Badlands
~ Song
Annotation
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Wikipedia
"Badlands" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen, released as the second single from his fourth studio album Darkness on the Edge of Town in July 1978.
Relationships
| publisher: | Bruce Springsteen (in 1978) |
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| lyricist and composer: | Bruce Springsteen (from 1977 until 1978) |
| lyrics page: | https://genius.com/Bruce-springsteen-badlands-lyrics [info] |
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| SecondHandSongs: | https://secondhandsongs.com/work/12362 [info] |
| Allmusic: | https://www.allmusic.com/song/mt0052056833 [info] |
| Songfacts: | http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=981 [info] |
| Wikidata: | Q1780563 [info] |
| work list entry: | http://brucebase.wikidot.com/stats:darkness-on-the-edge-of-town-studio-sessions#badlands [info] |
| later translated versions: | Steinland |
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Recordings
| Date | Title | Attributes | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| recordings | ||||
| 1977-06-27 – 1977-06-30 | Badlands (version 1) | Bruce Springsteen | 4:17 | |
| 1977-06-27 – 1977-07-13 | Badlands (version 2) | Bruce Springsteen | 3:44 | |
| 1977-06-27 – 1978-05-05 | Badlands (version 5) | Bruce Springsteen | 4:02 | |
| 1977-06-27 – 1978-05-05 | Badlands (mono) | Bruce Springsteen | 4:01 | |
| 1977-08-24 – 1977-08-30 | Badlands (version 3) | Bruce Springsteen | 3:46 | |
| 1978-02-22 – 1978-02-25 | Badlands (version 4a) | Bruce Springsteen | 4:05 | |
| 1978-05-19 | Badlands (rehearsal, 1978‐05‐19: Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park, NJ, USA) | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 4:26 | |
| 1978-05-19 | Badlands (rehearsal, 1978‐05‐19: Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park, NJ, USA) | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 4:36 | |
| 1978-05-19 | Badlands (rehearsal, 1978‐05‐19: Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park, NJ, USA; take #2) | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? | |
| 1978-05-19 | Badlands (rehearsal, 1978‐05‐19: Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park, NJ, USA; take #1) | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? | |
| 1978-05-23 | Badlands (live, 1978‐05‐23: Shea’s Buffalo Theatre, Buffalo, NY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1978-05-24 | Badlands (live, 1978‐05‐24: Palace Theatre, Albany, NY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1978-05-24 | Badlands (live, 1978‐05‐24: Palace Theatre, Albany, NY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1978-05-31 | Badlands (live, 1978‐05‐31: Music Hall, Boston, MA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1978-05-31 | Badlands (live, 1978‐05‐31: Music Hall, Boston, MA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1978-05-31 | Badlands (live, 1978‐05‐31: Music Hall, Boston, MA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1978-06-08 | Badlands (live, 1978‐06‐08: Dane County Memorial Coliseum, Madison, WI, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1978-06-16 | Badlands (live, 1978‐06‐16: Memorial Hall, Kansas City, KS, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1978-06-24 | Badlands (live, 1978‐06‐24: Paramount Theatre, Portland, OR, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1978-06-25 | Badlands (live, 1978‐06‐25: Paramount Northwest Theatre, Seattle, WA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1978-06-25 | Badlands (live, 1978‐06‐25: Paramount Northwest Theatre, Seattle, WA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1978-06-25 | Badlands (live, 1978‐06‐25: Paramount Northwest Theatre, Seattle, WA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1978-07-01 | Badlands (live, 1978‐07‐01: Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, CA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1978-07-01 | Badlands (live, 1978‐07‐01: Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, CA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 5:35 |
| 1978-07-01 | Badlands (live, 1978‐07‐01: Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, CA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1978-07-05 | Badlands (live, 1978‐07‐05: The Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1978-07-05 | Badlands (live, 1978‐07‐05: The Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1978-07-05 | Badlands (live, 1978‐07‐05: The Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1978-07-07 | Badlands (live, 1978‐07‐07: The Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, CA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 5:23 |
| 1978-07-07 | Badlands (live, 1978‐07‐07: The Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, CA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 5:30 |
| 1978-07-07 | Badlands (live, 1978‐07‐07: The Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, CA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1978-07-07 | Badlands (live, 1978‐07‐07: The Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, CA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 5:22 |
| 1978-07-07 | Badlands (live, 1978‐07‐07: The Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, CA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 4:45 |
| 1978-07-07 | Badlands (live, 1978‐07‐07: The Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, CA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 2:58 |
| 1978-07-07 | Badlands (live, 1978‐07‐07: The Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, CA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1978-07-07 | Badlands (live, 1978‐07‐07: The Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, CA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1978-07-07 | Badlands (live, 1978‐07‐07: The Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, CA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 5:11 |
| 1978-07-07 | Badlands (live, 1978‐07‐07: The Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, CA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 5:37 |
| 1978-07-07 | Badlands (live, 1978‐07‐07: The Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, CA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 5:23 |
| 1978-07-08 | Badlands (live, 1978‐07‐08: Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Phoenix, AZ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1978-07-08 | Badlands (live, 1978‐07‐08: Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Phoenix, AZ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 4:45 |
