- Open All Night (song)
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"Open All Night" Single by Bruce Springsteen from the album Nebraska Released November 1982 Format 7" Recorded 1982 Genre Folk rock, rock and roll Length 2:58 Label Columbia Producer Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen singles chronology "Atlantic City" (UK)
(1982)"Open All Night" (UK)
(1982)"Dancing in the Dark"
(1984)Nebraska track listing "Used Cars"
(7)"Open All Night"
(8)"My Father's House"
(9)"Open All Night" is a song written and recorded by rock musician Bruce Springsteen, which first appeared on Springsteen's 1982 solo album Nebraska.
History
Of the 10 songs on Nebraska, "Open All Night" is the only one to feature an electric guitar. With a Chuck Berry-style guitar riff, the song tells the story of an unnamed narrator's all-night drive across industrial New Jersey to reach his girl, Wanda, whom he met when she a waitress at the Route 60 Bob's Big Boy.
"Open All Night" was released as a single in the UK, backed by "The Big Payback",[1] but did not chart. It was also released as a single in The Netherlands and Spain.[1] Though never released as a single in the United States,[1] it garnered enough album oriented rock airplay to reached #22 on the U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
The song shares a common lyrical structure and themes with two other Springsteen songs. The first is "State Trooper," also found on the Nebraska album. The other was "Living on the Edge of the World," recorded in 1979 but released as part of the four-disk box set Tracks in 1998.
Springsteen performed this song infrequently until the Sessions Band Tour of 2006, when it was transformed into an eight-minute honky-tonk number. This is the version that appears on the Live in Dublin CD and DVD.
References
- ^ a b c "Discography: Vinyl 7 in.: Alphab. sort". Killing Floor. http://www.brucespringsteen.it/Discox.htm. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Bruce Springsteen · Roy Bittan · Nils Lofgren · Patti Scialfa · Garry Tallent · Steven Van Zandt · Max Weinberg
Former members: Ernest Carter · Clarence Clemons · Danny Federici · Suki Lahav · Vini Lopez · David Sancious
Soozie Tyrell · Charles GiordanoStudio albums Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. (1973) · The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle (1973) · Born to Run (1975) · Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978) · The River (1980) · Nebraska (1982) · Born in the U.S.A. (1984) · Tunnel of Love (1987) · Human Touch (1992) · Lucky Town (1992) · The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995) · The Rising (2002) · Devils & Dust (2005) · We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (2006) · Magic (2007) · Working on a Dream (2009) · The Promise (2010)
Live albums Live/1975–85 (1986) · Chimes of Freedom (EP) (1988) · In Concert/MTV Plugged (1993) · Live in New York City (2001) · Hammersmith Odeon London '75 (2006) · Live in Dublin (2007) · Magic Tour Highlights (EP) (2008)Other albums Greatest Hits (1995) · Blood Brothers (EP) (1996) · Tracks (1998) · 18 Tracks (1999) · The Essential Bruce Springsteen (2003) · Greatest Hits (2009)
Singles "Blinded by the Light" (1973) · "Spirit in the Night" (1973) · "Born to Run" (1975) · "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" (1976) · "Prove It All Night" (1978) · "Badlands" (1978) · "The Promised Land" (1978) · "Hungry Heart" (1980) · "Sherry Darling" (1980) · "Fade Away" (1981) · "The River" (1981) · "Cadillac Ranch" (1981) · "Point Blank" (1981) · "Atlantic City" (1982) · "Open All Night" (1982) · "Dancing in the Dark" (1984) · "Cover Me" (1984) · "Born in the U.S.A." (1984) · "I'm on Fire" (1985) · "Glory Days" (1985) · "I'm Goin' Down" (1985) · "My Hometown" (1985) · "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" (1985) · "War" (1986) · "Fire" (1987) · "Born to Run" (live) (1988) · "Brilliant Disguise" (1987) · "Tunnel of Love" (1987) · "One Step Up" (1988) · "Tougher Than the Rest" (1988) · "Spare Parts" (1988) · "Human Touch" (1992) · "57 Channels (And Nothin' On)" (1992) · "Better Days" (1992) · "Leap of Faith" (1992) · "Lucky Town" (1993) · "Streets of Philadelphia" (1994) · "Secret Garden" (1995) · "Murder Incorporated" (1995) · "Hungry Heart" (re-issue) (1995) · "The Ghost of Tom Joad" (1996) · "Secret Garden" (1997) · "Sad Eyes" (1999) · "The Rising" (2002) · "Lonesome Day" (2002) · "Waitin' on a Sunny Day" (2003) · "Devils & Dust" (2005) · "All the Way Home" (2005) · "Radio Nowhere" (2007) · "Girls in Their Summer Clothes" (2007) · "Working on a Dream" (2008) · "My Lucky Day" (2008) · "The Wrestler" (2009)Video releases Video Anthology / 1978–88 (1989) · In Concert/MTV Plugged (1992) · Blood Brothers (1996) · The Complete Video Anthology / 1978–2000 (2001) · Live in New York City (2001) · Live in Barcelona (2003) · VH1 Storytellers (2005) · Wings For Wheels (2005) · Hammersmith Odeon London '75 (2005) · Live in Dublin (2007) · Magic Tour Highlights (2008) · London Calling: Live in Hyde Park (2010) · The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town (2010)
Tours Born to Run tours (1974–77) · Darkness Tour (1978) · River Tour (1980–81) · Born in the U.S.A. Tour (1984–85) · Tunnel of Love Express (1988) · Human Rights Now! (1988) · "Other Band" Tour (1992–93) · Ghost of Tom Joad Tour (1995–97) · Reunion Tour (1999–2000) · Rising Tour (2002–03) · Vote for Change (2004) · Devils & Dust Tour (2005) · Seeger Sessions Band Tour (2006) · Magic Tour (2007–08) · Working on a Dream Tour (2009)
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