Racing in the Street

E216539

musical work song

"Racing in the Street" is a reflective, piano-driven Bruce Springsteen song known for its poignant portrayal of working-class dreams and disillusionment.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Racing in the Street canonical	3
Racing in the Street ('78 version)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	musical work ⓘ song ⓘ
album	Darkness on the Edge of Town ⓘ
artist	Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
composer	Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
criticalReception	widely acclaimed by music critics ⓘ
describedAs	piano-driven ballad ⓘ reflective ⓘ
featuresCharacter	blue-collar protagonist ⓘ protagonist's girlfriend ⓘ
genre	heartland rock ⓘ rock ⓘ
hasInstrumentation	bass guitar ⓘ drums ⓘ guitar ⓘ organ ⓘ piano ⓘ
hasLiveVersion	Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band: Live in New York City ⓘ surface form: Racing in the Street (live performances by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band)
hasVersion	Racing in the Street self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Racing in the Street ('78 version)
includedInTour	Born in the U.S.A. ⓘ surface form: Born in the U.S.A. Tour Darkness on the Edge of Town Tour ⓘ Magic Tour ⓘ Reunion Tour ⓘ The River Tour 2016 ⓘ surface form: The River Tour Tunnel of Love Express Tour ⓘ Wrecking Ball Tour ⓘ
influencedWork	subsequent Bruce Springsteen ballads about working-class life ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
lyricist	Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
mood	melancholic ⓘ
narrativeTheme	disillusionment ⓘ lost dreams ⓘ street racing ⓘ working-class life ⓘ
partOfAlbum	Darkness on the Edge of Town ⓘ
performedBy	E Street Band ⓘ surface form: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
performer	Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
producer	Bruce Springsteen ⓘ Chuck Plotkin ⓘ Jon Landau ⓘ Steven Van Zandt ⓘ
recordingPeriod	1977 ⓘ 1978 ⓘ
recordLabel	Columbia Records ⓘ
releaseDate	1978-06-02 ⓘ
side	Side two ⓘ
tempo	slow ⓘ
trackNumber	5 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Darkness on the Edge of Town → hasPart → Racing in the Street ⓘ

Racing in the Street → hasVersion → Racing in the Street self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Racing in the Street ('78 version)

Live/1975–85 → includesSong → Racing in the Street ⓘ

Bruce Springsteen album "Darkness on the Edge of Town" → hasTrack → Racing in the Street ⓘ

subject surface form: Darkness on the Edge of Town