The Promised Land

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"The Promised Land" is a 1978 rock song by Bruce Springsteen, known for its anthemic sound and themes of resilience and hope amid working-class struggle.

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Label Occurrences
The Promised Land canonical 8

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf song ⓘ
album Darkness on the Edge of Town ⓘ
artist Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
composer Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
describedAs anthemic ⓘ
featuresInstrument bass guitar ⓘ
drums ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ
harmonica ⓘ
piano ⓘ
saxophone ⓘ
followsOnAlbum Something in the Night ⓘ
genre heartland rock ⓘ
rock ⓘ
hasMood defiant ⓘ
hopeful ⓘ
intense ⓘ
hasNotableLyric "Blow away the dreams that tear you apart" ⓘ
"I believe in a promised land" ⓘ
"Mister, I ain't a boy, no, I'm a man" ⓘ
hasSubject American working class ⓘ
hasTheme disillusionment ⓘ
hope ⓘ
perseverance ⓘ
resilience ⓘ
working-class struggle ⓘ
includedIn Bruce Springsteen compilations ⓘ
includedOn Bruce Springsteen live setlists ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
notableLiveStapleFor Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
partOfAlbum Darkness on the Edge of Town ⓘ
performedByEnsemble E Street Band ⓘ
performer Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
precedesOnAlbum Factory ⓘ
producer Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
Chuck Plotkin ⓘ
Jon Landau ⓘ
Steven Van Zandt ⓘ
recordingPeriod 1977 ⓘ
1978 ⓘ
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1978-06-02 ⓘ
releaseYear 1978 ⓘ
side Side One ⓘ
trackNumberOnAlbum 5 ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

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

Prove It All Night → followedBySingle → The Promised Land ⓘ
Live/1975–85 → includesSong → The Promised Land ⓘ
Darkness on the Edge of Town → hasTrack → The Promised Land ⓘ
Darkness on the Edge of Town → hasSingle → The Promised Land ⓘ
Walking Man → hasTrack → The Promised Land ⓘ
Devils & Dust Tour → includesSong → The Promised Land ⓘ
The Essential Bruce Springsteen → hasTrack → The Promised Land ⓘ