| ROCKY GROUND - V1 | 4:40 | WRECKING |
| ROCKY GROUND - V2 - modern mix | 3:22 | 2012 single |
Note: Among the earliest of the Wrecking Ball songs to be written. Springsteen has stated it was originally written for a movie. Features Springsteen, Aniello (some combination of guitar, bass, keyboards, drums, percussion, and/or loops), Charlie Giordano (piano, B3 organ), Curt Ramm (trumpet, cornet), Clark Gayton (trombone), Stan Harrison (clarinet, alto sax, tenor sax), Ed Manion (tenor and baritone sax), Dan Levine (alto horn, euphonium), Art Baron (euphonium, tuba, sousaphone, penny whistle), Michelle Moore (backing vocal), and the Victorious Gospel Choir. The recording includes samples of "I'm A Soldier In The Army Of The Lord", a traditional gospel song performed by Congregation Of The Church Of God In Christ and recorded by Alan Lomax in 1942. V2 is the "modern mix" released on Springsteen's official website in June, 2012.