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href="/wiki/Independence_Day_(Bruce_Springsteen_song)" title="Independence Day (Bruce Springsteen song)">Independence Day</a>" (UK)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ramrod_(Bruce_Springsteen_song)" title="Ramrod (Bruce Springsteen song)">Ramrod</a>" (France)</li> <li>"I'm a Rocker" (AUS)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">April 1981<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1981-04</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Recorded</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">August 26 & 29, 1979<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></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/Power_Station_(recording_studio)" title="Power Station (recording studio)">Power Station</a>, New York City</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"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Folk_rock" title="Folk rock">Folk rock</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heartland_rock" title="Heartland rock">heartland rock</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></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soft_rock" title="Soft rock">soft rock</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></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Americana_music" title="Americana music">Americana</a><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></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><span class="duration"><span class="min">4</span>:<span class="s">59</span></span></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"><a href="/wiki/Columbia_Records" title="Columbia Records">Columbia</a></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">Bruce Springsteen</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">Producer(s)</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jon_Landau" title="Jon Landau">Jon Landau</a></li> <li>Bruce Springsteen</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steven_Van_Zandt" title="Steven Van Zandt">Steven Van Zandt</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;">Bruce Springsteen UK 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;">"<a href="/wiki/Sherry_Darling" title="Sherry Darling">Sherry Darling</a>" <br />(1980) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding:.2em .1em;">"<b>The River</b>" <br />(1981) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em;">"<a href="/wiki/Cadillac_Ranch_(Bruce_Springsteen_song)" title="Cadillac Ranch (Bruce Springsteen song)">Cadillac Ranch</a>" <br />(1981) </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>"<b>The River</b>" is a song written and recorded by <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Springsteen" title="Bruce Springsteen">Bruce Springsteen</a>, accompanied by the <a href="/wiki/E_Street_Band" title="E Street Band">E Street Band</a>, in 1979. The title track of <a href="/wiki/The_River_(Bruce_Springsteen_album)" title="The River (Bruce Springsteen album)">his fifth album</a>, it was a hit single in parts of Europe in 1981; reaching No.24 in Ireland, No. 25 in the Netherlands, and the top 10 in both Sweden and Norway.<sup id="cite_ref-chart_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chart-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its B-side was either "<a href="/wiki/Independence_Day_(Bruce_Springsteen_song)" title="Independence Day (Bruce Springsteen song)">Independence Day</a>" or "<a href="/wiki/Ramrod_(Bruce_Springsteen_song)" title="Ramrod (Bruce Springsteen song)">Ramrod</a>", depending on the country of release.<sup id="cite_ref-chart_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chart-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Composition">Composition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_River_(Bruce_Springsteen_song)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Composition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>"The River" was originally intended to be included on an earlier, one-record version of <i>The River</i>, tentatively called <i>The Ties That Bind</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-born_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-born-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-words_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-words-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The song itself was recorded at <a href="/wiki/Power_Station_(recording_studio)" title="Power Station (recording studio)">The Power Station</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> on August 26 and 29, 1979.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the first live performance of the song in 1979, Springsteen cited the inspiration as "my brother-in-law and my sister".<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 2012 biography <i>Bruce</i> by <a href="/wiki/Peter_Ames_Carlin" title="Peter Ames Carlin">Peter Ames Carlin</a> includes an interview with Springsteen's sister Ginny, in which she plainly states that the song is a precise description of her early life with her husband Mickey, to whom she is still married.<sup id="cite_ref-Carlin:_Bruce_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Carlin:_Bruce-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his <a href="/wiki/Born_to_Run_(autobiography)" title="Born to Run (autobiography)">2016 autobiography</a> Springsteen confirmed that he wrote the song as a tribute to his sister and his brother-in-law.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>"The River" makes use of a haunting <a href="/wiki/Harmonica" title="Harmonica">harmonica</a> part, and in some ways is a foreshadowing of the style of his next album, <i><a href="/wiki/Nebraska_(album)" title="Nebraska (album)">Nebraska</a></i>. The imagery of the chorus and the end of the song were inspired by lines from <a href="/wiki/Hank_Williams" title="Hank Williams">Hank Williams</a>' 1950 hit "<a href="/wiki/Long_Gone_Lonesome_Blues" title="Long Gone Lonesome Blues">Long Gone Lonesome Blues</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The song's depiction of how economic difficulties are interlaced with local culture also presaged the 1980s popularity of <a href="/wiki/Heartland_rock" title="Heartland rock">heartland rock</a>: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><div class="poem"> <p>I come from down in the valley,<br /> Where mister when you're young –<br /> They bring you up to do, like your daddy done<br /> <br /> I got a job working construction, for the Johnstown Company<br /> But lately there ain't been much work, on account of the economy<br /> Now all them things that seemed so important –<br /> Well mister, they vanished right into the air </p> </div></blockquote> <p>Writer <a href="/wiki/Robert_Hilburn" title="Robert Hilburn">Robert Hilburn</a> described the song as "a classic outline of someone who has to re-adjust his dreams quickly [, facing] life as it is, not a world of his imagination."