| 1978-07-29 | Badlands (live, 1978‐07‐29: Bayfront Center Arena, St. Petersburg, FL, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1978-08-04 | Badlands (live, 1978‐08‐04: Charleston Civic Center, Charleston, WV, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 4:44 |
| 1978-08-04 | Badlands (live, 1978‐08‐04: Charleston Civic Center, Charleston, WV, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 4:46 |
| 1978-08-04 | Badlands (live, 1978‐08‐04: Charleston Civic Center, Charleston, WV, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1978-08-05 | Badlands (live, 1978‐08‐05: Louisville Gardens, Louisville, KY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1978-08-09 | Badlands (live, 1978‐08‐09: The Agora, Cleveland, OH, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 4:37 |
| 1978-08-09 | Badlands (live, 1978‐08‐09: The Agora, Cleveland, OH, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 4:44 |
| 1978-08-09 | Badlands (live, 1978‐08‐09: The Agora, Cleveland, OH, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1978-08-09 | Badlands (live, 1978‐08‐09: The Agora, Cleveland, OH, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1978-08-09 | Badlands (live, 1978‐08‐09: The Agora, Cleveland, OH, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 4:49 |
| 1978-08-09 | Badlands (live, 1978‐08‐09: The Agora, Cleveland, OH, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 4:22 |
| 1978-08-09 | Badlands | live | Bruce Springsteen | 4:36 |
| 1978-08-09 | Badlands (live, 1978‐08‐09: The Agora, Cleveland, OH, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 4:46 |
| 1978-08-09 | Badlands (live, 1978‐08‐09: The Agora, Cleveland, OH, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 4:46 |
| 1978-08-09 | Badlands (live, 1978‐08‐09: The Agora, Cleveland, OH, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 4:31 |
| 1978-08-09 | Badlands (live, 1978‐08‐09: The Agora, Cleveland, OH, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1978-08-09 | Badlands (live, 1978‐08‐09: The Agora, Cleveland, OH, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1978-08-09 | Badlands (live, 1978‐08‐09: The Agora, Cleveland, OH, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 4:50 |
| 1978-08-09 | Badlands (live, 1978‐08‐09: The Agora, Cleveland, OH, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 4:48 |
| 1978-08-09 | Badlands (live, 1978‐08‐09: The Agora, Cleveland, OH, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 4:43 |
| 1978-08-09 | Badlands (live, 1978‐08‐09: The Agora, Cleveland, OH, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 4:45 |
| 1978-08-18 | Badlands (live, 1978‐08‐18: Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1978-08-18 | Badlands (live, 1978‐08‐18: Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1978-08-19 | Badlands (live, 1978‐08‐19: Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 5:00 |
| 1978-08-21 | Badlands (live, 1978‐08‐21: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1978-08-22 | [interview with parts of Spirit in the Night and Badlands] | live and partial | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1978-08-22 | Badlands (live, 1978‐08‐22: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1978-08-23 | Badlands (live, 1978‐08‐23: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1978-09-01 | Badlands (live, 1978‐09‐01: Masonic Temple Theatre, Detroit, MI, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 4:38 |
| 1978-09-01 | Badlands (live, 1978‐09‐01: Masonic Temple Theatre, Detroit, MI, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 4:26 |
| 1978-09-01 | Badlands (live, 1978‐09‐01: Masonic Temple Theatre, Detroit, MI, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 4:34 |
| 1978-09-01 | Badlands (live, 1978‐09‐01: Masonic Temple Theatre, Detroit, MI, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1978-09-01 | Badlands (live, 1978‐09‐01: Masonic Temple Theatre, Detroit, MI, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 4:45 |
| 1978-09-03 | Badlands (live, 1978‐09‐03: Saginaw Civic Center, Saginaw, MI, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1978-09-03 | Badlands (live, 1978‐09‐03: Saginaw Civic Center, Saginaw, MI, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1978-09-03 | Badlands (live, 1978‐09‐03: Saginaw Civic Center, Saginaw, MI, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1978-09-03 | Badlands (live, 1978‐09‐03: Saginaw Civic Center, Saginaw, MI, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1978-09-17 | Badlands (live, 1978‐09‐17: Palladium, New York City, NY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1978-09-17 | Badlands (live, 1978‐09‐17: Palladium, New York City, NY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1978-09-19 | [stage introduction] / Badlands (live, 1978‐09‐19: Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 5:52 |
| 1978-09-19 | Badlands (live, 1978‐09‐19: Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 5:02 |
| 1978-09-19 | Badlands (live, 1978‐09‐19: Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 5:43 |
| 1978-09-19 | Badlands (live, 1978‐09‐19: Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 5:36 |
| 1978-09-19 | Badlands (live, 1978‐09‐19: Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 5:39 |
| 1978-09-19 | Badlands (live, 1978‐09‐19: Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 5:00 |
| 1978-09-19 | Badlands (live, 1978‐09‐19: Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band | 5:27 |
| 1978-09-19 | Badlands (live, 1978‐09‐19: Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 5:02 |
| 1978-09-19 | Badlands (live, 1978‐09‐19: Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 5:50 |
| 1978-09-19 | Badlands (live, 1978‐09‐19: Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 5:01 |
| 1978-09-19 | Badlands (live, 1978‐09‐19: Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1978-09-19 | Badlands (live, 1978‐09‐19: Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 4:57 |
| 1978-09-19 | Badlands (live, 1978‐09‐19: Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1978-09-19 | Badlands (live, 1978‐09‐19: Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1978-09-19 | Badlands (live, 1978‐09‐19: Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1978-09-19 | Badlands (live, 1978‐09‐19: Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1978-09-19 | Badlands (live, 1978‐09‐19: Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 5:48 |
| 1978-09-19 | Badlands (live, 1978‐09‐19: Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 5:20 |
| 1978-09-19 | Badlands (live, 1978‐09‐19: Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1978-09-20 | Badlands (live, 1978‐09‐20: Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
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