Sherry Darling

"Sherry Darling"
Single by Bruce Springsteen
from the album The River
B-side"Be True"
ReleasedFebruary 20, 1981
RecordedMay–April 1980
StudioPower Station (New York City)
GenreRock
Length4:03
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Bruce Springsteen
Producer(s)Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau, Steven Van Zandt
Bruce Springsteen singles chronology
"Fade Away"
(1981)
"Sherry Darling"
(1981)
"The River"
(1981)

"Sherry Darling" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen from his fifth studio album The River. Originally written for his previous album, 1978's Darkness on the Edge of Town, the song was rejected for not fitting that album's somber tone. The song's frat crowd noises were meant to evoke early rock and roll songs like "Louie, Louie," which similarly had loud incidental crowd noises.

Considered for single release sporadically since 1978, "Sherry Darling" was ultimately released as a single in the UK and Europe in 1981. Though not charting, the song has become a live favorite and has attracted positive reception from music writers.