Track 16 of Greatest Hits, 1995.
- Greatest Hits (1995)
- Bruce Springsteen: vocals, guitar
- Roy Bittan: piano, synthesizer, backing vocals
- Clarence Clemons: saxophone, percussion, backing vocals
- Danny Federici: organ, synthesizer, backing vocals
- Garry Tallent: bass, backing vocals
- Steven Van Zandt: guitar, backing vocals
- Max Weinberg: drums, backing vocals
Performed multiple times during the following shows:
Released on Greatest Hits (1995) and The Essential (2015).
Live versions are released on Hungry Heart (Single, 1995) (recorded April 5, 1995), Blood Brothers (EP, 1996) (recorded February 21, 1995), and Live In New York City (2001) (recorded July 1, 2000).
Live versions are available on the following 32 official live downloads:
- 2017-02-02 AAMI Park, Melbourne, Australia
- 2017-01-30 Adelaide Entertainment Centre, Adelaide, Australia
- 2017-01-27 Perth Arena, Perth, Australia
- 2017-01-25 Perth Arena, Perth, Australia
- 2016-08-28 United Center, Chicago, IL
- 2016-07-31 Letzigrund, Zurich, Switzerland
- 2016-06-25 Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden
- 2016-06-22 Telia Parken, Copenhagen, Denmark
- 2016-06-17 Olympiastadion, Munich, Germany
- 2016-06-03 Ricoh Arena, Coventry, England
- 2016-06-01 Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland
- 2016-05-29 Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland
- 2016-05-25 Etihad Stadium, Manchester, England
- 2016-05-17 Estadio Anoeta, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
- 2014-05-18 Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT
- 2014-02-22 Hope Estate, Hunter Valley, Australia
- 2014-02-07 Perth Arena, Perth, Australia
- 2014-02-01 FNB Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa
- 2012-11-12 Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, MN
- 2008-08-21 Sommet Center, Nashville, TN
- 2000-07-01 Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY
- 2000-06-27 Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY
- 2000-05-22 Arrowhead Pond Of Anaheim, Anaheim, CA
- 1999-10-23 Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA
- 1999-09-30 United Center, Chicago, IL
- 1999-09-25 First Union Center, Philadelphia, PA
- 1999-07-18 Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford, NJ
- 1999-07-15 Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford, NJ
- 1997-05-18 Palais Des Congrès Acropolis, Nice, France
- 1996-09-25 E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall, Akron, OH
- 1996-03-19 King's Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland
- 1995-12-09 Tower Theater, Upper Darby, Philadelphia, PA
MURDER INCORPORATED - V1a | 4:03 | MI / GS / MILM / LM-19 / TDB / UH |
MURDER INCORPORATED - V1b | 4:27 | RTT |
MURDER INCORPORATED - V1c | 4:22 | RTT / THLBP / THLBB |
MURDER INCORPORATED - V1d | 4:13 | private cdr |
MURDER INCORPORATED - V1e | 3:59 | MI / GS / MILM / UH |
MURDER INCORPORATED - V1f | 3:52 | GREATEST / ESSENTIAL: 2015 / 1995 single |
Note: Recorded at Power Station by Toby Scott on May 3–4, 1982 and considered for an early album track listing as the second song, to follow "Born In The U.S.A". According to Brian Hiatt in The Stories Behind The Songs, "Murder Incorporated" was rehearsed in Roy Bittan's living room, and a tape of that rehearsal is highly admired by Max Weinberg: "the best version I've ever heard," he told Hiatt. All of the above are different mixes of the same core recording. V1a has been in circulation for many years, and is the most commonly bootlegged version. V1b is the full recording, with hard stop ending. When compensated for speed and empty space, the recording found on track 3 of the LP 'This Hard Land' (Boss Productions) is V1c, found at correct pitch on 'Roll the Tracks', with no backing vocals in the first verse. V1d deletes the saxophone solo after the second verse, and V1e is an alternate mix, featuring Roy Bittan on piano. The officially released V1f was remixed by Bob Clearmountain in 1994 for the Greatest Hits album. It includes the saxophone solo, but fades out earlier than the outtakes, explaining the ten second difference in track length. Inclusion on a six-CD sampler dated from June 1998 indicates that the song was considered for Tracks. This is peculiar, since the original 1982 recording had already been issued at this point, and no further recordings are known.
Studio Sessions: Born In The U.S.A.
Murder Incorporated |
Yeah
Whoa!
Bobby's got a gun that he keeps beneath his pillow
Out on the street your chances are zero
Take a look around you (come on down)
It ain't too complicated
You're messing with Murder Incorporated
Now you check over your shoulder everywhere that you go (oh yeah)
Walking down the street, there's eyes in every shadow (oh yeah)
You better take a look around you (come on down)
That equipment you got's so outdated (come on now)
You can't compete with Murder Incorporated
Everywhere you look now, Murder Incorporated
Whoa!
So you keep a little secret down deep inside your dresser drawer
For dealing with the heat you're feeling down on the killing floor
No matter where you step you feel you're never out of danger
So the comfort that you keep's a gold-plated snub-nose thirty-two
I heard that you
You got a job downtown, man it leaves your head cold (oh yea)
And everywhere you look life ain't got no soul (oh yeah)
That apartment you live in feels like it's just a place to hide
When your're walking down the streets you won't meet no one eye to eye
Now the cops reported you as just another homicide
I can tell that you was just frustrated
From living with Murder Incorporated
(Murder) Incorporated
Everywhere you look now, Murder Incorporated
Down on your knees, Murder Incorporated
Everywhere that you turn it's murder Incorporated
Now now darling, (Murder) Incorporated
Yeah now (Murder), woo woo woo yeah…
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