The River
~ Song
Annotation
The River Studio Session Info
The Essential Studio Sessions Info
Lyrics from springsteenlyrics.com
Lyrics from brucespringsteen.it
All known live performances
Annotation last modified on 2020-02-14 22:04 UTC.
Relationships
| publisher: | Bruce Springsteen (in 1979) |
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| lyricist: | Bruce Springsteen (from 1979 until 1980) |
| composer: | Bruce Springsteen (in 1979) |
| publisher: | Zomba Music Publishing Ltd. |
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| lyrics page: | https://genius.com/Bruce-springsteen-the-river-lyrics [info] |
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| SecondHandSongs: | https://secondhandsongs.com/work/34285 [info] |
| Allmusic: | https://www.allmusic.com/song/mt0052056890 [info] |
| Songfacts: | http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=997 [info] |
| Wikidata: | Q2406167 [info] |
| work list entry: | http://brucebase.wikidot.com/song:the-river [info] |
| later translated versions: | Het water |
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| version of: | Oh Angelyne |
Recordings
| Date | Title | Attributes | Artist | Length |
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| recordings | ||||
| 1979-02-22 | The River (live, 1979‐09‐22: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 6:04 |
| 1979-08-26 | The River (version 6) | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 4:54 | |
| 1979-08-26 – 1979-08-29 | The River (version 6) | Bruce Springsteen | 4:56 | |
| 1979-08-26 – 1980-04-24 | The River (version 9) | Bruce Springsteen | 5:01 | |
| 1979-09-21 | The River (live, 1979‐09‐21: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 7:03 |
| 1979-09-21 | The River (live, 1979‐09‐21: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 6:24 |
| 1979-09-21 | The River (live, 1979‐09‐21: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 5:09 |
| 1979-09-21 | The River (live, 1979‐09‐21: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 5:21 |
| 1979-09-21 | The River (live, 1979‐09‐21: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1979-09-21 | The River (live, 1979‐09‐21: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA) | Bruce Springsteen | 5:32 | |
| 1979-09-21 | The River (live, 1979‐09‐21: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 5:32 |
| 1979-09-22 | The River (live, 1979‐09‐22: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1979-09-22 | The River (live, 1979‐09‐22: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 6:41 |
| 1979-09-22 | The River (live, 1979‐09‐22: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 6:51 |
| 1979-09-22 | The River (live, 1979‐09‐22: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 6:04 |
| 1979-09-22 | The River (live, 1979‐09‐22: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 6:05 |
| 1979-09-22 | The River (live, 1979‐09‐22: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 6:08 |
| 1979-09-22 | The River (live, 1979‐09‐22: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 6:51 |
| 1980-09 | The River (rehearsal, 1980‐09: Clair Brothers Audio, Lititz, PA, USA) | Bruce Springsteen | 7:40 | |
| 1980-09 | The River (rehearsal, 1980‐09: Clair Brothers Audio, Lititz, PA, USA) | Bruce Springsteen | 6:03 | |
| 1980-09 | The River / The River (rehearsal, 1980‐09: Clair Brothers Audio, Lititz, PA, USA) | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? | |
| 1980-10-03 | The River (live, 1980‐10‐03: Crisler Arena, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 7:22 |
| 1980-10-03 | The River (live, 1980‐10‐03: Crisler Arena, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1980-10-03 | The River (live, 1980‐10‐03: Crisler Arena, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 7:11 |
| 1980-10-03 | The River (live, 1980‐10‐03: Crisler Arena, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 7:02 |
| 1980-10-03 | The River (live, 1980‐10‐03: Crisler Arena, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 7:00 |
| 1980-10-24 | The River (live, 1980‐10‐24: Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle, WA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1980-10-24 | The River (live, 1980‐10‐24: Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle, WA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1980-10-24 | The River (live, 1980‐10‐24: Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle, WA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1980-10-24 | The River (live, 1980‐10‐24: Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle, WA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 6:48 |
| 1980-10-31 | The River (live, 1980‐10‐31: Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 6:01 |
| 1980-10-31 | The River (live, 1980‐10‐31: Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 6:20 |
| 1980-10-31 | The River (live, 1980‐10‐31: Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 6:17 |
| 1980-11-01 | The River (live, 1980‐11‐01: Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1980-11-01 | The River (live, 1980‐11‐01: Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1980-11-01 | The River (live, 1980‐11‐01: Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1980-11-01 | The River (live, 1980‐11‐01: Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1980-11-01 | The River (live, 1980‐11‐01: Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1980-11-05 | The River (live, 1980‐11‐05: ASU Activity Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 7:13 |
| 1980-11-05 | The River (live, 1980‐11‐05: ASU Activity Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 7:16 |
| 1980-11-05 | The River (live, 1980‐11‐05: ASU Activity Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1980-11-05 | The River (live, 1980‐11‐05: ASU Activity Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 7:08 |
| 1980-11-05 | The River (live, 1980‐11‐05: ASU Activity Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 7:14 |
| 1980-11-05 | The River (live, 1980‐11‐05: ASU Activity Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1980-11-05 | The River (live, 1980‐11‐05: ASU Activity Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1980-11-05 | The River (live, 1980‐11‐05: ASU Activity Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 6:51 |
