Cover Me (song)

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Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Cover Me
  UK 16 10/06/1984 (7 weeks)
  US 7th 08/11/1984 (20 weeks)

Cover Me is a song by Bruce Springsteen from the year 1984 that he and Steven Van Zandt , Jon Landau was written and Chuck Plotkin.

history

The song is one of the first recorded songs on Born in the USA and was the second song on the album to be released as a single. Bruce Springsteen originally wanted to pass it on to Donna Summer , but instead gave her the song Protection , but Springsteen's manager Jon Landau decided that the song should go in the direction of hard rock . It was published on July 31, 1984.

Track list

7 ″ single

  1. Cover Me - 3:26
  2. Jersey Girl ( Tom Waits ) (Live at the Meadowlands, Jul 9, 1981) - 6:40

12 ″ single

  1. Cover Me (Undercover Mix) - 6:09
  2. Cover Me (Dub I) - 4:02
  3. Cover Me (Radio Mix) - 3:46
  4. Cover Me (Dub II) - 4:15

CD single (1988)

  1. Cover Me - 3:26
  2. Pink Cadillac - 3:33

Cover versions

literature

  • Marsh, Dave; Glory Days: Bruce Springsteen in the 1980s ; Pantheon Books; 1987 ISBN 0-394-54668-7 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Charts UK Charts US