Born To Run (song) - Honors and Accolades

Honors and Accolades

• In 2004, "Born to Run" was ranked #6 in WXPN's list of The 885 All-Time Greatest Songs.
• Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time placed it at #21.
• The song came in at #920 in Q's list of the "1001 Greatest Songs Ever" in 2003, in which they described the song as "best for working class heroes."
• It is one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.
• In 2001, the RIAA's Songs of the Century placed the song 135th (out of 365).
• In 1999, National Public Radio included the song in the "NPR 100", NPR's music editors' compilation of the one hundred most important American musical works of the 20th century.
• On June 12, 1979, "Born to Run" was named New Jersey's "Unofficial Youth Rock Anthem" by the New Jersey State Legislature, something Springsteen always considered ironic because it was "about leaving Jersey."