The Boss – aka New Jersey-born singer/songwriter Bruce Springsteen – has revealed the inspiration behind tracks on his upcoming solo LP, Working On A Dream. The 59-year-old “Born In The USA” star says his new disc had a particularly quick turnaround (coming15 months after his Magic album), and was inspired by the soon-to-be-exit of current US President George Bush.

Posting on his website, Springsteen (who made a surprise appearance alongside Jon Bon Jovi last night at the Hope Concert IV in the rockers’ hometown) says it was the track “What Love Can Do” that spurned the rest of the LP.

“During the last weeks of mixing Magic, we recorded a song called ‘What Love Can Do,’” Springsteen writes. “It was a great track but felt more like a first song of new record rather than something that would fit on Magic. So our producer Brendan O’Brien said, ‘Hey, let’s make another one right now!’ I thought, no, I haven’t done that since my first two records came out in the same year.”

Currently nominated for two Grammys, Springsteen is set to perform during the coveted half-time slot at February’s Super Bowl US football match, while he’s also been confirmed as a headliner on UK festival Glastonbury for 2009. Working On A Dream is due out Tuesday 27 January.