State Trooper
~ Song
Annotation
Studio and Session Info
Lyrics from springsteenlyrics.com
Lyrics from brucespringsteen.it
All known live performances
Annotation last modified on 2015-06-01 11:37 UTC.
Relationships
| publisher: | Bruce Springsteen (in 1982) |
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| lyricist and composer: | Bruce Springsteen (in 1981) |
| publisher: | Intersong Music Ltd. |
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| lyrics page: | https://genius.com/Bruce-springsteen-state-trooper-lyrics [info] |
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| SecondHandSongs: | https://secondhandsongs.com/work/3976 [info] |
| Allmusic: | https://www.allmusic.com/song/mt0010255762 [info] |
| Songfacts: | http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1009 [info] |
| is based on: | Living on the Edge of the World |
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Recordings
| Date | Title | Attributes | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| recordings | ||||
| 1982-01-03 | State Trooper (version 5b) | Bruce Springsteen | 3:15 | |
| 1982-01-03 | State Trooper (version 5a) | Bruce Springsteen | 3:07 | |
| 1984-09-18 | State Trooper (live, 1984‐09‐18: Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1984-09-18 | State Trooper (live, 1984‐09‐18: Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 4:33 |
| 1984-09-18 | State Trooper (live, 1984‐09‐18: Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1984-09-18 | State Trooper (live, 1984‐09‐18: Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 4:20 |
| 1984-09-18 | State Trooper (live, 1984‐09‐18: Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 4:10 |
| 1984-09-18 | State Trooper (live, 1984‐09‐18: Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1984-09-22 | State Trooper (live, 1984‐09‐22: Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 4:29 |
| 1984-09-22 | State Trooper (live, 1984‐09‐22: Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 4:47 |
| 1984-09-22 | State Trooper (live, 1984‐09‐22: Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 3:50 |
| 1984-09-22 | State Trooper (live, 1984‐09‐22: Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1984-10-21 | State Trooper (live, 1984‐10‐21: Oakland‐Alameda County Coliseum Arena, Oakland, CA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 4:08 |
| 1984-10-21 | State Trooper (live, 1984‐10‐21: Oakland‐Alameda County Coliseum Arena, Oakland, CA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 3:46 |
| 1986-08-15 | State Trooper (live, 1986-08-15: Park West, Chicago, IL, USA) | cover and live | Steve Earle & the Dukes | 5:13 |
| 1986-09-12 | State Trooper (live, 1986-09-12: Austin City Limits Studio, Austin, TX, USA) | cover and live | Steve Earle | 5:06 |
| 1986-10-31 | State Trooper (live, 1986-10-31: Blue Note Cafe, Winnipeg, MB, Canada) | cover and live | Cowboy Junkies | 4:10 |
| 1990-11-17 | State Trooper (live, 1990‐11‐17: Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 3:03 |
| 1990-11-17 | State Trooper (live, 1990‐11‐17: Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 3:08 |
| 1990-11-17 | State Trooper (live, 1990‐11‐17: Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 2:36 |
| 1990-11-17 | State Trooper (live, 1990‐11‐17: Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1990-11-17 | State Trooper (live, 1990‐11‐17: Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1990-11-17 | State Trooper (live, 1990‐11‐17: Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1990-11-17 | State Trooper (live, 1990‐11‐17: Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 2:52 |
| 1990-11-17 | State Trooper (live, 1990‐11‐17: Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 4:45 |
| 1990-11-17 | State Trooper (live, 1990‐11‐17: Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 2:55 |
| 1990-11-17 | State Trooper (live, 1990‐11‐17: Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 3:03 |
| 1990-11-17 | State Trooper (live, 1990‐11‐17: Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1995-12-05 | State Trooper (live, 1995‐12‐05: DAR Constitution Hall, Washington, DC, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1996-01-26 | State Trooper (live, 1996‐01‐26: Bronco Bowl, Dallas, TX, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1996-01-26 | State Trooper (live, 1996‐01‐26: Bronco Bowl, Dallas, TX, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1996-04-03 | State Trooper (live, 1996-04-03: KCRW Studios, Santa Monica, CA, USA) | cover and live | Cowboy Junkies | 4:44 |
| 1996-04-11 | State Trooper (live, 1996-04-11: London, ON, Canada) | cover and live | Cowboy Junkies | 7:38 |
| 1996-04-24 | State Trooper (live, 1996‐04‐24: Brixton Academy, London, England, UK) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1996-04-24 | State Trooper (live, 1996‐04‐24: Brixton Academy, London, England, UK) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 4:13 |
| 1996-04-24 | State Trooper (live, 1996‐04‐24: Brixton Academy, London, England, UK) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1996-05-12 | State Trooper (live, 1996-05-12: York Barbican, York, UK) | cover and live | Steve Earle | 4:52 |
| 1999-11-15 | State Trooper (soundcheck, 1999‐11‐15: Gund Arena, Cleveland, OH, USA) | Bruce Springsteen | 2:47 | |
| 2005-05-30 | State Trooper (live, 2005‐05‐30: Forest National, Brussels, Belgium) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 3:28 |
