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For other songs with the same title, see <a href="/wiki/Only_the_Strong_Survive_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Only the Strong Survive (disambiguation)">Only the Strong Survive (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">1969 single by Jerry Butler</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki; font-size: 125%;">"Only the Strong Survive"</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Only_the_Strong_Survive_-_Jerry_Butler.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4b/Only_the_Strong_Survive_-_Jerry_Butler.jpg" decoding="async" width="209" height="215" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="209" data-file-height="215" /></a></span></td></tr><tr class="description"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;"><a href="/wiki/Single_(music)" title="Single (music)">Single</a> by <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Butler" title="Jerry Butler">Jerry Butler</a></th></tr><tr class="description"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;">from the album <i> <a href="/wiki/The_Ice_Man_Cometh_(album)" title="The Ice Man Cometh (album)">The Ice Man Cometh</a> </i></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/A-side_and_B-side" title="A-side and B-side">B-side</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">"Just Because I Really Love You"</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">February 1969</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Recording_studio" title="Recording studio">Studio</a></th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><a href="/wiki/Sigma_Sound_Studios" title="Sigma Sound Studios">Sigma Sound</a>, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"><a href="/wiki/Soul_music" title="Soul music">Soul</a>, <a href="/wiki/Proto-disco" class="mw-redirect" title="Proto-disco">proto-disco</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mercury_Records" title="Mercury Records">Mercury</a> (US)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_International" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia International">Philadelphia</a> (UK)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Songwriter" title="Songwriter">Songwriter(s)</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data hlist">Jerry Butler, Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;"><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Butler" title="Jerry Butler">Jerry Butler</a> singles chronology</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background: transparent; color: inherit; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; display: inline-table;"> <tbody><tr style="line-height: 1.4em;"> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em .2em 0;">"Are You Happy" <br />(1968) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding:.2em .1em;">"<b>Only the Strong Survive</b>" <br />(1969) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em;">"Moody Woman" <br />(1969) </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>"<b>Only the Strong Survive</b>" is a song written by <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Butler_(singer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jerry Butler (singer)">Jerry Butler</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Gamble" class="mw-redirect" title="Kenny Gamble">Kenny Gamble</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leon_Huff" class="mw-redirect" title="Leon Huff">Leon Huff</a> and originally sung in 1968 by <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Butler_(singer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jerry Butler (singer)">Jerry Butler</a>, released on his album <i><a href="/wiki/The_Ice_Man_Cometh_(album)" title="The Ice Man Cometh (album)">The Ice Man Cometh</a></i>. It was the most successful single of his career, reaching #4 on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a> and was #1 for two weeks on the <a href="/wiki/Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs" title="Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs"><i>Billboard</i> Black Singles Chart</a>, in March and April 1969, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>"Only the Strong Survive" was the first of two singles by Butler which were <a href="/wiki/RIAA_certification#List_of_certifications" title="RIAA certification">gold certified</a> by the RIAA, selling over a million copies (the second was "<a href="/wiki/Ain%27t_Understanding_Mellow" title="Ain't Understanding Mellow">Ain't Understanding Mellow</a>" in 1972). </p><p><a href="/wiki/Elvis_Presley" title="Elvis Presley">Elvis Presley</a> (1969), <a href="/wiki/Skeeter_Davis" title="Skeeter Davis">Skeeter Davis</a> (1969), <a href="/wiki/Billy_Paul" title="Billy Paul">Billy Paul</a> (1977), <a href="/wiki/Rod_Stewart" title="Rod Stewart">Rod Stewart</a> (2009) <a href="/wiki/Larry_Carlton" title="Larry Carlton">Larry Carlton</a> (2010) and <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Springsteen" title="Bruce Springsteen">Bruce Springsteen</a> (on <a href="/wiki/Only_the_Strong_Survive_(Bruce_Springsteen_album)" title="Only the Strong Survive (Bruce Springsteen album)">his album of the same name</a>) (2022) also recorded "Only The Strong Survive." Davis's version appeared on her album <i>Maryfrances</i>, released in August 1969, Presley's version on his "From Elvis in Memphis" album released in June 1969. In the UK, Billy Paul's version was released on the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_International" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia International">Philadelphia International</a> label (PIR 5699). It entered the singles chart on November 17, 1977, had a chart life of seven weeks and a peak position of #33. Rod Stewart’s version was released as a bonus track on the UK release of his 25th studio album <a href="/wiki/Soulbook" title="Soulbook">Soulbook</a> reaching #9 on the UK Albums Chart. </p><p>Another version of this song was recorded by <a href="/wiki/The_Trammps" title="The Trammps">The Trammps</a> in the Netherlands in 2003 and sounds very similar to Billy Paul's version. The song appears on the compilation album <i>Only the Strong Survive</i> (Sony), which oddly enough shows the remaining four group members on the cover. There is also an extended club mix of this song on this CD. 