Bruce Springsteen releases ICE protest song “Streets of Minneapolis,” which quickly becomes a bestseller and takes over the iTunes Top Songs chart in the United States.

Bruce Springsteen debuts “Streets of Minneapolis” at No. 1 on Billboard's Digital Song Sales chart, marking his first leader — after only two days of sales activity.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the week ending Jan. 29, “Streets of Minneapolis” sold 16,000 downloads, according to Luminate. It was released Jan. 28.

Today on Commotion, Slate columnist Carl Wilson and podcaster Vish Khanna join guest host Radheyan Simonpillai to talk about Bruce Springsteen’s addition to this new wave of protest music.

Minneapolis, Bruce Spring s teen hears your voice. The Boss has released an angry anthem called "Streets of Minneapolis" – with multiple political references, including to "Trump's federal thugs" – in ...

On January 28th, 2026, Bruce Springsteen released “Streets of Minneapolis,” a protest song he’d written “in response to the state terror being visited on the ...