Spirit in the Night

"Spirit in the Night"
Single by Bruce Springsteen
from the album Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.
B-side"For You"
ReleasedMay 1973 (1973-05)
RecordedSeptember 11, 1972 with final dubs and mixing October 26, 1972[1]
Studio914 Sound Studios, Blauvelt, New York
Genre
Length5:00
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Bruce Springsteen
Producer(s)
Bruce Springsteen singles chronology
"Blinded by the Light"
(1973)
"Spirit in the Night"
(1973)
"Born to Run"
(1975)
Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. track listing

"Spirit in the Night" is a song written and originally recorded by American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen for his debut album Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. (1973). It was also the second single released from the album. A cover version performed by Manfred Mann's Earth Band using the title "Spirits in the Night" was released on the album Nightingales and Bombers and as a Top 40 single.

  1. ^ Heylin, Clinton (2012). Springsteen Song by Song A Critical Look. New York: Penguin Group (USA) Inc. p. 14. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  2. ^ Margotin & Guesdon 2020, pp. 114–115.