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style="text-align:center;">4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Singles Chart">UK Singles</a> (<a href="/wiki/Official_Charts_Company" title="Official Charts Company">OCC</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">33 </td></tr> <tr> <td>U.S. <i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">Hot 100</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>U.S. <i>Billboard</i> <a href="/wiki/R%26B" class="mw-redirect" title="R&B">R&B</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>U.S. <a href="/wiki/Cash_Box_(magazine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cash Box (magazine)"><i>Cash Box</i></a> Top 100<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">5 </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Year-end_charts">Year-end charts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Only_the_Strong_Survive_(song)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Year-end charts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Chart (1969) </th> <th style="text-align:center;">Rank </th></tr> <tr> <td>Canada <sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">79 </td></tr> <tr> <td>U.S. <i>Billboard</i> Hot 100<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">38 </td></tr> <tr> <td>U.S. <i>Cash Box</i> <sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">74 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Only_the_Strong_Survive_(song)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media 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href="/wiki/List_of_songs_recorded_by_Bruce_Springsteen" title="List of songs recorded by Bruce Springsteen">Songs</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12em;;background: #EEE;"><i><a href="/wiki/Greetings_from_Asbury_Park,_N.J." title="Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.">Greetings from<br />Asbury Park, N.J.</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Blinded_by_the_Light" title="Blinded by the Light">Blinded by the Light</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Growin%27_Up_(song)" title="Growin' Up (song)">Growin' Up</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Mary_Queen_of_Arkansas" title="Mary Queen of Arkansas">Mary Queen of Arkansas</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Does_This_Bus_Stop_at_82nd_Street%3F" title="Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street?">Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street?</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Lost_in_the_Flood" title="Lost in the Flood">Lost in the Flood</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Angel_(song)" title="The Angel (song)">The Angel</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/For_You_(Bruce_Springsteen_song)" title="For You (Bruce Springsteen song)">For You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Spirit_in_the_Night" title="Spirit in the Night">Spirit in the Night</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/It%27s_Hard_to_Be_a_Saint_in_the_City" title="It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City">It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12em;;background: #EEE;"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wild,_the_Innocent_%26_the_E_Street_Shuffle" title="The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle">The Wild, the Innocent<br />& the E Street Shuffle</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/4th_of_July,_Asbury_Park_(Sandy)" title="4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)">4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Incident_on_57th_Street" title="Incident on 57th Street">Incident on 57th Street</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Rosalita_(Come_Out_Tonight)" title="Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)">Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12em;;background: #EEE;"><i><a href="/wiki/Born_to_Run" title="Born to Run">Born to Run</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Thunder_Road_(song)" title="Thunder Road (song)">Thunder Road</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Tenth_Avenue_Freeze-Out" title="Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out">Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Night_(Bruce_Springsteen_song)" title="Night (Bruce Springsteen song)">Night</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Backstreets" title="Backstreets">Backstreets</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Born_to_Run_(Bruce_Springsteen_song)" title="Born to Run (Bruce Springsteen song)">Born to Run</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/She%27s_the_One_(Bruce_Springsteen_song)" title="She's the One (Bruce Springsteen song)">She's the One</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Meeting_Across_the_River" title="Meeting Across the River">Meeting Across the River</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Jungleland" title="Jungleland">Jungleland</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12em;;background: #EEE;"><i><a href="/wiki/Darkness_on_the_Edge_of_Town" title="Darkness on the Edge of Town">Darkness on the<br />Edge of Town</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Badlands_(song)" title="Badlands (song)">Badlands</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Adam_Raised_a_Cain" title="Adam Raised a Cain">Adam Raised a Cain</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Racing_in_the_Street" title="Racing in the Street">Racing in the Street</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Promised_Land_(Bruce_Springsteen_song)" title="The Promised Land (Bruce Springsteen song)">The Promised Land</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Prove_It_All_Night" title="Prove It All Night">Prove It All Night</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Darkness_on_the_Edge_of_Town_(song)" title="Darkness