Bruce Springsteen Sings the Alphabet – Details, episodes & analysis

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Bruce Springsteen Sings the Alphabet

JB Clark

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Frequency: 1 episode/25d. Total Eps: 108

Bruce Springsteen Sings the Alphabet is a podcast that explores every Bruce Springsteen song in alphabetical order.

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Episode 6 | Cover Me

Season 2 · Episode 2

Monday, September 21, 2026 • Duration 32:11

This week on Bruce Springsteen Sings the Alphabet, Rob and JB talk about Donna Summer’s almost disco hit, Cover Me.

Believe it or not, Bruce originally wrote this song at Quincy Jones request, but you’ll have to listen to the ep for all the details.

This Billboard top 10 single sold hundreds of thousands of copies, and definitely put Bruce on the pop fan’s radar (but there’s still plenty of muscular rock’n’roll guitar, don’t worry, fellas).

We decide if the lyrics are deep, shallow, or if that even matters. Talk about what a Donna cover would sound like, and hand out disco balls.

For more from Rob and JB (including video episodes) head over to alphabeticalspringsteen.substack.com.

00:00 Opening banter—and some thoughts about choreography

01:08 The origins of “Cover Me”

06:55 How the song developed and was recorded

12:56 Chart performance and reception

17:19 Rock, disco, and the song’s musical influences

23:03 Bruce’s guitar work

26:00 Moving from political themes to personal ones

27:10 Mood, vibe, and emotional impact

29:54 Whether simple lyrics can still have depth

34:01 The subversive history of disco

37:00 Final thoughts and ratings

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