<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Throughout the song the river is viewed as a symbol for the dreams of the future. The narrator keeps his hopes alive even as they realistically begin to fail. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><div class="poem"> <p>That sends me down to the river,<br /> Though I know, the river is dry.<br /> It sends me down to the river, tonight </p> </div></blockquote> <p>In 2015, Springsteen stated that he regards "The River", "<a href="/wiki/Point_Blank_(Bruce_Springsteen_song)" title="Point Blank (Bruce Springsteen song)">Point Blank</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Independence_Day_(Bruce_Springsteen_song)" title="Independence Day (Bruce Springsteen song)">Independence Day</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Stolen_Car_(Bruce_Springsteen_song)" title="Stolen Car (Bruce Springsteen song)">Stolen Car</a>" as being "the heart and soul" of <i>The River</i> album.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "The River", and a few other songs on the album such as "<a href="/wiki/Wreck_on_the_Highway_(1980_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wreck on the Highway (1980 song)">Wreck on the Highway</a>" and "Stolen Car", are said to mark a new direction in his songwriting: these ballads imbued with a sense of hopelessness anticipate his next album, <i>Nebraska</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Springsteen himself has noted that "Wreck on the Highway" is one of the songs reflecting a shift in his songwriting style, linking <i>The River</i> to <i>Nebraska</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Release_and_reception">Release and reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_River_(Bruce_Springsteen_song)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Release and reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>"The River" was not released as a single in the U.S., but it was released as a single in April 1981 in several countries in <a href="/wiki/Western_Europe" title="Western Europe">western Europe</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It placed number 35 on the <a href="/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Singles Chart">UK Singles Chart</a>. It also reached number 24 on the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Singles_Chart" title="Irish Singles Chart">Irish Singles Chart</a>, number 10 in Sweden's singles chart, number 6 in the Danish Top 20 and had its best showing with a number 5 placement on Norway's singles chart. In the U.S., it gained considerable <a href="/wiki/Album-oriented_rock" title="Album-oriented rock">album-oriented rock</a> airplay and became one of Springsteen's best-known songs. It was included on both his 1995 <i><a href="/wiki/Greatest_Hits_(Bruce_Springsteen_album)" title="Greatest Hits (Bruce Springsteen album)">Greatest Hits</a></i> and 2003 <i><a href="/wiki/The_Essential_Bruce_Springsteen" title="The Essential Bruce Springsteen">The Essential Bruce Springsteen</a></i> compilations. The song was also incorporated in the European edition of the 2009 <i><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Springsteen_%26_The_E_Street_Band_Greatest_Hits" class="mw-redirect" title="Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Greatest Hits">Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Greatest Hits</a></i>. </p><p>In 2018, <i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i> ranked the song number five on their list of the 100 greatest Bruce Springsteen songs.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Later on, the song reached number 1 in Israel,<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the live version from <i>No Nukes</i> reached number 3 in Portugal.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Live_performance_history">Live performance history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_River_(Bruce_Springsteen_song)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Live performance history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The song was first performed in public at the <a href="/wiki/Musicians_United_for_Safe_Energy" title="Musicians United for Safe Energy">Musicians United for Safe Energy</a> concerts at <a href="/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden" title="Madison Square Garden">Madison Square Garden</a> in September 1979, and was featured in the subsequent 1980 film <i><a href="/wiki/No_Nukes_(film)" title="No Nukes (film)">No Nukes</a></i> three months before <i>The River</i>'s release. During the <a href="/wiki/The_River_Tour" title="The River Tour">River Tour</a> of 1980–81, the song was frequently preceded by a piano rendition of the theme from <i><a href="/wiki/Once_Upon_a_Time_in_the_West" title="Once Upon a Time in the West">Once Upon a Time in the West</a></i>, with a similar outro segueing into the following song. </p><p>"The River" became a centerpiece of shows on some Springsteen tours. During the 1984–85 <a href="/wiki/Born_in_the_U.S.A._Tour" title="Born in the U.S.A. Tour">Born in the U.S.A. Tour</a>, it was often preceded by a long, intense story from Springsteen about his battles with his father growing up, that would sometimes conclude positively and sometimes not; the silence after the story would then be interrupted by the start of the harmonica part. One such story and performance, that also touched on the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>, was included on the 1986 <i><a href="/wiki/Live/1975%E2%80%9385" class="mw-redirect" title="Live/1975–85">Live/1975–85</a></i> set. </p><p>On later tours, especially in Europe, the song's outro was extended to great length, with audiences mass singing the wordless "oooh" parts at the end. On the 1999–2000 <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Springsteen_and_the_E_Street_Band_Reunion_Tour" title="Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Reunion Tour">Reunion Tour</a>, "The River" was cast in a different arrangement that featured a <a href="/wiki/Clarence_Clemons" title="Clarence Clemons">Clarence Clemons</a> saxophone part; one such rendition was included on the subsequent <i><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Springsteen_%26_the_E_Street_Band:_Live_in_New_York_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Live in New York City">Live in New York City</a></i> album and DVD. The song has been performed almost 700 times as of 2023; since June 16, it was included in the 2023 tour while initially absent from the setlist.