on the Edge of Town (song)">Darkness on the Edge of Town</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12em;;background: #EEE;"><i><a href="/wiki/The_River_(Bruce_Springsteen_album)" title="The River (Bruce Springsteen album)">The River</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Ties_That_Bind_(Bruce_Springsteen_song)" title="The Ties That Bind (Bruce Springsteen song)">The Ties That Bind</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sherry_Darling" title="Sherry Darling">Sherry Darling</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Independence_Day_(Bruce_Springsteen_song)" title="Independence Day (Bruce Springsteen song)">Independence Day</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hungry_Heart" title="Hungry Heart">Hungry Heart</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Out_in_the_Street" title="Out in the Street">Out in the Street</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_River_(Bruce_Springsteen_song)" title="The River (Bruce Springsteen song)">The River</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Point_Blank_(Bruce_Springsteen_song)" title="Point Blank (Bruce Springsteen song)">Point Blank</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Cadillac_Ranch_(Bruce_Springsteen_song)" title="Cadillac Ranch (Bruce Springsteen song)">Cadillac Ranch</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Fade_Away_(Bruce_Springsteen_song)" title="Fade Away (Bruce Springsteen song)">Fade Away</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Stolen_Car_(Bruce_Springsteen_song)" title="Stolen Car (Bruce Springsteen song)">Stolen Car</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ramrod_(Bruce_Springsteen_song)" title="Ramrod (Bruce Springsteen song)">Ramrod</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wreck_on_the_Highway_(Bruce_Springsteen_song)" title="Wreck on the Highway (Bruce Springsteen song)">Wreck on the Highway</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12em;;background: #EEE;"><i><a href="/wiki/Nebraska_(album)" title="Nebraska (album)">Nebraska</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Nebraska_(song)" title="Nebraska (song)">Nebraska</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Atlantic_City_(song)" title="Atlantic City (song)">Atlantic City</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Johnny_99_(song)" title="Johnny 99 (song)">Johnny 99</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Highway_Patrolman" title="Highway Patrolman">Highway Patrolman</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Open_All_Night_(song)" title="Open All Night (song)">Open All Night</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/My_Father%27s_House_(Bruce_Springsteen_song)" title="My Father's House (Bruce Springsteen song)">My Father's House</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12em;;background: #EEE;"><i><a href="/wiki/Born_in_the_U.S.A." title="Born in the U.S.A.">Born in the U.S.A.</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Born_in_the_U.S.A._(song)" title="Born in the U.S.A. (song)">Born in the U.S.A.</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Cover_Me_(Bruce_Springsteen_song)" title="Cover Me (Bruce Springsteen song)">Cover Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Darlington_County_(song)" title="Darlington County (song)">Darlington County</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Working_on_the_Highway" title="Working on the Highway">Working on the Highway</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Downbound_Train" title="Downbound Train">Downbound Train</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I%27m_on_Fire" title="I'm on Fire">I'm on Fire</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/No_Surrender_(song)" title="No Surrender (song)">No Surrender</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Bobby_Jean" title="Bobby Jean">Bobby Jean</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I%27m_Goin%27_Down" title="I'm Goin' Down">I'm Goin' Down</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Glory_Days_(Bruce_Springsteen_song)" title="Glory Days (Bruce Springsteen song)">Glory Days</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Dancing_in_the_Dark_(Bruce_Springsteen_song)" title="Dancing in the Dark (Bruce Springsteen song)">Dancing in the Dark</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/My_Hometown" title="My Hometown">My Hometown</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12em;;background: #EEE;"><i><a href="/wiki/Tunnel_of_Love_(album)" title="Tunnel of Love (album)">Tunnel of Love</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Tougher_Than_the_Rest" title="Tougher Than the Rest">Tougher Than the Rest</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Spare_Parts_(song)" title="Spare Parts (song)">Spare Parts</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Tunnel_of_Love_(Bruce_Springsteen_song)" title="Tunnel of Love (Bruce Springsteen song)">Tunnel of Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Brilliant_Disguise" title="Brilliant Disguise">Brilliant Disguise</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/One_Step_Up" title="One Step Up">One Step Up</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12em;;background: #EEE;"><i><a href="/wiki/Human_Touch" title="Human Touch">Human Touch</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Human_Touch_(Bruce_Springsteen_song)" title="Human Touch (Bruce Springsteen song)">Human Touch</a> "</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/57_Channels_(And_Nothin%27_On)" title="57 Channels (And Nothin' On)">57 Channels (And Nothin' On)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/My_Pony_Boy" title="My Pony Boy">Pony Boy</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12em;;background: #EEE;"><i><a href="/wiki/Lucky_Town" title="Lucky Town">Lucky Town</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Better_Days_(Bruce_Springsteen)" class="mw-redirect" title="Better Days (Bruce Springsteen)">Better Days</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/If_I_Should_Fall_Behind_(song)" title="If I Should Fall Behind (song)">If