For You (Bruce Springsteen song)

"For You" is a song by Bruce Springsteen from the album Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. in 1973. It was later included on the compilation album The Essential Bruce Springsteen. It has also been covered by Manfred Mann's Earth Band, The Format, and Greg Kihn.



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[hide]  *1 Lyrics and music  ==Lyrics and music[ edit] == Like most of the songs on Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J., "For You" was recorded at 914 Sound Studios in Blauvelt, New York between July and September 1972.[1]  Musicians participating in these sessions included future E Street Band members David Sancious, Garry Tallent and Vini Lopez.[1]  It is a climactic, percussion-driven song. Unlike many other songs on Springsteen's debut album, it takes the time to pace and build.[2]
 * 2 Cover versions
 * 3 Personnel
 * 4 References
 * 5 External links

The lyrics[3]  are about a woman who has attempted suicide.[4] [5]  She does not need the singer's "urgency" even though her life is "one long emergency" as Springsteen sings in the chorus (along with "and your cloud line urges me, and my electric surges free"). The singer is committed to doing anything to save her, and admires her ability to hang on.[4]  Once again, the lyrics are evocative of images and not details, and little can be said in description. ==Cover versions<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">Like "Blinded By The Light" and "Spirit in the Night" (on The Roaring Silence), this song was covered by Manfred Mann's Earth Band for their album Chance.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-mann_6-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[6]  As with Manfred Mann Earth Band's previous Springsteen covers, they used a more forceful, rockier sound in "For You" than Springsteen did.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-mann_6-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[6]  The Earth Band version built from a more temperate beginning to an explosion of sound in the bridge, and incorporates five guitars and an impressive keyboard solo by Manfred Mann 3/4 of the way into the song.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-mann_6-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[6]  The song was also included on the compilation albums The Best of Manfred Mann's Earth Bandand Blinded by the Light & Other Hits.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-mann_6-3" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[6]  However, the single release did not achieve the success of their other Springsteen covers.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">The song was also covered by Greg Kihn on his 1977 album Greg Kihn Again.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-kihn_7-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[7]  Kihn's cover received favorable comments from Springsteen.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-kihn_7-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[7]  It was also included on the compilation album Best of Kihn.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[8]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">This song was also covered by The Format for the Springsteen tribute album Light of Day. This version was also included on their B-Sides & Rarities album.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">Bruce himself transformed this into a tender piano ballad at his legendary Hammersmith 1975 show. ==Personnel<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * Bruce Springsteen - vocals, guitar
 * Vini "Mad Dog" Lopez - drums
 * Gary Tallent - bass
 * David Sancious - piano, keyboards