Be True

"Be True"
Single by Bruce Springsteen
A-side"Fade Away"
Released1981 (1981)
RecordedJuly 18, 1979
StudioPower Station, New York City
GenrePop rock[1][2]
Length3:43
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Bruce Springsteen
Producer(s)Jon Landau, Bruce Springsteen, Steven Van Zandt

"Be True" is a song by Bruce Springsteen. It was recorded on July 18, 1979 at The Power Station in New York in one of the early recording sessions for Bruce Springsteen's album The River. It was not released on the album, but in 1981 it was released as the B-side to the single release of "Fade Away", a song taken from The River album. According to Springsteen, "Be True" was left off The River album in favor of the song "Crush on You", a decision he has a hard time understanding in retrospect.[3] Springsteen was already second guessing his decision to exclude "Be True" from The River before the album was even released.[4]

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  2. ^ "Zambo's Place: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN the Ties That Bind: The River Collection". 24 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Setlists: 2009 (Back in the U.S.A.) August 19 / Comcast Theatre / Hartford, CT". Backstreets.com. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
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