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New Jersey has never adopted a state song. [5] [6] A resolution to declare the song "Born to Run" by Bruce Springsteen as the state song passed the Assembly, but failed the state Senate as the song's lyrics depict a desire to leave New Jersey.
The song, performed by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, was released as the B-side of the 1984 single "Cover Me". [3] Springsteen slightly rewrote it to replace a Waits line about "whores on Eighth Avenue" with "the girls out on the avenue", and added a verse about taking "that little brat of yours and drop[ping] her off at your mom's" [4] (This line was originally written for "Party ...
Notable songs about the U.S. state of New Jersey. ... Jersey Bounce; Jersey Boy; Jersey Girl (song) M. My City of Ruins; O. On the Way to Cape May; Open All Night ...
The Jonas Brothers "Five Albums.One Night.The World Tour" plays another show Dec. 7 at the Prudential Center in Newark.
Power pop band and New Jersey natives Fountains of Wayne based their name on a shop from their hometown of Wayne. [10] [22] My Chemical Romance, formed in Jersey City, New Jersey in late 2001, had a number 2 album on the Billboard 200 with their 2006 album The Black Parade.
In 1980 the New Jersey State Assembly passed a resolution naming "Born to Run" the "unofficial rock theme of our State's youth." [15] The bill failed to pass the state Senate, owing to some of the song's lyrics being about a desire to leave New Jersey. [16] [17]
Here are all the songs that were played and why they may have been chosen to represent each delegation, in order of appearance: Delaware “Higher Love,” as covered by Whitney Houston and Kygo ...
He wrote a song called "It's New Jersey", which he unsuccessfully promoted for acceptance as the official state song. [9] In 2003, New Jersey State Senators James Cafiero and Stephen M. Sweeney, both from South Jersey, introduced legislation that would make Morley's song "It's New Jersey" one of six official state songs. [10]