Bruce Springsteen’s ‘We Take Care of Our Own’ gets major boost from Barack Obama’s DNC speech - VIDEO

Song sales jump a huge 409 percent

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KERRY O'SHEA,

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Bruce Springsteen in concert. Picture James Horan/Photocall Ireland

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Rock’n’roll great Bruce Springsteen has received a welcome bump after the Democratic National Convention when his tune ‘We Take Care of Our Own’ played right after President Barack Obama’s speech.

The Huffington Post reports that ‘We Take Care of Our Own’ jumped an astounding 409 per cent following its use at the DNC. The song was downloaded 2000 times, which Billboard reports is the most since March.

Forbes notes that, similar to Springsteen’s ‘Born in the U.S.A,’ the song off his latest album ‘Wrecking Ball’ has a political slant, making it an obvious choice for Obama and the DNC.

Despite the song officially being added to Obama’s political campaign playlist, Springsteen is insisting that he is not throwing his support behind any candidate for election 2012 like he did back in 2008.

“I prefer to stay on the sidelines," Springsteen told ABC News in January. "I genuinely believe an artist [is] supposed to be the canary in the coal mine, and you’re better off with a certain distance from the seat of power."

While Springsteen would have liked to have seen "more activism in job creation sooner than it came," he did say he thought Obama had done a good job thus far in his presidency.

Said Springsteen, “He kept GM alive, which was incredibly important to Detroit and Michigan, and he got the health care law passed, although I wish there had been a public option and didn’t leave the citizens victims of the insurance companies. He killed Osama bin Laden, which was extremely important. He brought some sanity to the top level of government.”

View the video for ‘We Take Care of Our Own’ here:

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