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personnel">Personnel</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_River_(Bruce_Springsteen_song)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Personnel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to authors Philippe Margotin and Jean-Michel Guesdon:<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Springsteen" title="Bruce Springsteen">Bruce Springsteen</a> – vocals, guitars, harmonica</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Bittan" title="Roy Bittan">Roy Bittan</a> – piano</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarence_Clemons" title="Clarence Clemons">Clarence Clemons</a> – tambourine</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Federici" title="Danny Federici">Danny Federici</a> – organ</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garry_Tallent" title="Garry Tallent">Garry Tallent</a> – bass</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steven_Van_Zandt" title="Steven Van Zandt">Steven Van Zandt</a> – guitars, vocal harmonies</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Max_Weinberg" title="Max Weinberg">Max Weinberg</a> – drums</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Certifications">Certifications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_River_(Bruce_Springsteen_song)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Certifications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Region </th> <th scope="col">Certification</th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><a href="/wiki/List_of_music_recording_certifications" title="List of music recording certifications">Certified units</a>/sales </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Australia (<a href="/wiki/Australian_Recording_Industry_Association" title="Australian Recording Industry Association">ARIA</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-AustraliaBruce_SpringsteenThe_RiversingleCertRef_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AustraliaBruce_SpringsteenThe_RiversingleCertRef-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>Platinum </td> <td>70,000<sup>‡</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Denmark (<a href="/wiki/IFPI_Danmark" title="IFPI Danmark">IFPI Danmark</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-DenmarkBruce_SpringsteenThe_RiversingleCertRef_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DenmarkBruce_SpringsteenThe_RiversingleCertRef-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>Gold </td> <td>45,000<sup>‡</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Spain (<a href="/wiki/Productores_de_M%C3%BAsica_de_Espa%C3%B1a" title="Productores de Música de España">PROMUSICAE</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-SpainBruce_SpringsteenThe_RiversingleCertRef_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SpainBruce_SpringsteenThe_RiversingleCertRef-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>Gold </td> <td>30,000<sup>‡</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">United Kingdom (<a href="/wiki/British_Phonographic_Industry" title="British Phonographic Industry">BPI</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-United_KingdomBruce_SpringsteenThe_RiversingleCertRef_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-United_KingdomBruce_SpringsteenThe_RiversingleCertRef-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>Silver </td> <td>200,000<sup>‡</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">United States (<a href="/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America">RIAA</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-United_StatesBruce_SpringsteenThe_RiversingleCertRef_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-United_StatesBruce_SpringsteenThe_RiversingleCertRef-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>Gold </td> <td>500,000<sup>‡</sup> </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align: center;"> <td colspan="3"> <p><small><sup>‡</sup> Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.</small> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <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=The_River_(Bruce_Springsteen_song)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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songs</div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Springsteen_discography#Singles" title="Bruce Springsteen discography">Singles</a></li> <li><a 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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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 href="/wiki/Only_the_Strong_Survive_(song)" title="Only the Strong Survive (song)">Only the Strong Survive</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Nightshift_(song)" title="Nightshift (song)">Nightshift</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Do_I_Love_You_(Indeed_I_Do)" title="Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)">Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Sun_Ain%27t_Gonna_Shine_(Anymore)" title="The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)">The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Turn_Back_the_Hands_of_Time" title="Turn Back the Hands of Time">Turn Back the Hands of Time</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/When_She_Was_My_Girl" title="When She Was My Girl">When She Was My Girl</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hey,_Western_Union_Man" title="Hey, Western Union Man">Hey, Western Union Man</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Wish_It_Would_Rain" title="I Wish It Would Rain">I Wish It Would Rain</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Play_That_Song_(You_Lied)" title="Don't Play That Song (You Lied)">Don't Play That Song</a>"</li> <li>"<a 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Springsteen song)">Stand on It</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Trapped_(Jimmy_Cliff_song)" title="Trapped (Jimmy Cliff song)">Trapped</a>" (live)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Because_the_Night" title="Because the Night">Because the Night</a>" (live)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Chimes_of_Freedom_(EP)" title="Chimes of Freedom (EP)">Chimes of Freedom</a>" (live)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Fever_(Bruce_Springsteen_song)" title="The Fever (Bruce Springsteen song)">The Fever</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Stay_(Maurice_Williams_song)" title="Stay (Maurice Williams song)">Stay</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Pink_Cadillac_(song)" title="Pink Cadillac (song)">Pink Cadillac</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Jersey_Girl_(song)" title="Jersey Girl (song)">Jersey Girl</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Light_of_Day_(song)" title="Light of Day (song)">Light of Day</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Chinatown_(Bleachers_song)" title="Chinatown (Bleachers song)">Chinatown</a>"</li></ul> 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