Editing Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) (section)

==Reception==
Never released as a single in U.S. and generally unknown upon its initial album release, "Rosalita" began to get [[FM broadcasting in the USA|FM radio]] airplay when an advance version of "[[Born to Run (song)|Born to Run]]" was distributed to rock radio stations. As Springsteen gained commercial success, "Rosalita" became one of his most popular airplay tracks, and is still heard on classic rock radio. The song, despite never receiving an official US single release, has been lauded hugely by music critics in the years since its release in 1973. On its release Ken Emerson of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' dubbed it "a raucous celebration of desire."<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.superseventies.com/spspringsteen1.html | last= Emerson | first= Ken | title= The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle | publisher= superseventies.com}}</ref> In ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|Rock Albums of the Seventies]]'' (1981), [[Robert Christgau]] described it as "more lyrical and ironic than you could have dreamed".<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=199&name=Bruce+Springsteen | last= Christgau | first= Robert | title= The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle | publisher= robertchristgau.com}}</ref> George P Pelecanos of ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]'' magazine has called it "One of the great rock'n roll performances, and as close to a perfect song as anyone's ever recorded," while [[Chris T-T]] in the same publication declared "Never mind [[The Beatles]] or [[The Rolling Stones]], this is the best rock'n roll track of all time."<ref name= reason>{{cite web | url= http://www.reasontorock.com/tracks/rosalita.html | title= Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) | publisher= Reason to Rock}}</ref> The song is one of [[The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll]]. Its [[#Music video|music video]] occupies the number 71 spot on ''Rolling Stone''{{'}}s 1993 list of the top 100 videos.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1993/rsvideo.htm | title= Rolling Stone: "The 100 Top Music Videos" | publisher= Rock on the Net}}</ref>

Though it was not released as a single in the US (or anywhere at the time of the album's release), "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" was released as a single in the Netherlands and some other European countries in 1979.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.discogs.com/Bruce-Springsteen-Rosalita/release/601849 | title= Bruce Springsteen - (Come Out Tonight) (Vinyl) at Discogs | year= 1979 | publisher= [[Discogs]] | access-date= 2012-02-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url= http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Bruce+Springsteen&titel=Rosalita+%28Come+Out+Tonight%29&cat=s | title= Bruce Springsteen - Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) | publisher= dutchcharts.nl, Hung Medien | access-date= 2012-02-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.brucespringsteen.it/DB/detrec.aspx?code=CBS127753 | title= Bruce Springsteen Discography : ROSALITA / RACING IN THE STREET - NIGHT - CBS1277532 | publisher= brucespringsteen.it, Bruce Springsteen Database - Killing Floor | access-date= 2012-02-07}}</ref>