Ramrod (song)

Infobox Song
Name = Ramrod


Artist = Bruce Springsteen
Album = The River
B-side =
Released = October 1980
Format =
Recorded = June or July 1979 at The Power Station in New York
Genre = Rock
Length = 4:05
Label = Columbia Records
Writer = Bruce Springsteen
Producer = Jon Landau, Bruce Springsteen, Steven Van Zandt
Chart position =
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"Ramrod" is a song written and performed by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band for his fifth album, "The River", released in 1980. It was recorded at The Power Station in New York in June or July 1979. [ [http://www.brucebase.org.uk/8.htm BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - ON THE TRACKS V4 ] ] The song was actually written earlier and recorded for Springsteen's "Darkness on the Edge of Town" album, but that recording was not used for its release on "The River". [cite book|title=Born to Run The Bruce Sprinigsteen Story|author=Marsh, Dave|year=1981|page=275|id=ISBN 0-440-10694-X]

Although "Ramrod" was never released as a single, it reached #30 on "Billboard's" Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in 1981. [Bruce Springsteen discography] It has remained a popular song in concerts by Bruce Springsteen with the E Street Band, with 376 performances through July 2005, [ [http://www.brucesetlists.com/townlist.php The Bruce Springsteen Setlist Page ] ] and appearing on both the CD and DVD versions of "".

External links

* [http://www.brucespringsteen.net/songs/Ramrod.html Lyrics & Audio clips from Brucespringsteen.net]

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