The Dark End of the Street

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"The Dark End of the Street" is a classic soul ballad, first recorded by James Carr in 1967, that has become a widely covered standard known for its themes of secret love and emotional turmoil.

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The Dark End of the Street canonical 3
Dark End of the Street 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf song ⓘ
composer Dan Penn ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
describedAs classic soul standard ⓘ
widely covered standard ⓘ
firstRecordedBy James Carr ⓘ
form ballad ⓘ
genre R&B ⓘ
soul ⓘ
hasCoverVersionBy Aretha Franklin ⓘ
Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
Cat Power ⓘ
Elvis Costello ⓘ
Gregg Allman ⓘ
James & Bobby Purify ⓘ
Joe Tex ⓘ
Linda Ronstadt ⓘ
Percy Sledge ⓘ
Richard and Linda Thompson ⓘ
Ry Cooder ⓘ
The Commitments ⓘ
The Flying Burrito Brothers ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn Southern soul music ⓘ
country soul repertoire ⓘ
hasTheme emotional pain ⓘ
regret ⓘ
romantic conflict ⓘ
secrecy ⓘ
isConsidered one of James Carr's signature songs ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Chips Moman ⓘ
Dan Penn ⓘ
notableFor themes of emotional turmoil ⓘ
themes of secret love ⓘ
originalPerformer James Carr ⓘ
originalPerformerGenre deep soul ⓘ
originalReleaseYear 1967 ⓘ
performer James Carr ⓘ
recordedIn 1967 ⓘ
subjectMatter adultery ⓘ
forbidden love ⓘ
guilt ⓘ
tempo slow ⓘ
writer Chips Moman ⓘ
Dan Penn ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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

Heart Like a Wheel → includesTrack → The Dark End of the Street ⓘ
Chips Moman → wroteSong → The Dark End of the Street ⓘ
Moving Hearts → notableWork → The Dark End of the Street ⓘ
Moving Hearts (1981 album) → followedBy → Dark End of the Street ⓘ
linked to: The Dark End of the Street
Dewey Lindon Oldham → notableWork → Dark End of the Street ⓘ
subject linked to: Dewey Lindon
linked to: The Dark End of the Street