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"Spirit in the Night" is a song written and originally recorded by American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen for his debut album Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. (1973). It was also the second single released from the album.
The album was released January 5, 1973, by Columbia Records to average sales but a positive critical reception. Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. first charted in the United Kingdom on June 15, 1985, in the wake of Springsteen's Born in the U.S.A. tour arriving in Britain; it remained in the top 100 for ten weeks. [ 2 ]
"For You" was recorded at 914 Sound Studios in Blauvelt, New York on June 27, 1972, the same day as the rest of the album except "Blinded by the Light" and "Spirit in the Night". [1] Musicians participating in these sessions included future E Street Band members David Sancious, Garry Tallent and Vini Lopez. [1] It is a climactic, percussion ...
The song came about when Columbia Records president Clive Davis, upon listening to an early version of Greetings from Asbury Park N.J., felt the album lacked a potential single. Springsteen wrote this and "Spirit in the Night" in response. According to Springsteen, he wrote the song by going through a rhyming dictionary in search of appropriate ...
David Bowie recorded a version of "It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City" in late 1973 during the sessions for his album Diamond Dogs (1974). It remained unreleased until 1989, when it was included on the box set Sound + Vision. Bowie had previously taped renditions of Springsteen's other Greetings songs "Growin' Up" and "Spirit in the Night".
Spirit in the Dark is the seventeenth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, released on August 24, 1970, by Atlantic Records.It received critical acclaim, but was met with middling sales, despite having two hit singles, "Don't Play That Song (You Lied)", which peaked at #1 R&B, #11 on the Hot 100, and "Spirit in the Dark", peaking at #3 R&B and #23 Hot 100, in Billboard magazine.
"Growin' Up" is a song by American musician Bruce Springsteen from his 1973 album Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.. It is a moderately paced tune, concerning an adolescence as a rebellious New Jersey teen, with lyrics [4] written in the first-person. The lyrics feature a chorus that is progressively modified as the song continues, with the ...
On the Canadian RPM Magazine Top 100 charts, the album reached #49 and was in the top 100 for 10 weeks. [6] "Nature's Way" became one of Spirit's signature songs, but was not a big hit at the time, peaking at #111 on the Billboard pop charts in 1971. To capitalize on the album's enduring appeal, "Mr. Skin" (the B-side of "Nature's Way") was ...