"I'm Goin' Down" is a rock song written and performed by American singer Bruce Springsteen (pictured). The song was recorded with the E Street Band on May 12–13, 1982, and was released on August 27, 1985, by Columbia Records as the sixth single from his 1984 album Born in the U.S.A. Although Springsteen had changing ideas about the songs to put on the album, "I'm Goin' Down" was ultimately selected for inclusion. The recording is based on an energetic band performance that gives prominence to a heavy drum sound. The lyrics focus on sexual frustration in a deteriorating relationship. The single reached number 9 in the United States and the top 30 in Sweden, Canada, and Italy. On the album's release, the song was praised by critics for the band's musicianship and Springsteen's vocals and lyrics. Later it received favorable rankings in retrospectives of Springsteen's career, among which was an NME list calling it his fourth-best song.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1861:

The Australian astronomer John Tebbutt discovered the Great Comet of 1861, through the tail of which the Earth passed later that year. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/1861_J1

1913:

The Russian inventor Igor Sikorsky flew the self-designed Russky Vityaz, the world's first four-engine fixed-wing aircraft. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Sikorsky

1972:

The Troubles: A car bomb planted by Ulster loyalists exploded outside a crowded pub in Belfast, Northern Ireland, beginning two days of gun battles between the British Army, the Provisional Irish Republican Army, and the Ulster Volunteer Force. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_at_Springmartin

1992:

Li Hongzhi introduced the Falun Gong movement at a public lecture in Changchun, China. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Hongzhi

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

slip-up: (idiomatic) A (small) error or mistake; a (minor) misstep. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/slip-up

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

Our Soul may never have rest in things that are beneath itself.   --Julian of Norwich https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Julian_of_Norwich