The River (song)

E753461
single song

"The River" is a 1980 rock ballad by Bruce Springsteen, noted for its haunting storytelling about working-class struggles and lost dreams.

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Label Occurrences
The River (song) canonical 2
The River (1980 studio album) 1
The River (album) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album The River NERFINISHED ⓘ
artist Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
composer Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
featuresBand E Street Band NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre heartland rock ⓘ
rock ⓘ
hasCharacter Mary NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrator ⓘ
hasLiveVersionOn Live 1975–85 ⓘ
The River Tour NERFINISHED ⓘ
The River Tour 2016 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMusicStyleElement harmonica intro ⓘ
melancholic melody ⓘ
sparse arrangement ⓘ
includedIn Bruce Springsteen live setlists ⓘ
influenced subsequent Springsteen ballads ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
medium cassette ⓘ
compact disc ⓘ
digital download ⓘ
vinyl record ⓘ
narrativeForm first-person storytelling ⓘ
notableFor haunting storytelling ⓘ
social realism ⓘ
partOf The River NERFINISHED ⓘ
performer Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
producer Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
Chuck Plotkin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jon Landau NERFINISHED ⓘ
Steven Van Zandt NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordingPeriod 1979–1980 ⓘ
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1980-10-17 ⓘ
releaseYear 1980 ⓘ
setting American working-class town ⓘ
side Side two (LP) ⓘ
subjectOf critical acclaim for lyrics ⓘ
theme economic hardship ⓘ
family responsibility ⓘ
lost dreams ⓘ
marriage ⓘ
unemployment ⓘ
working-class struggles ⓘ
trackNumberOnAlbum 5 (disc one) ⓘ
writer Bruce Springsteen NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Bruce Springsteen album "The River" → hasPart → The River (song) ⓘ
subject surface form: The River
Bruce Springsteen album "The River" → notableSong → The River (song) ⓘ
subject surface form: The River
Crush on You → includedIn → The River (song) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The River (disc one)
I Wanna Marry You → includedIn → The River (song) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The River (1980 studio album)
The Price You Pay → includedIn → The River (song) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The River (disc 2)
Live/1975–85 → includesSong → The River (song) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The River (live version)
Jon Landau → notableWork → The River (song) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The River (album)