| 1980-11-20 | The River (live, 1980‐11‐20: Rosemont Horizon, Rosemont, IL, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 5:40 |
| 1980-11-20 | The River (live, 1980‐11‐20: Rosemont Horizon, Rosemont, IL, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 6:39 |
| 1980-11-20 | The River (live, 1980‐11‐20: Rosemont Horizon, Rosemont, IL, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1980-11-20 | The River (live, 1980‐11‐20: Rosemont Horizon, Rosemont, IL, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 6:33 |
| 1980-11-27 | The River (live, 1980‐11‐27: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1980-12-08 | The River (live, 1980‐12‐08: Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1980-12-11 | The River (live, 1980‐12‐11: Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 8:13 |
| 1980-12-15 | The River (live, 1980‐12‐15: Boston Garden, Boston, MA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 6:34 |
| 1980-12-15 | The River (live, 1980‐12‐15: Boston Garden, Boston, MA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 6:52 |
| 1980-12-18 | The River (live, 1980‐12‐18: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1980-12-18 | The River (live, 1980‐12‐18: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 7:00 |
| 1980-12-18 | The River (live, 1980‐12‐18: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 6:43 |
| 1980-12-19 | The River (live, 1980‐12‐19: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1980-12-19 | The River (live, 1980‐12‐19: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 6:45 |
| 1980-12-28 | The River (live, 1980‐12‐28: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 6:47 |
| 1980-12-28 | The River (live, 1980‐12‐28: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1980-12-28 | The River (live, 1980‐12‐28: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 6:04 |
| 1980-12-28 | The River (live, 1980‐12‐28: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1980-12-28 | The River (live, 1980‐12‐28: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 6:56 |
| 1980-12-28 | The River (live, 1980‐12‐28: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 6:36 |
| 1980-12-29 | The River (live, 1980‐12‐29: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 7:16 |
| 1980-12-29 | The River (live, 1980‐12‐29: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 7:24 |
| 1980-12-31 | The River (live, 1980‐12‐31: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 6:56 |
| 1980-12-31 | The River (live, 1980‐12‐31: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1980-12-31 | The River (live, 1980‐12‐31: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 7:00 |
| 1980-12-31 | The River (live, 1980‐12‐31: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 7:14 |
| 1980-12-31 | The River (live, 1980‐12‐31: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, USA; fade in) | live and partial | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 5:44 |
| 1980-12-31 | The River (live, 1980‐12‐31: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 7:17 |
| 1980-12-31 | The River (live, 1980‐12‐31: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 7:12 |
| 1980-12-31 | The River (live, 1980‐12‐31: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1980-12-31 | The River (live, 1980‐12‐31: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 7:10 |
| 1980-12-31 | The River (live, 1980‐12‐31: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 6:56 |
| 1980-12-31 – 1981-01-01 | The River (live, 1980‐12‐31: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 7:00 |
| 1981-01-26 | The River (live, 1981‐01‐26: Athletic & Convocation Center, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1981-02-26 | The River (live, 1981‐02‐26: Nashville Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, TN, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1981-03-02 | The River (live, 1981‐03‐02: Hampton Roads Coliseum, Hampton, VA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1981-04-11 | The River (live, 1981‐04‐11: Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 6:43 |
| 1981-04-11 | The River (live, 1981‐04‐11: Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 6:55 |
| 1981-04-11 | The River (live, 1981‐04‐11: Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1981-04-11 | The River (live, 1981‐04‐11: Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 6:47 |
| 1981-04-11 | The River (live, 1981‐04‐11: Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 6:48 |
| 1981-04-11 | The River (live, 1981‐04‐11: Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 6:56 |
| 1981-04-11 | The River (live, 1981‐04‐11: Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1981-04-11 | The River (live, 1981‐04‐11: Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1981-04-11 | The River (live, 1981‐04‐11: Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 6:42 |
| 1981-04-14 | The River (live, 1981‐04‐14: Festhalle, Frankfurt, West Germany) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 6:46 |
| 1981-04-14 | The River (live, 1981‐04‐14: Festhalle, Frankfurt, West Germany) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1981-04-18 | The River (live, 1981‐04‐18: Palais des Sports de Saint‐Ouen, Paris, France) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1981-04-18 | The River (live, 1981‐04‐18: Palais des Sports de Saint‐Ouen, Paris, France) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1981-04-21 | The River (live, 1981‐04‐21: Palau Municipal d’Esports, Barcelona, Spain) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1981-04-21 | The River (live, 1981‐04‐21: Palau Municipal d’Esports, Barcelona, Spain) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1981-04-29 | The River (live, 1981‐04‐29: Sportpaleis Ahoy, Rotterdam, The Netherlands) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1981-05-07 | The River (live, 1981‐05‐07: Johanneshovs Isstadion, Stockholm, Sweden) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1981-05-07 | The River (live, 1981‐05‐07: Johanneshovs Isstadion, Stockholm, Sweden) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
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