I'm Goin' Down

The band recorded this in May 1982, but it wasn't released until Born In The U.S.A. was finished in 1984.

Like many Springsteen songs, this one contains a girl and a car, but it's filled with more frustration than possibility as he sings about getting the cold shoulder from the lady, who keeps knocking him "down."

This was the sixth of seven Top 10 US singles on the Born In The U.S.A. album. The album had been out for over a year by the time it was released as a single.