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List of songs recorded by Bruce Springsteen

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List of songs recorded by Bruce Springsteen
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Bruce Springsteen is an American singer-songwriter who has recorded almost 400 songs over a career lasting six decades. He began his career in the 1960s with local New Jersey bands the Castiles, Earth, and Steel Mill before embarking on a solo career and signing to Columbia Records in 1972.[a][3] Since 1973, he has released songs across studio albums, live albums, extended plays, compilation albums, and box sets. His primary backing band is the E Street Band, who have played with him from his debut album to their break-up in the late-1980s, and more sporadically since their reformation in the late 1990s.[3]

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Bruce Springsteen performing in 2024

Springsteen is the primary songwriter for the majority of his songs, but he has also released cover material, such as live renditions of the Temptations' "War" (1986) and Bob Dylan's "Chimes of Freedom" (1988), which were chart hits,[4][5] and the cover albums We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (2006) and Only the Strong Survive (2022).[6][7] Several of his songs have also been chart hits for other artists, such as "Blinded by the Light" for Manfred Mann's Earth Band, "Because the Night" for Patti Smith, "Fire" for the Pointer Sisters, "This Little Girl" for Gary U.S. Bonds,[8] and "Pink Cadillac" for Natalie Cole.[3] Songs Springsteen has written for film soundtracks include "Streets of Philadelphia" (1993),[9] and "Dead Man Walkin'" (1995),[10] "Lift Me Up" (1999),[11] and "Addicted to Romance" (2023).[12]

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Released songs

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Notes

  1. Five recorded songs from Springsteen's time with these bands were released on the compilation album Chapter and Verse in 2016.[1][2]
  2. Inspired by "He Lies In the American Land" by Andrew Kovaly/Pete Seeger
  3. A new studio recording appears on High Hopes (2014).[79][68]
  4. A studio recording appears on The Promise (2010).[22][37]
  5. Includes a new verse by Jim Musselman & elements from "When Johnny Comes Marching Home"
  6. An early version titled "Candy's Boy" appears on The Promise (2010).[22][52]
  7. Also included on L.A. Garage Sessions '83, as part of Tracks II: The Lost Albums (2025)[21]
  8. A recording from the same shows featuring "C.C. Rider" was included on The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts (2021).[64]
  9. "Devil with the Blue Dress": Shorty Long / Mickey Stevenson; "Good Golly, Miss Molly": Robert Blackwell / John Marascalco; "Jenny Take a Ride": Enotris Johnson / Richard Penniman / Bob Crewe
  10. A re-recording appears on Somewhere North of Nashville, as part of Tracks II: The Lost Albums (2025)[21]
  11. Also included on L.A. Garage Sessions '83, as part of Tracks II: The Lost Albums (2025)[21]
  12. A new studio recording appears on Wrecking Ball (2012).[63]
  13. An early version appears on L.A. Garage Sessions '83, as part of Tracks II: The Lost Albums (2025)[21]
  14. Also included on the deluxe edition of Working on a Dream (2012).[98]
  15. Also included on Streets of Philadelphia Sessions, as part of Tracks II: The Lost Albums (2025)[21]
  16. An early version appears on L.A. Garage Sessions '83, as part of Tracks II: The Lost Albums (2025)[21]
  17. Original version appears on Somewhere North of Nashville, as part of Tracks II: The Lost Albums (2025)[21]
  18. A re-recording appears on Somewhere North of Nashville, as part of Tracks II: The Lost Albums (2025)[21]
  19. Also appears on The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts (2021).[64]
  20. Also appears on Greatest Hits (1995).[9]
  21. Musical and lyrical adaptation by Guy Carawan, Frank Hamilton, Zilphia Horton, and Pete Seeger
  22. Written for the 2008 film The Wrestler and appears as a hidden bonus track on Working on a Dream (2012).[120]
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