In this 1989 video, a performance of "Tougher Than the Rest" by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band is mixed with other concert footage and fan portraits. On backing vocals is singer and guitarist Patti Scialfa, who had been in the E Street Band since 1984 and would marry Springsteen in 1991.

American rock musician and songwriter Bruce Springsteen, also known as "The Boss", released this song "Born in the USA" in 1984 on the album by the same name. Although a huge success, the song was often misunderstood as a simple patriotic anthem rather than a lament for the embattled working class identity.