Ramrod (song)

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“Ramrod”

Song by Bruce Springsteen
Album	The River
Released	October 1980
Recorded	June or July 1979 at The Power Station in New York
Genre	Rock
Length	4:05
Label	Columbia Records
Writer	Bruce Springsteen
Producer	Jon Landau, Bruce Springsteen, Steven Van Zandt

"Ramrod" is a song written and performed by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band for his fifth album, The River, released in 1980. It was recorded at The Power Station in New York in June or July 1979.^[1] The song was actually written earlier and recorded for Springsteen's Darkness on the Edge of Town album, but that recording was not used for its release on The River. ^[2]

Although "Ramrod" was never released as a single, it reached #30 on Billboard's Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in 1981.^[3] It has remained a popular song in concerts by Bruce Springsteen with the E Street Band, with 376 performances through July 2005,^[4] and appearing on both the CD and DVD versions of Live in New York City.