Song · Bruce Springsteen
“Ramrod” by Bruce Springsteen
From the album The River (1980)
“Ramrod” by Bruce Springsteen appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1980. It was first released in 1980 on the album The River. Its best result is #41 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1980. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #41 alternative song of 1980.
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"Ramrod" had been kicking around since the Darkness on the Edge of Town sessions: Bruce Springsteen wrote it and first recorded it on September 12, 1977, for that album, but the take that finally landed on The River, his fifth album, in 1980, was cut at the Power Station in New York on June 12, 1979.
The whole crew is on it. Springsteen sings and plays 12-string and electric guitar plus harmonica, Little Steven plays acoustic and electric guitar, Roy Bittan is on piano, Danny Federici on organ, Garry Tallent on bass and Max Weinberg on drums, and Clarence Clemons blows sax. Springsteen produced it with Jon Landau and Little Steven. Never an A-side, it still reached number 30 on Billboard's rock tracks chart in 1981, and it has stayed a concert favorite with the E Street Band.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 41 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1980 | 106 |
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