Ramrod (Bruce Springsteen song)

{{Short description|1980 song by Bruce Springsteen}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Ramrod

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| artist = Bruce Springsteen

| album = The River

| released = October 17, 1980

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| recorded = June 12, 1979

| studio = Power Station, New York City

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| genre = Rock

| length = 4:05

| label = Columbia Records

| writer = Bruce Springsteen

| producer = Jon Landau, Bruce Springsteen, Steven Van Zandt

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"Ramrod" is a song written and performed by Bruce Springsteen for his fifth album, The River, released in 1980. It was recorded at The Power Station in New York on June 12, 1979.[http://brucebase.wikidot.com/stats:the-river-studio-sessions|Brucebase, On The Tracks: The River] The song was written and originally recorded on September 12, 1977, for Springsteen's Darkness on the Edge of Town album, but that recording was not used for its release on The River.{{cite book|title=Born to Run: The Bruce Springsteen Story|author=Marsh, Dave|year=1981|page=[https://archive.org/details/borntorunbrucesp00mars/page/275 275]|isbn=0-440-10694-X|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/borntorunbrucesp00mars/page/275}}

Although "Ramrod" was never released as the A-side of a single, it reached #30 on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in 1981.{{cite web|title=Bruce Springsteen Charts & Awards|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bruce-springsteen-p5505/charts-awards/billboard-singles|publisher=Allmusic|access-date=2011-10-30}} It has remained a popular song in concerts by Bruce Springsteen with the E Street Band, with about 410 performances through 2008, and appearing on both the CD and DVD versions of Live in New York City.

In the Netherlands, "Ramrod" was released as the B-side of the "Point Blank" single in 1981.{{cite web|title=Dutch Charts|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Bruce+Springsteen&titel=Point+Blank&cat=s|publisher=dutchcharts.nl|access-date=2011-09-21}} In other countries it was released as the B-side of "The River".{{cite web|title=Bruce Springsteen: The River|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Bruce+Springsteen&titel=The+River&cat=s|publisher=dutchcharts.nl|access-date=2011-11-06}}