You really don't know? Whether anyone likes it or not, it was his first singles to hit the top 5, let alone top 10. (Though covers of his songs by Manfred Mann and the Pointer Sisters had hit #1 and #2)
Springsteen had a lot of trouble getting his pop hits to chart. He sold albums, but his singles never did much. Little know story: Bruce went to his friend Bob Seger asking for some writing tips for the album “The River” cause he was just not charting singles.