KING'S HIGHWAY is an unreleased Bruce Springsteen song. According to Sony's logs of Bruce Springsteen's studio sessions, the song was recorded on 23-24 May 1983 at The Hit Factory in New York City, NY. Seven takes of the song were cut on these two days.
In his 2012 book E Street Shuffle: The Glory Days Of Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Clinton Heylin wrote that the song "probably takes its title from the traditional robber's song 'Wild and Wicked Youth'."
KING'S HIGHWAY is among 25 songs compiled for a 1993 project that never came to fruition. See the "1993 Concept Album" section below for more details. According to Heylin's book, the song was also included on a rarities compilation from November 1997 from which most of the Tracks box set would be compiled.
In his 2012 book E Street Shuffle: The Glory Days Of Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Clinton Heylin revealed that in 1993 a 25-song compilation was produced for an archival project, which presumably became the Tracks box set released in 1998. According to Brucebase, the archival concept "album" was produced in-house, presumably following the conclusion of World Tour 1992-1993, perhaps to demonstrate the quality of Springsteen's unreleased archive.
Many of these 25 songs have been subsequently released, either on the Tracks box set or as part of other projects, and some others are known outtakes that are yet to circulate among fans. However, two are only known from this 25-song list: ARNIE and THAT'S OKAY.
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