Streets of Philadelphia (version 1b)

~ Recording by Bruce Springsteen

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1Streets of Philadelphia4:17Bruce SpringsteenPhiladelphia: Music From the Motion Picture (Canadian music club release distributed by Columbia House)Various ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
Columbia House (direct‐mailing distributor of club editions of releases), Epic Soundtrax900860T, CEK 57624
1.1Streets of Philadelphia4:18Bruce SpringsteenPhiladelphia: Music From the Motion PictureVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • DE1994-01-05
Epic Soundtrax474998 2
1.2Streets of Philadelphia4:14Bruce SpringsteenThe All Time Greatest Movie Songs, Volume 1Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1999-04-08
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)493330 2
1.3Streets of Philadelphia4:15Bruce SpringsteenThe All Time Greatest Movie Songs, Volume TwoVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1999-11-01
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Sony Music TVMOODCD67
2.2Streets of Philadelphia4:14Bruce SpringsteenAll Time Greatest Movie SongsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment), Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)9908-03
1.10Streets of Philadelphia4:13Bruce SpringsteenSony Card Collection – SoundtrackVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Premium Products (logo has a 5-pointed star within a box)981.724
2.2Streets of Philadelphia4:15Bruce SpringsteenB.S.O. Banda sonora original: Las mejores canciones de las mejores películasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008)
2.3Streets of Philadelphia4:14Bruce SpringsteenBest of Bruce Springsteen (black vinyl)Bruce SpringsteenAlbum + Compilation
  • US2024-04-19
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)19658862451
2.3Streets of Philadelphia4:14Bruce SpringsteenBest of Bruce Springsteen (Jersey devil red vinyl)Bruce SpringsteenAlbum + Compilation
  • US2024-04-19
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)19658862451
1.12Streets of Philadelphia4:14Bruce SpringsteenBest of Bruce SpringsteenBruce SpringsteenAlbum + Compilation
  • JP2024-04-19
Sony Records International (Japanese TEXTLESS boxed Walking Eye imprint)SICP 6571
1.12Streets of Philadelphia4:14Bruce SpringsteenBest of Bruce SpringsteenBruce SpringsteenAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2024-04-19
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)19658862462
1.21Streets of Philadelphia4:14Bruce SpringsteenBest of Bruce Springsteen (expanded edition)Bruce SpringsteenAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2024-04-19
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)
1.12Streets of Philadelphia4:14Bruce SpringsteenBest of Bruce SpringsteenBruce SpringsteenAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2024-04-19
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)19658862462
2.3Streets of Philadelphia4:14Bruce SpringsteenBest of Bruce Springsteen (black vinyl)Bruce SpringsteenAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2024-04-19
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)19658862451
2.3Streets of Philadelphia4:14Bruce SpringsteenBest of Bruce Springsteen (highway yellow vinyl)Bruce SpringsteenAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2024-04-19
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)19658862451
2.3Streets of Philadelphia4:14Bruce SpringsteenBest of Bruce Springsteen (limited edition atlantic blue vinyl)Bruce SpringsteenAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2024-04-19
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)19658869901
2.3Streets of Philadelphia4:14Bruce SpringsteenBest of Bruce Springsteen (Jersey devil red vinyl)Bruce SpringsteenAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2024-04-19
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)19658862701
2.3Streets of Philadelphia4:14Bruce SpringsteenBest of Bruce Springsteen (limited edition atlantic blue vinyl, 12x12 inch art print)Bruce SpringsteenAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2024-04-19
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)19658869901
1.12Streets of Philadelphia4:14Bruce SpringsteenBest of Bruce SpringsteenBruce SpringsteenAlbum + Compilation
  • US2024-04-19
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)19658862462
1.14Streets of Philadelphia4:12Bruce SpringsteenSpotlight on Hits! Pop, Volume 17Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.11Streets of Philadelphia4:18Bruce SpringsteenTM Century: GoldDisc 263Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Promotion
1.12Streets of Philadelphia4:14Bruce SpringsteenBest of Bruce SpringsteenBruce SpringsteenAlbum + Compilation
  • JP2024-04-19
Sony Records International (Japanese TEXTLESS boxed Walking Eye imprint)SICP 6571
Bootleg
1.18Streets of Philadelphia4:14Bruce SpringsteenAnother Side of Bruce SpringsteenBruce SpringsteenAlbum + Compilation
  • -1994
Red Robin Records (German (?) bootleg label)ROB-1037
1.18Streets of Philadelphia4:11Bruce SpringsteenBacksidesBruce SpringsteenAlbum + Compilation
[no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases)CD 8300
1.18Streets of Philadelphia4:14Bruce SpringsteenAnother Side of Bruce SpringsteenBruce SpringsteenAlbum + Compilation
Columbus (Columbia bootlegs)COL CD 35D56
1.5Streets of Philadelphia4:16Bruce SpringsteenRock Ballads, Volume 4Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation[no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases)1995006
(unknown)
1.1Streets of Philadelphia?:??Bruce SpringsteenMusic from the MoviesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
St. Clair (subsidiary of St. Clair Entertainment Group, Inc.)SHO19122

Relationships

engineer:Toby Scott
producer:Chuck Plotkin
Bruce Springsteen
mixer:Bob Clearmountain
instruments:Bruce Springsteen
background vocals:Tommy Sims (r&b, ccm)
lead vocals:Bruce Springsteen
recorded at:Thrill Hill West (Springsteen’s home studio in Beverly Hills) in Beverly Hills, California, United States
part of:A.V. Club: 15 Songs That Make Diseases (Real and Imaginary) Rock (number: 9) (order: 9)
recording of:Streets of Philadelphia (in 1993-09)

Streets of Philadelphia

publisher:Bruce Springsteen
lyricist and composer:Bruce Springsteen (in 1993-08)
publisher:Zomba Music Publishing Ltd.
later translated versions:Els carrers de Filadèlfia
I dene Schtrasse da
later versions:Les Rues de Philadelphie