Streets Of Fire

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Track 8 of Darkness On The Edge Of Town, 1978.

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Credits

• Darkness On The Edge Of Town (1978)
  • Bruce Springsteen: vocals, guitar
  • Roy Bittan: piano, backing vocals
  • Clarence Clemons: percussion, backing vocals
  • Danny Federici: organ, glockenspiel
  • Garry Tallent: bass
  • Steven Van Zandt: guitar, backing vocals
  • Max Weinberg: drums

Performances

Performed live 72 times (not including snippet performances). 2024-04-21 Nationwide Arena, Columbus, OH 2016-09-11 Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh, PA 2016-07-05 Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan, Italy 2014-02-19 AllPhones Arena, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2014-02-08 Perth Arena, Perth, Western Australia, Australia 2013-06-22 Goffertpark, Nijmegen, The Netherlands 2013-06-15 Wembley Stadium, London, England 2013-05-04 Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden 2012-12-04 Honda Center, Anaheim, CA 2012-11-26 Rogers Arena, Vancouver, BC 2012-10-27 Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh, PA 2012-09-03 Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, PA 2012-07-21 Valle Hovin Stadion, Oslo, Norway 2009-10-14 Wachovia Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA 2009-10-02 Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ 2009-07-23 Stadio Friuli, Udine, Italy 2008-08-16 North Charleston Coliseum, Charleston, SC 2008-05-07 Count Basie Theatre, Red Bank, NJ 2008-03-17 Bradley Center, Milwaukee, WI 2003-08-06 PNC Park, Pittsburgh, PA 2003-07-24 Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ 2002-11-14 Rupp Arena, Lexington, KY 1979-01-01 Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, OH 1978-12-31 Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, OH 1978-12-30 Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI 1978-12-28 Stanley Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA 1978-12-27 Stanley Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA 1978-12-20 Seattle Center Arena, Seattle, WA 1978-12-19 Paramount Theatre, Portland, OR 1978-12-15 Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, CA 1978-12-13 Tucson Community Center Arena, Tucson, AZ 1978-12-09 Dallas Convention Center Arena, Dallas, TX 1978-12-08 Summit (The), Houston, TX 1978-12-07 Special Events Center, University Of Texas, Austin, TX 1978-12-05 LSU Assembly Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 1978-12-03 SIU Arena, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 1978-12-01 Lloyd Noble Center, University Of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 1978-11-29 St. Paul Civic Center, Saint Paul, MN 1978-11-28 Dane County Memorial Coliseum, Madison, WI 1978-11-27 Mecca Arena, Milwaukee, WI 1978-11-25 Kiel Opera House, St. Louis, MO 1978-11-21 McGaw Hall, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 1978-11-20 Assembly Hall, University Of Illinois, Champaign, IL 1978-11-18 Millett Hall, Miami University, Oxford, OH 1978-11-17 Munn Ice Arena, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 1978-11-16 Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON 1978-11-14 Utica Memorial Auditorium, Utica, NY 1978-11-12 RPI Field House, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 1978-11-08 Montreal Forum, Montreal, QC 1978-11-02 Capital Centre, Largo, MD 1978-11-01 Jadwin Gymnasium, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 1978-09-29 Boutwell Memorial Auditorium, Birmingham, AL 1978-09-19 Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ 1978-09-17 Palladium, New York City, NY 1978-09-16 Palladium, New York City, NY 1978-09-13 Springfield Civic Center, Springfield, MA 1978-09-12 Onondaga County War Memorial Auditorium, Syracuse, NY 1978-09-10 Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, OH 1978-09-06 Uptown Theatre, Chicago, IL 1978-09-05 Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Columbus, OH 1978-09-03 Saginaw Civic Center, Saginaw, MI 1978-09-01 Masonic Temple Theatre, Detroit, MI 1978-08-30 Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, OH 1978-08-28 Stanley Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA 1978-08-26 Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI 1978-08-25 New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT 1978-08-23 Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY 1978-08-22 Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY 1978-08-07 Wings Stadium, Kalamazoo, MI 1978-08-01 Gaillard Municipal Auditorium, Charleston, SC 1978-07-09 San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, CA 1978-05-23 Shea's Buffalo Theatre, Buffalo, NY

