Bruce Springsteen has released a new song, “Streets of Minneapolis,” written, recorded, and shared within days in response to events unfolding in the city. In a statement accompanying the release, Springsteen said the song is “dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.” Built from acoustic guitar and voice before expanding to a fuller arrangement, the track continues his long tradition of using timely songwriting to address American public life, arriving without advance notice and framed plainly as a gesture of witness and solidarity.
Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice
Singing through the bloody mist
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
Here in our home they killed and roamed
In the winter of ’26
We’ll remember the names of those who died
On the streets of Minneapolis