Fire: It's amazing how two people in a group can have very different versions of the story behind a song. I already posted Anita's version. Ruth says Bruce Springsteen originally wrote the song for Elvis, but that sadly Elvis died before he got the demo tape. She said Bruce then recorded it, but it didn't "make the cut" for his 1978 album Darkness On the Edge of Town. Ruth confesses she didn't know how the song got into producer Ricard Perry's hands, nor did she know how he knew this "slow, rockabilly song" would be a hit for them, but he did. Ruth said that she knew it would be a hit, but didn't know how big it would become