Jersey Girl - Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band - w/lyrics

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The song, performed by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, was released as the B-side of the 1984 single "Cover Me". Springsteen slightly rewrote it to replace a Waits line about "whores on Eighth Avenue" with "the girls out on the avenue", and added a verse about taking "that little brat of yours and drop[ping] her off at your mom's" (This line was originally written for "Party Lights", an out-take from The River, which was not officially released until 2015). The July 9, 1981, performance from this stand was used on the "Cover Me" release. A few weeks later on August 24, Waits joined Springsteen on-stage at the Los Angeles Sports Arena to perform the song together. The July 9 performance of "Jersey Girl" was used as the closing track of Springsteen's 1986 box set Live/1975-85, as Springsteen and producer Jon Landau felt it accurately represented the final phase of the loose story arc that connected the songs on the album together.

"Jersey Girl" would become a Springsteen favorite, played often in New Jersey and sometimes Philadelphia shows during the 1980s and early 1990s. Its appearances then became even rarer, being picked to open the last of 15 Meadowlands shows in 1999 on the Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Reunion Tour – as what The New York Times termed "a reward for [the fans'] faith and perseverance," close the last of 10 shows at New Jersey's Giants Stadium in 2003 on The Rising Tour, and be the next-to-last song in the three-show run at Giants Stadium in 2008 on the Magic Tour. The song was played as the first fan requested song at his October 3, 2009, show and was the final song performed during the last October 9, 2009, show before the demolition of Giants Stadium.

Because the Springsteen version of the song was more played on radio and because Springsteen was often associated with New Jersey, it was not unusual for people to mistakenly think Springsteen had written it.

The song is sometimes erroneously associated with the "Jersey Girl" cultural stereotype, but in fact it makes no mention of most of the traits — such as big hair — usually associated with that stereotype. One writer for The New York Times stated that "the Jersey girl, the one Tom Waits and Bruce Springsteen sing about, knows she'll get what she wants," and listed Springsteen's wife Patti Scialfa and Governor of New Jersey Christine Todd Whitman as examples that befit the song.

"Jersey Girl" is a song composed and originally sung by American singer-songwriter Tom Waits from his 1980 album Heartattack and Vine.
Waits wrote the song for his future wife Kathleen Brennan, who had been living in New Jersey.

Waits said in a 1980 interview that, "I never thought I would catch myself saying 'sha la la' in a song ... This is my first experiment with 'sha la la. '"Waits' recording includes drums, bass, guitar, keyboards, and glockenspiel, in an arrangement that captures the feeling of the seashore by way of "Under the Boardwalk" or "Spanish Harlem".
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Though not born here but having lived here for 43 years, made me feel that New Jersey is my home . Tried to move to another state but every time I start thinking about it ….. I am feeling homesick already . Love love this song, reminds me of my youth and prime years .

anne
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Another song to make me cry and smile simultaneously. I met my Jersey Girl almost 50 years ago, in September 1973, when I didn't know squat about New Jersey (we met in San Francisco where she was in school) I She had lived in several places in the state, including Asbury Park (she knew Bruce's wife Patty in high school). We had been married over 47 years when she passed away 5 months ago. I need to make a trip down the shore soon to scatter some of her ashes on the beach at Asbury. Thanks for accompanying my tears, Bruce. And thanks for posting this, Keith.

jcavilia
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This song brings me tears of hope and joy

RockkYourLife
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may be is 'couse I'm getting older but this song made me cry, for some deepest reason for sure. May be we didn't spend so much saturday nights but those were quite a few for love you with this intensity that I still remember you.

el_nestorvgc
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Przepiękny głos. Jak zawsze. I Nie powtarzalny! 🇵🇱❤️

liliannamatuszewska
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Perfect melody
Perfect voice
Perfect lyrics
Whats not to love?

I remember this song at my wedding reception and never forgot it💞

herryngidi
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I'll always be a Jersey girl no matter where I live

carolludlow
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Wahnsinn was für ein super schönes lied. Gänsehaut von a bis z. Grüße aus deutschland aus dem schönen Bergheim ❤

thomasengelberth
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He captures the essence of the New Jersey summer shore experience. Sung by Bruce Springsteen but written by Tom Waits, from Pomona, California. Amazing!

joannedecarolis
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Perfect song. My favorite Springsteen song is this definetly. Tom Waits is perfect writer but Bruce voice is...
I don't know, very diffrent vibe. Thank you for this video by the way.

TonyMontana-rotg
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I'm a jersey girl, born and bred. I want to come home to my beach!!!! But I'm stuck in Sierra vista. AZ and I truly hate it here. We don't even have a an Italian restaurant for 35 years! No Bruce. No beach, no Pork roll, no brutal Honesty. I'm living in with nothing but sand and no water.

Nancy-befr
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Class song. I’ve got a class jersey girl also.so lucky.

keithwatkinson
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Great video of one of Bruce's classic songs. Brings back lots of memories of the 1980s. Miss those days!

irhoghead
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By far the BEST Video of this song... GREAT JOB!!!

eerreennee
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I'm spanish but my sister in law lives there, I was in New Jersey with my wife one month ago and I spent one of my BEST holidays there...New Jersey and Atlantic City, I can't forget the warm and good people who lives there❤

JosémanuelFernandez-ep
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MAN!! I was looking forward to that 🎷😎 sax Solo by The Big Man... really disappointed 😔

NorbertoFontanez
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I'm from woodlynne New Jersey. Mike Gallagher I love this song

alyssagallagher
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Singing Sha la la la.... Makes me miss the East Coast! Cute version and the sax is incredible... Love it!💃🤸‍♀️🎇🎈🃏🎠🎡♥

dianewood
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Cuando ví la película "Jersey Girl" de Ben Affleck me conmovió porque en esos años me quedé con mi hija y era la última rola que aparece en esa cinta y no saben lo que significó para mí respecto a no irme con los amigos a tomar o cotorrear o tener alguna relación amorosa con alguna mujer porque mi hija me necesitaba para TODO. Eso fué allá por 2006 y llevo con profunda nostalgia todo ese hermoso y corto pasaje con la vida de mi hija que hoy 2024 ya se fué de mi lado a formar su propio proyecto de vida 😢.

alejandrosimongonzales
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Don't think I have never heard this song before thanks Judy

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