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Bruce Springsteen The River Lyrics
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The River was originally intended to be included on an earlier, one-record version of The River, tentatively called The Ties That Bind. The song itself was recorded at The Power Station in New York City in July or August 1979. In the first live performance of the song in 1979, Springsteen cited the inspiration as my brother-in-law and my sister . The 2012 biography Bruce by Peter Ames Carlin 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 today. In his 2016 autobiography, Springsteen confirmed that he wrote the song as a tribute to his sister and his brother-in-law. • The River makes use of a haunting harmonica part, and in some ways is a foreshadowing of the style of his next album, Nebraska. The imagery of the chorus and the end of the song were inspired by lines from Hank Williams' 1950 hit Long Gone Lonesome Blues . The song's depiction of how economic difficulties are interlaced with local culture also presaged the 1980s popularity of heartland rock. • The River was not released as a single in the U.S., but it was released as a single in May 1981 in several countries in western Europe. It placed number 35 on the UK Singles Chart. It also reached number 24 on the Irish Singles Chart, 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 album-oriented rock airplay and became one of Springsteen's best-known songs. It was included on both his 1995 Greatest Hits and 2003 The Essential Bruce Springsteen compilations. The song was also incorporated in the European edition of the 2009 Bruce Springsteen The E Street Band Greatest Hits. • The aggregation of critics' lists at Acclaimed Music rated this song as the #13 song of 1980, as well as #114 of the 1980s and #800 all time.
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