Meeting Across the River

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"Meeting Across the River" is a moody, jazz-tinged ballad by Bruce Springsteen that serves as a cinematic, character-driven prelude to "Jungleland" on the Born to Run album.

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Meeting Across the River canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical work ⓘ
song ⓘ
album Born to Run ⓘ
artist Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
composer Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
featuresInstrument piano ⓘ
trumpet ⓘ
upright bass ⓘ
featuresMusician Randy Brecker ⓘ
follows She’s the One ⓘ
genre ballad ⓘ
jazz rock ⓘ
rock ⓘ
hasCharacter Eddie ⓘ
hasInstrumentationStyle sparse arrangement ⓘ
hasMood melancholic ⓘ
noir ⓘ
hasMusicalStyle jazz-tinged ⓘ
moody ⓘ
hasReputation cult favorite among Springsteen fans ⓘ
hasTheme desperation ⓘ
risk ⓘ
small-time crime ⓘ
hasTitle Meeting Across the River ⓘ
hasType album track ⓘ
includedIn Bruce Springsteen live setlists ⓘ
isPreludeTo Jungleland ⓘ
label Columbia Records ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 3:18 ⓘ
lyricist Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
narrativeForm character-driven ⓘ
cinematic ⓘ
partOf Born to Run ⓘ
partOfDiscographyOf Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
performer Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
precedes Jungleland ⓘ
producer Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
Jon Landau ⓘ
Mike Appel ⓘ
recordedBy Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band ⓘ
linked to: E Street Band
releaseYear 1975 ⓘ
setting New York–New Jersey area ⓘ
side Side two of Born to Run ⓘ
trackNumber 7 ⓘ

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Born to Run → hasPart → Meeting Across the River ⓘ
Meeting Across the River → hasTitle → Meeting Across the River ⓘ
Eddie → appearsInWork → Meeting Across the River ⓘ
Born to Run → bSide → Meeting Across the River ⓘ