Performances broken down by tour (not including rehearsals and snippet performances) Performed at 1 show(s) of 118 on the 2023-24 International Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 266 on the Springsteen On Broadway run. Performed at 0 show(s) of 14 on the Summer '17 Tour. Performed at 2 show(s) of 75 on the The River Tour 2016. Performed at 2 show(s) of 33 on the High Hopes Tour. Performed at 8 show(s) of 133 on the Wrecking Ball Tour. Performed at 3 show(s) of 83 on the Working On A Dream Tour. Performed at 2 show(s) of 99 on the Magic Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 56 on The Seeger Sessions Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 72 on the Devils & Dust Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 7 on the Vote For Change Tour. Performed at 3 show(s) of 120 on The Rising Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 132 on The Reunion Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 128 on The Ghost Of Tom Joad Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 102 on the World Tour 1992-93. Performed at 0 show(s) of 20 on the Human Rights Now! Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 67 on the Tunnel Of Love Express Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 156 on the Born In The U.S.A. Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 138 on The River Tour. Performed at 50 show(s) of 111 on the Darkness On The Edge Of Town Tour. Performed at 1 known other show(s), plus 0 public tour rehearsal(s).

Released on Album

Released on Darkness On The Edge Of Town (1978), Badlands (Single, 1978) and The Promised Land (Single, 1978).

A live version is available on playlist The Darkness Tour '78 (2023).

Released as Live Download

Live versions are available on the following 9 official live downloads:

• 2024-04-21 Nationwide Arena, Columbus, OH
• 2016-09-11 Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh, PA
• 2016-07-05 Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan, Italy
• 2014-02-19 AllPhones Arena, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
• 2014-02-08 Perth Arena, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
• 2009-10-14 Wachovia Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA
• 1978-12-15 Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, CA
• 1978-12-08 Summit (The), Houston, TX
• 1978-09-19 Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ

On The Tracks

STREETS OF FIRE - V1a	3:44	LM-2 / UP / DO-3 / AM / SOTE / ATEOD
STREETS OF FIRE - V1b	3:50	LM-3 / DDO / DO-1 / UP / DDOC / AM
STREETS OF FIRE - V1c	3:51	ODM / HOD / LUTHER / ATEOD
STREETS OF FIRE - V2	4:02	DARKNESS / PROMISE: DELUXE

Note: According to Jimmy Iovine and Jon Landau, "Streets Of Fire" was nailed early in the sessions in a live performance on June 24, 1977, with only minor overdubs added later. Springsteen says it was recorded "mostly live." The logs show that the song was also worked on at either Atlantic or Record Plant on August 24 and 30. It was sequenced as track two on side one for the aborted 'Badlands' release in October. There are no alternate versions, but the guitar solo and the vocals for the final verse and outro were overdubbed on December 6, 12 and 29, 1977 at the Record Plant, with work completed in 28 takes. Mixing was completed on April 5, 1978 by Chuck Plotkin. Of the ten final tracks, only "Something In The Night" (June 1) and "Prove It All Night" (September 16) were completed before "Streets Of Fire". "The Promised Land" gave up its spot when Bruce had Steve Van Zandt add his guitar solo in May 1978. Mixes without the December overdubs make up version 1. Note that V1b from 'Lost Masters Vol. III' and 'The Unbroken Promise' were both clocked at 3:36, because both faded in 14 seconds into the track, while V1c, 'Original Darkness Mixes' and it's clone, 'Heart Of Darkness' both had a seven second double count-in deducted, while 'Luther' only had one second of it included.

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^{Studio Sessions: Darkness On the Edge of Town}

Lyrics

Streets Of Fire

When the night's quiet and you don't care anymore
And your eyes are tired and someone at your door
And you realize you wanna let go
And the weak lies and cold walls you embrace eat at your insides
And baby I ain't no liar, I walk
Streets of fire, streets of fire, streets of fire, streets of fire

Now I'm wandering, a loser down the track
And I'm lying, but babe I can't go back
'Cause in the darkness I hear somebody call my name
And when you realize how they tricked you this time and it's all lies
But I'm strung out on the wire in these
Streets of fire, streets of fire, streets of fire
Alright

I live now, only with strangers
I talk to only strangers
I walk with angels that have no place
And don't look in my face
Don't, I'm coming home to this place
'Cause I'm stranded on the wire across
Streets of fire, streets of fire, streets of fire, streets of fire
Hmm hmm heyyy
Hmm hmm heyyy

Visit SpringsteenLyrics.com for other versions of this song.

Links

• MusicBrainz

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