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Bruce Springsteen’s ICE Protest Song Soars To No. 1

Springsteen's protest track condemns ICE raids and honors victims, quickly topping U.S. iTunes charts as a symbol of resistance against Trump administration immigration policies.

  • On Wednesday , Bruce Springsteen released the protest single `Streets of Minneapolis`, which quickly became a bestseller and topped the U.S. iTunes Top Songs chart.
  • Springsteen wrote and recorded the track within days responding to ICE raids, dedicating it to Minneapolis's immigrant community and to Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
  • Lyrics highlight Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem with lines like `King Trump's private army from the DHS`, while Steve Bannon played the track Thursday, warning it could embolden resistance.
  • Catalog albums surged on the iTunes Top Albums ranking, with Springsteen at 135 and Greatest Hits jumping more than 50 spaces, while older classics reappeared on the iTunes Top Songs chart .
  • After a busy 2025, Streets of Minneapolis is Bruce Springsteen's first new music release of 2026 following last year's Land of Hope and Dreams EP recorded live in Manchester, England, plus box sets and expanded editions tied to his biopic.
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Blunt Magazine broke the news in on Wednesday, January 28, 2026.
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