It was recorded on July 21, 1979, at the Power Station, in one of the first sessions for the album. "Be True" is a track from The River sessions that continued the new Springsteen tradition of using songs that did not appear on his albums as B-sides. Southside's renditions have often been of a slow, bluesy nature, accompanied only by bandmate Bobby Bandiera. Meanwhile, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes (old Van Zandt cohorts) had added "Fade Away" to his concerts from the 1980s on, and it would be included on his 1997 Spittin' Fire live album. "Fade Away" has not been performed outside of the album format. When the tour reached Europe, the album presentation format of the tour was dropped, with the exception of a few shows. The song was played nightly during the North American leg of Springsteen's 2016 River Tour, where The River was played in its entirety. The song was performed once on the Wrecking Ball Tour on July 20, 2013, at King's Hall in Belfast Springsteen made reference on stage that it was Van Zandt's favorite song. Regardless, he says, "It's just one of those funny, lost little gems, you know?" It was finally given an E Street Band performance again at Stockholms Stadion on June 7, 2009, during the European second leg of the Working on a Dream Tour Springsteen made reference on stage to Van Zandt's desire to hear it. E Streeter Steve Van Zandt has proclaimed "Fade Away" as one of his favorite Springsteen songs, but thinks that it is not played in band shows because it is too slow. It was then dropped from Springsteen's concert repertoire completely, only rematerializing for a handful of solo renditions on the 2005 Devils & Dust Tour. The judgement behind its selection as the second single was questioned, considering the more radio-friendly songs on the record, and the choice was blamed for slowing down sales of the album. It was only performed sporadically on The River Tour, and not at all for nearly the first two months. The River" was released instead.) In the U.S., "Fade Away" was not as successful as the previous single from the album, " Hungry Heart", but still reached #20 on the U.S. and in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. This was the second single taken from The River, released in February 1981 in the U.S. Rock author Jimmy Guterman wrote that "Fade Away" is "certainly among his most pessimistic and helpless depictions of life and love gone wrong." Record World said that "Bruce expresses every man's fears with all the genuine emotional intensity that's come to make his ballads special." Well now, you say you've found another man, who does things to you that I can'tĪnd that no matter what I do, it's all over now between me and you girl Musically and lyrically it is a slow, pained lament: The song was recorded at the Power Station in New York in March to June 1980, one of the last songs to be recorded for the album. It is contained on his album The River, and the second single released from it in the United States, reaching the top twenty in both the United States and Canada. " Fade Away" is a 1980 song written and performed by Bruce Springsteen, accompanied by the E Street Band. 1981 single by Bruce Springsteen "Fade Away"
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