I Should Fall Behind</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12em;;background: #EEE;"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ghost_of_Tom_Joad" title="The Ghost of Tom Joad">The Ghost of Tom Joad</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Ghost_of_Tom_Joad_(song)" title="The Ghost of Tom Joad (song)">The Ghost of Tom Joad</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Youngstown_(song)" title="Youngstown (song)">Youngstown</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_New_Timer" title="The New Timer">The New Timer</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12em;;background: #EEE;"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Rising_(album)" title="The Rising (album)">The Rising</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Lonesome_Day" title="Lonesome Day">Lonesome Day</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Waitin%27_on_a_Sunny_Day" title="Waitin' on a Sunny Day">Waitin' on a Sunny Day</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Rising_(Bruce_Springsteen_song)" title="The Rising (Bruce Springsteen song)">The Rising</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/My_City_of_Ruins" title="My City of Ruins">My City of Ruins</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12em;;background: #EEE;"><i><a href="/wiki/Magic_(Bruce_Springsteen_album)" title="Magic (Bruce Springsteen album)">Magic</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Radio_Nowhere" title="Radio Nowhere">Radio Nowhere</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Girls_in_Their_Summer_Clothes" title="Girls in Their Summer Clothes">Girls in Their Summer Clothes</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Long_Walk_Home" title="Long Walk Home">Long Walk Home</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12em;;background: #EEE;"><i><a href="/wiki/Working_on_a_Dream" title="Working on a Dream">Working on a Dream</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Outlaw_Pete" title="Outlaw Pete">Outlaw Pete</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/My_Lucky_Day_(Bruce_Springsteen_song)" title="My Lucky Day (Bruce Springsteen song)">My Lucky Day</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Working_on_a_Dream_(song)" title="Working on a Dream (song)">Working on a Dream</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Wrestler_(song)" title="The Wrestler (song)">The Wrestler</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12em;;background: #EEE;"><i><a href="/wiki/Wrecking_Ball_(Bruce_Springsteen_album)" title="Wrecking Ball (Bruce Springsteen album)">Wrecking Ball</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/We_Take_Care_of_Our_Own" title="We Take Care of Our Own">We Take Care of Our Own</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Shackled_and_Drawn" class="mw-redirect" title="Shackled and Drawn">Shackled and Drawn</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Death_to_My_Hometown" title="Death to My Hometown">Death to My Hometown</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wrecking_Ball_(Bruce_Springsteen_song)" title="Wrecking Ball (Bruce Springsteen song)">Wrecking Ball</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Rocky_Ground" title="Rocky Ground">Rocky Ground</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Land_of_Hope_and_Dreams" title="Land of Hope and Dreams">Land of Hope and Dreams</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12em;;background: #EEE;"><i><a href="/wiki/High_Hopes_(album)" title="High Hopes (album)">High Hopes</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/High_Hopes_(Bruce_Springsteen_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="High Hopes (Bruce Springsteen song)">High Hopes</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/American_Skin_(41_Shots)" title="American Skin (41 Shots)">American Skin (41 Shots)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Just_Like_Fire_Would" title="Just Like Fire Would">Just Like Fire Would</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hunter_of_Invisible_Game" title="Hunter of Invisible Game">Hunter of Invisible Game</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Dream_Baby_Dream" title="Dream Baby Dream">Dream Baby Dream</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12em;;background: #EEE;"><i><a href="/wiki/Western_Stars" title="Western Stars">Western Stars</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Tucson_Train" title="Tucson Train">Tucson Train</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Western_Stars_(song)" title="Western Stars (song)">Western Stars</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/There_Goes_My_Miracle" title="There Goes My Miracle">There Goes My Miracle</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hello_Sunshine_(Bruce_Springsteen_song)" title="Hello Sunshine (Bruce Springsteen song)">Hello Sunshine</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12em;;background: #EEE;"><i><a href="/wiki/Letter_to_You" title="Letter to You">Letter to You</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Letter_to_You_(song)" title="Letter to You (song)">Letter to You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Last_Man_Standing_(Bruce_Springsteen_song)" title="Last Man Standing (Bruce Springsteen song)">Last Man Standing</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Power_of_Prayer" title="The Power of Prayer">The Power of Prayer</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ghosts_(Bruce_Springsteen_song)" title="Ghosts (Bruce Springsteen song)">Ghosts</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I%27ll_See_You_in_My_Dreams_(Bruce_Springsteen_song)" title="I'll See You in My Dreams (Bruce Springsteen song)">I'll See You in My Dreams</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12em;;background: #EEE;"><i><a href="/wiki/Only_the_Strong_Survive_(Bruce_Springsteen_album)" title="Only the Strong Survive (Bruce Springsteen album)">Only the Strong Survive</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a class="mw-selflink selflink">Only the Strong Survive</a>"</li> 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