Song title: Hungry heart
Hungry heart
Got a wife and kids in Baltimore Jack
I went out for a ride and I never went back
Like a river that don’t know where it’s flowing
I took a wrong turn and I just kept going
Everybody’s got a hungry heart
Everybody’s got a hungry heart
Lay down your money and you play your part
Everybody’s got a hungry heart
I met her in a Kingstown bar
We fell in love I knew it had to end
We took what we had and we ripped it apart
Now here I am down in Kingstone again
Everybody’s got a hungry heart...
Everybody needs a place to rest
Everybody wants to have a home
Don’t make no difference what nobody says
Ain’t nobody like to be alone
Everybody’s got a hungry heart…
Published on the following official releases:
- ROCKTAGON (LP,1980)
- THE RIVER (Album,1980)
- HUNGRY HEART (STEREO / STEREO) (7 in.,1980)
- HUNGRY HEART / HELD UP WITHOUT A GUN (7 in.,1980)
- HUNGRY HEART / STOLEN CAR (7 in.,1980)
- HITLINE '80 (LP,1980)
- ARDIENTES DEL ROCK VOL. 1 (LP,1981)
- DJ SPECIAL SERVICE 019 (12 in.,1981)
- HUNGRY HEART (FLEXI DISC) (7 in.,1981)
- HUNGRY HEART / BAYOU (7 in.,1981)
- HUNGRY HEART / THE RIVER (7 in.,1981)
- HUNGRY HEART / WRECK ON THE HIGHWAY (7 in.,1981)
- KILLER TRACKS FROM THE RIVER (12 in.,1981)
- SHERRY DARLING / HUNGRY HEART (7 in.,1981)
- SHERRY DARLING 'RENNBAHN EXPRESS' (7 in.,1981)
- AS REQUESTED AROUND THE WORLD (LP,1981)
- DEAD END STREET SOUNDTRACK (12 in.,1982)
- BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN SAMPLER (LP,1983)
- IRISH 'SPRINGSTEEN PACK' (7 in.,1983)
- HUNGRY HEART / FADE AWAY (HF) (7 in.,1983)
- AO VIVO (Album,1986)
- THE LIVE : THE LEGEND COMES ALIVE (LP,1986)
- LIVE 1975-1985 (Album,1986)
- LIVE 1975-1985 SAMPLER (LP,1986)
- LIVE(!) 1975-1985 (LP,1986)
- LIVE 1975-1985 SAMPLER (ARMED FORCES) (LP,1986)
- FIRE-BECAUSE THE NIGHT/HUNGRY HEART-BORN TO RUN (7 in.,1987)
- HUNGRY HEART / STREETS OF PHILADELPHIA (7 in.,1995)
- HUNGRY HEART / STREETS OF PHILADELPHIA (PICTURE) (7 in.,1995)
- GREATEST HITS (Album,1995)
- BLOOD BROTHERS (Album,1996)
- THE ESSENTIAL BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (Album,2003)
- THE TIES THAT BIND : RIVER SINGLE ALBUM (Album,2015)
- THE TIES THAT BIND : TEMPE 1980 (Album,2015)
First known live performance: 18/10/1980 Kiel Opera House, Saint Louis,MO ,USA
Last known live performance: 25/02/2017 Mt. Smart Stadium, Auckland ,New Zealand
Song 'history':
Published on the double album THE RIVER, in 1980
Widely used in the River tour, as it was performed 124 times
During the Born in the U.S.A. tour, the song was regularly included in every show
The song (in live version) was then included in the 'LIVE 1975-85' box set
Played at the Bridge Benefit show, 13-Oct-1986.
Bruce performed this song during each show of the Tunnel of Love tour
Performed 1 times during the 1988 Amnesty International tour
A frequent number (59 apparitions) of renderings during the Human Touch tour
The song was then included in the GREATEST HITS compilation, released in 1995.
In 1996 Sony released the BLOOD BROTHERS video (and mini-CD), which included also this song
A frequent number (64 apparitions) of renderings during the Reunion tour
Played during the Rising tour (13 times)
The song was then included in the ESSENTIAL compilation, released in 2003.
Bruce gave this song one only shot through the Devils and Dust tour (28/06/2005 iCC Arena, Berlin ,Germany)
Bruce inserted it 14 times in the setlists of the Magic tour
Often played during the Working on a Dream tour (44 times)
A discrete number of performances (70) was given during the Wrecking Ball tour
Often played during the High Hopes tour (19 times)
This song was due to be included, in 1980, in the THE RIVER single album projects, and has been later released on the THE TIES THAT BIND Anniversary Box
Published in live version in the DVD: 'Tempe 80' of 'THE TIES THAT BIND'
Performed quite every night of the 2016 The River tour, with a unique exception
Performed 13 times during the 2017 Summer tour
The song was also played in informal happenings or off-tour appearances
Data from the www.brucespringsteen.it database