Light of Day Behind The Scenes

The original title of the script was "Born in the USA." Paul Schrader asked Bruce Springsteen to write a title song for the movie. After Springsteen wrote it, he liked the song so much, he used it for his multi-platinum album of the same name. As a replacement, Springsteen later wrote the song "Light of Day". That is why Springsteen thanks Schrader in the liner notes of the album.

80's rocker Fiona (Flanagan) was offered Joan Jett's role, but couldn't do it because she was starring in another movie with Bob Dylan called "Hearts of Fire".

Michael J. Fox wrote and performed the song "Got No Place To Go" in the movie, The full length version appears on the soundtrack.

This film was actually offered to Bruce Springsteen as a acting project (for what became the Michael J. Fox role) when he was thinking about going into film acting. He ultimately passed on this project (and dismissed the idea of going into films altogether).

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