Thunder Road

E40125
rock song song

Thunder Road is a critically acclaimed 1975 rock song by Bruce Springsteen that opens his album "Born to Run" and is celebrated for its cinematic storytelling and anthemic sound.

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Label Occurrences
Thunder Road canonical 8

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf rock song ⓘ
song ⓘ
album Born to Run ⓘ
artist Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
associatedWithTheme American working-class life ⓘ
character Mary ⓘ
unnamed male narrator ⓘ
composer Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception critically acclaimed ⓘ
describedAs anthemic ⓘ
cinematic ⓘ
featuresBand E Street Band ⓘ
genre heartland rock ⓘ
rock ⓘ
hasInstrument drums ⓘ
guitar ⓘ
harmonica ⓘ
piano ⓘ
saxophone ⓘ
hasLiveVersionOn Hammersmith Odeon London ’75 ⓘ
Live 1975–85 ⓘ
hasPart harmonica introduction ⓘ
piano introduction ⓘ
saxophone solo ⓘ
hasSection slow intro building to full-band climax ⓘ
includedIn Bruce Springsteen concert setlists ⓘ
language English ⓘ
listedOn Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ⓘ
livePerformanceStapleFor Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
lyricist Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
narrativeFocus escape and redemption ⓘ
romantic relationship ⓘ
notablePerformer Clarence Clemons ⓘ
openingTrackOf Born to Run ⓘ
partOf Born to Run ⓘ
performer Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
producer Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
Jon Landau ⓘ
Mike Appel ⓘ
recordedIn 1975 ⓘ
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1975-08-25 ⓘ
releaseYear 1975 ⓘ
tempo moderate ⓘ
titleInspiredBy Thunder Road (1958 film) ⓘ
trackNumber 1 ⓘ
writer Bruce Springsteen ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Bruce Springsteen → notableWork → Thunder Road ⓘ
Born to Run → hasPart → Thunder Road ⓘ
Springsteen on Broadway → notableSongPerformed → Thunder Road ⓘ
documentary film "Bruce Springsteen: Born to Run" → featuresSong → Thunder Road ⓘ
subject surface form: Bruce Springsteen: Born to Run
Live/1975–85 → includesSong → Thunder Road ⓘ
Hammersmith Odeon London ’75 → featuresSong → Thunder Road ⓘ
Greatest Hits → includesSong → Thunder Road ⓘ
Mary → appearsInWork → Thunder Road ⓘ
subject surface form: Mary (Thunder Road character)