| 2005-05-30 | State Trooper (live, 2005‐05‐30: Forest National, Brussels, Belgium) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 3:51 |
| 2005-05-30 | State Trooper (live, 2005‐05‐30: Forest National, Brussels, Belgium) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 2005-06-02 | State Trooper (live, 2005‐06‐02: Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid, Spain) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 3:58 |
| 2005-06-02 | State Trooper (live, 2005‐06‐02: Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid, Spain) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 3:58 |
| 2005-06-04 | State Trooper (live, 2005‐06‐04: PalaMalaguti, Bologna, Italy) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 2005-06-04 | State Trooper (live, 2005‐06‐04: PalaMalaguti, Bologna, Italy) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 3:48 |
| 2005-06-04 | State Trooper (live, 2005‐06‐04: PalaMalaguti, Bologna, Italy) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 2005-06-06 | State Trooper (live, 2005‐06‐06: PalaLottomatica, Rome, Italy) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 2005-06-06 | State Trooper (live, 2005‐06‐06: PalaLottomatica, Rome, Italy) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 3:59 |
| 2005-06-06 | State Trooper (live, 2005‐06‐06: PalaLottomatica, Rome, Italy) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 2005-06-16 | State Trooper (live, 2005‐06‐16: Philipshalle, Düsseldorf, Germany) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 4:17 |
| 2005-06-19 | State Trooper (live, 2005‐06‐19: Sportpaleis Ahoy, Rotterdam, The Netherlands) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 2005-06-19 | State Trooper (live, 2005‐06‐19: Sportpaleis Ahoy, Rotterdam, The Netherlands) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 2005-06-23 | State Trooper (live, 2005‐06‐23: Scandinavium, Gothenburg, Sweden) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 3:34 |
| 2005-06-23 | State Trooper (live, 2005‐06‐23: Scandinavium, Gothenburg, Sweden) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 2005-07-18 | State Trooper (live, 2005‐07‐18: HSBC Arena, Buffalo, NY, USA; falsetto vocal) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 2005-07-31 | State Trooper (live, 2005‐07‐31: Value City Theatre, Schottenstein Center, Columbus, OH, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 4:18 |
| 2005-08-07 | State Trooper (live, 2005‐08‐07: Bradley Center, Milwaukee, WI, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 3:42 |
| 2005-08-07 | State Trooper (live, 2005‐08‐07: Bradley Center, Milwaukee, WI, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 3:13 |
| 2005-10-30 | State Trooper (live, 2005-10-30: Vegoose 2005, Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas, NV, USA) | cover and live | Arcade Fire | 4:32 |
| 2005-11-21 | State Trooper (live, 2005‐11‐21: Sovereign Bank Arena, Trenton, NJ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 3:33 |
| 2007-01-09 | State Trooper (live, 2007-01-09: Like a Version: Studio 261, ABC Ultimo, Sydney, NSW, Australia) | cover and live | The Veils | 3:59 |
| 2007-10-14 | State Trooper (live, 2007‐10‐14: Scotiabank Place, Ottawa, ON, Canada) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band with Arcade Fire | 4:38 |
| 2007-10-14 | State Trooper (live, 2007‐12‐02: SAP Arena, Mannheim, Germany) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band with Arcade Fire | 5:22 |
| 2007-10-14 | State Trooper (live, 2007‐10‐14: Scotiabank Place, Ottawa, ON, Canada) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band with Arcade Fire | ?:?? |
| 2009-06-12 | State Trooper (live, 2009-06-12: Tower Theater, Upper Darby, Philadelphia, PA, USA) | cover and live | Eddie Vedder | ?:?? |
| 2014-01-06 | State Trooper | cover | 1877 | 5:16 |
| 2016-09-15 | State Trooper (2016-09-15: The Quay Sessions) | cover and live | KT Tunstall & Julie Fowlis | 4:34 |
| 2016 | State Trooper | cover | Damien Done | 3:37 |
| State Trooper | cover | The Blackeyed Susans | 6:56 | |
| State Trooper | cover | The Blackeyed Susans | 4:13 | |
| State Trooper | cover | Steve Wynn | 4:17 | |
| State Trooper | cover | Halloween, Alaska | 4:57 | |
| State Trooper | cover | Afterhours | 4:34 | |
| State Trooper | cover | Boiled in Lead | 11:26 | |
| State Trooper | cover | King Dude | 3:46 | |
| State Trooper | cover | Cowboy Junkies | 4:30 | |
| State Trooper | cover | Jonah Tolchin | 4:42 | |
| State Trooper | cover | Ulterior | 4:08 | |
| State Trooper | cover | Ulterior | ?:?? | |
| State Trooper | cover | The Veils | 4:58 | |
| State Trooper | cover | Spider Kitten | 2:44 | |
| State Trooper (live, 1999‐11‐15: Gund Arena, Cleveland, OH, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? | |
| State Trooper (stereo mix) | Bruce Springsteen | 3:09 | ||
| State Trooper (live, 2006-10-30) | cover | The Veils | ?:?? | |
| State Trooper (5.1 mix) | cover | Cowboy Junkies | 4:34 | |
| State Trooper | cover | Stormy Mondays | 4:02 | |
| State Trooper | cover | Dustin Kensrue | 3:08 | |
| State Trooper | KT Tunstall | 3:51 | ||
| State Trooper | cover | The Veils | 3:59 | |
| State Trooper (live) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? | |
| State Trooper | cover and live | Paul Baribeau & Ginger Alford | ?:?? | |
| State Trooper | Steve Wynn & the Miracle 3 | 8:29 | ||
| State Trooper | cover | Ryan Adams | 5:44 | |
| State Trooper | cover | Deana Carter | 3:44 | |
| State Trooper (Trentemøller’s unofficial remix) | Bruce Springsteen | 4:35 | ||