Nebraska (song)

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"Nebraska" is a stark, acoustic folk-rock song by Bruce Springsteen that tells a haunting first-person story of a young killer, serving as the title track and thematic centerpiece of his 1982 album.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Bruce Springsteen song "Nebraska" 2
Nebraska (song) canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
albumSide Side one ⓘ
artist Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
basedOn Charles Starkweather murders ⓘ
composer Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticalReception acclaimed ⓘ
describedAs dark ballad ⓘ
haunting ⓘ
stark ⓘ
genre acoustic rock ⓘ
folk rock ⓘ
singer-songwriter ⓘ
hasNotableCoverVersionBy Aoife O’Donovan ⓘ
Chrissie Hynde ⓘ
Steve Earle ⓘ
hasTrackNumber 1 ⓘ
includedIn Bruce Springsteen live performances ⓘ
instrumentation acoustic guitar ⓘ
harmonica ⓘ
voice ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricalTheme alienation ⓘ
crime ⓘ
death penalty ⓘ
moral ambiguity ⓘ
murder ⓘ
narrativePerspective first person ⓘ
partOf Nebraska (album) ⓘ
linked to: Album "Nebraska"
performer Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
productionStyle lo-fi ⓘ
minimalist ⓘ
recordedFor Nebraska (album) ⓘ
linked to: Album "Nebraska"
recordingArtist Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
recordingLocation New Jersey ⓘ
recordingMethod four-track cassette recorder ⓘ
recordingYear 1982 ⓘ
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1982-09-30 ⓘ
releaseYear 1982 ⓘ
setting Nebraska ⓘ
tempo slow ⓘ
titleTrackOf Nebraska (album) ⓘ
linked to: Album "Nebraska"
vocalStyle first-person narrative ⓘ
writer Bruce Springsteen ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nebraska → hasPart → Nebraska (song) ⓘ
Charles Starkweather killing spree → inspiredWork → Bruce Springsteen song "Nebraska" ⓘ
linked to: Nebraska (song)
Charles Starkweather → inspiredWork → Bruce Springsteen song "Nebraska" ⓘ
linked to: Nebraska (song)
Nebraska → hasTrack → Nebraska (song) ⓘ
subject linked to: Album "Nebraska"