Bruce Springsteen's official music video for 'Tunnel Of Love'. Fat man sitting on a little stool Takes the money from my hand while his eyes take a walk all over you Hands me the ticket smiles and whispers good luck Cuddle up angel cuddle up my little dove We'll ride down baby into this tunnel of love

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Tunnel of Love is the eighth studio album by Bruce Springsteen, released on October 9, 1987.

Tunnel of Love" is the title song by Bruce Springsteen from his 1987 Tunnel of Love album. It was released as the second single from the album, reaching number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Like the first single from the album, "Brilliant Disguise", "Tunnel of Love" reached number one on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and reached the top twenty in Canada peaking at number seventeen. The music video received five MTV Video Music Awards nominations, including Video of the Year and Best Male Video.

Just as he had followed his 1980 commercial breakthrough The River with the challenging Nebraska, Bruce Springsteen followed the most popular album of his career, Born in the . with another low-key, anguished effort, Tunnel of Love. Especially in their sound, several of the songs, "Cautious Man" and "Two Faces," for example, could have fit seamlessly onto Nebraska, though the arrangements overall were not as stripped-down and acoustic as on the earlier album.

Producer – Bruce Springsteen, Chuck Plotkin, Jon Landau. Vocals – Patti Scialfa (tracks: tracks: B2, B4, B5). Notes. Recorded in New Jersey except "One Step Up" recorded at A&M Studios, Los Angeles. Mixed at A&M Studios, Los Angeles except "Tunnel Of Love" mixed at The Hit Factory, New York City. Additional recording at The Hit Factory, New York City, Kren Studio, Los Angeles, California, and A&M Studios, Los Angeles, California. All music performed by Bruce Springsteen except where noted.

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Released October 9, 1987. Tunnel of Love Tracklist. 1. Ain't Got You Lyrics. About Tunnel of Love. This album, like much of Springsteen’s work, is a profoundly personal exploration of his own psyche. What sets it apart however is how much of a confessional it turned out to be. He had recently married actress and model Julianne Phillips, and many of the songs on this album directly and indirectly indict his own feelings of self doubt and ambivalence, particularly Two Faces, Brilliant Disguise and Tunnel of Love. These are the words of a man unhappy in his two year old marriage, which would end two years later

Why Bruce Springsteen Looked Inward on ‘Tunnel of Love’. Paul Hawthorne, Getty Images. When word got out that Springsteen was working on an album of love songs, many expected it to reflect a state of domestic bliss as a result of his 1985 marriage to actress Julianne Phillips. The reality was that they were in trouble, with the clues evident to anybody who listened closely enough to the songs. Tunnel of Love is a song cycle, beginning with lust and desperation, moving through love and marriage, and ending with doubt and fear

Tunnel of Love is the first true Bruce Springsteen record released sans The E Street Band. Bruce played most of the instruments himself, with the exception of pianist Roy Bittan. This album is a mature introspection of a love never experienced before. This is not the love Bruce sings about in The River’s I Wanna Marry You, the themes he deals with in ToL are decidedly more real, and infinitely more pessimistic.