You Mean So Much to Me
~ Song
Annotation
Steve Van Zandt and Bruce Springsteen decided to get their friend John Lyon and his band Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes a contract and record an album. Bruce helped out by donating two of his compositions to the effort, "You Mean So Much To Me" and "The Fever". At the Record Plant one day, he ran into Ronnie Spector, who had been invited by Van Zandt. Inspired, he quickly wrote an arrangement for "You Mean So Much To Me" as a duet for Ronnie and Southside Johnny, which became the closing song on side 2 of the Jukes' debut album, I Don't Want To Go Home. Ronnie agreed to tour with the Jukes throughout 1976-1977, and their duet was a regular encore and show closer. On May 12-13, 1977, when Bruce filled in for Southside, out because of illness, he sang the duet with Ronnie Spector three times in two nights at the Monmouth County Arts Center
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Relationships
| lyricist and composer: | Bruce Springsteen (in 1971) |
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Recordings
| Date | Title | Attributes | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| recordings | ||||
| 1971-07-10 | You Mean So Much to Me (live, 1971-07-10: Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, NJ, USA) | live | The Bruce Springsteen Band | 5:21 |
| 1971-07-23 | You Mean So Much to Me (live, 1971‐07‐23: Guggenheim Bandshell, Damrosch Park, Lincoln Center, New York City, NY, USA) | live | The Bruce Springsteen Band | 6:31 |
| 1971-07-29 | You Mean So Much to Me (live, 1971-07-29: D’Scene, South Amboy, NJ, USA; early, first show) | live | Steel Mill & The Bruce Springsteen Band | 4:55 |
| 1973-03-02 | You Mean So Much to Me (live, 1973‐03‐02: Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, CA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 7:38 |
| 1973-05-31 | You Mean So Much to Me (live, 1973‐05‐31: Alpha Sound Studios, Richmond, VA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 8:48 |
| 1973-05-31 | You Mean So Much to Me (live, 1973‐05‐31: Alpha Sound Studios, Richmond, VA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 8:26 |
| 1973-05-31 | You Mean So Much to Me (live, 1973‐05‐31: Alpha Sound Studios, Richmond, VA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 8:21 |
| 1973-05-31 | You Mean So Much to Me (live, 1973‐05‐31: Alpha Sound Studios, Richmond, VA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1973-05-31 | You Mean So Much to Me (live, 1973‐05‐31: Alpha Sound Studios, Richmond, VA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 6:39 |
| 1973-05-31 | You Mean So Much to Me (live, 1973‐05‐31: Alpha Sound Studios, Richmond, VA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 7:36 |
| 1973-05-31 | You Mean So Much to Me (live, 1973‐05‐31: Alpha Sound Studios, Richmond, VA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 8:47 |
| 1973-05-31 | You Mean So Much to Me (live, 1973‐05‐31: Alpha Sound Studios, Richmond, VA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 7:05 |
| 1973-05-31 | You Mean So Much to Me (live, 1973‐05‐31: Alpha Sound Studios, Richmond, VA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 6:42 |
| 1973-07-31 | You Mean So Much to Me (live, 1973‐07‐31, late show: My Father’s Place, Roslyn, NY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 7:48 |
| 1973-07-31 | You Mean So Much to Me (live, 1973‐07‐31: My Father’s Place, Roslyn, NY, USA; late, second show) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 7:02 |
| 1973-07-31 | You Mean So Much to Me (live, 1973‐07‐31: My Father’s Place, Roslyn, NY, USA; late, second show) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1973-07-31 | You Mean So Much to Me (live, 1973‐07‐31: My Father’s Place, Roslyn, NY, USA; late, second show) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 7:32 |
| 1973-07-31 | You Mean So Much to Me (live, 1973‐07‐31: My Father’s Place, Roslyn, NY, USA; late, second show) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 9:05 |
| 1973-07-31 | You Mean So Much to Me (live, 1973‐07‐31: My Father’s Place, Roslyn, NY, USA; late, second show) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1973-07-31 | You Mean So Much to Me (live, 1973‐07‐31: My Father’s Place, Roslyn, NY, USA; late, second show) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 9:33 |
| 1973-07-31 | You Mean So Much to Me (live, 1973‐07‐31: My Father’s Place, Roslyn, NY, USA; late, second show) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1974-01-06 | You Mean So Much to Me (live, 1974‐01‐06: Joe’s Place, Cambridge, MA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1974-01-06 | You Mean So Much to Me (live, 1974‐01‐06: Joe’s Place, Cambridge, MA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1974-01-06 | You Mean So Much to Me (live, 1974‐01‐06: Joe’s Place, Cambridge, MA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1974-01-29 | You Mean So Much to Me (live, 1974‐01‐29: Muther’s Music Emporium, Nashville, TN, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1974-01-29 | You Mean So Much to Me (live, 1974‐01‐29: Muther’s Music Emporium, Nashville, TN, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1974-01-29 | You Mean So Much to Me (live, 1974‐01‐29: Muther’s Music Emporium, Nashville, TN, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 9:51 |
| 1974-01-29 | You Mean So Much to Me (start cut) (live, 1974‐01‐29: Muther’s Music Emporium, Nashville, TN, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1976-01 – 1976-03 | You Mean So Much to Me | Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes | 3:44 | |
| 1976-10-16 | You Mean So Much to Me (live, 1976-10-16: Bottom Line, New York City, NY, USA) | live | Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes | 5:11 |
| 1976-10-16 – 1976-10-17 | You Mean So Much to Me (live) | live | Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes | 4:18 |
| 1977-04-17 | You Mean So Much to Me (live, 1977‐04‐17: The Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen with Southside Johnny | 4:04 |
| 1977-04-17 | You Mean So Much to Me (live, 1977‐04‐17: The Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen with Southside Johnny | 4:52 |
| 1977-05-12 | You Mean So Much to Me (live, 1977‐05‐12: Monmouth Arts Center, Red Bank, NJ, USA) | live | Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes / Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 4:24 |
| 1977-05-13 | You Mean So Much to Me (live, 1977‐05‐13, late show: Monmouth Arts Center, Red Bank, NJ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen with Southside Johnny | 5:05 |
| 1977-05-13 | You Mean So Much to Me (live, 1977‐05‐13: Monmouth Arts Center, Red Bank, NJ, USA; late, second show) | live | Bruce Springsteen, Ronnie Spector & Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes | 4:05 |
| 1977-05-13 | You Mean So Much to Me (live, 1977‐05‐13, early show: Monmouth Arts Center, Red Bank, NJ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen / The Asbury Park All‐Star Revue | 5:45 |
| 1977-05-13 | You Mean So Much to Me (live, 1977‐05‐13, late show: Monmouth Arts Center, Red Bank, NJ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen with Southside Johnny | 4:26 |
| 1977-05-13 | You Mean So Much to Me (live, 1977‐05‐13, early show: Monmouth Arts Center, Red Bank, NJ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The Asbury Park All‐Star Revue | 5:45 |
| 1977-05-13 | You Mean So Much to Me (live, 1977‐05‐13, early show: Monmouth Arts Center, Red Bank, NJ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen / The Asbury Park All‐Star Revue | 5:05 |
| You Mean So Much to Me | live | Bruce Springsteen | 7:31 | |