ "Bruce Springsteen Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved June 17, 2017.
- ^ "Bruce Springsteen Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved June 17, 2017.
- ^ "Bruce Springsteen Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved June 17, 2017.
- ^ "Bruce Springsteen Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved June 17, 2017.
- ^ "RPM 100 Hit Tracks of 1995". RPM. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
- ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1997". Retrieved 2010-08-28.
- ^ "British single certifications – Bruce Springsteen – Secret Garden". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
