We Shall Overcome

~ Song

Annotation

Studio and Session Info (Bruce Springsteen)
Lyrics from springsteenlyrics.com (Bruce Springsteen)
Lyrics from brucespringsteen.it (Bruce Springsteen)
All known live performances (Bruce Springsteen)

Annotation last modified on 2015-05-29 13:15 UTC.

Relationships

lyricist:Guy Carawan
Frank Hamilton (folk musician)
Zilphia Horton
Pete Seeger
composer:Charles Albert Tindley
lyrics page:https://genius.com/Bruce-springsteen-we-shall-overcome-lyrics [info]
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/148111 [info]
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/song/mt0014851498 [info]
Wikidata:Q1314091 [info]
referred to in medleys:Weltkulturkuchen (order: 2)
later parody versions:Joan Paez: We Shall Overgrow

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1963-06-08We Shall Overcome (live, 1963-06-08: Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, USA)livePete Seeger8:13
1967-05-29We Shall Overcome (live, 1967-05-29: Teatro Lirico, Milan, Italy)cover and liveJoan Baez3:10
1969-04We Shall OvercomecoverCharlie Haden1:19
1970-05-29We Shall OvercomeLouis Armstrong6:43
1971-09-28We Shall Overcome (live, 1971‐09‐28: Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan)cover and liveLed Zeppelin1:06
1973We Shall Overcomecover and liveJoan Baez3:25
1987-11-19We Shall OvercomecoverBernie Sanders and 30 Vermont Artists7:22
1997-11-02We Shall OvercomecoverBruce Springsteen4:52
2006-04-30We Shall Overcome (live, 2006‐04‐30: New Orleans Fair Grounds, New Orleans, LA, USA)cover and liveBruce Springsteen5:45
2006-04-30We Shall Overcome (live, 2006‐04‐30: New Orleans Fair Grounds, New Orleans, LA, USA)liveBruce Springsteen & The Sessions Band?:??
2006-04-30We Shall Overcome (live, 2006‐04‐30: New Orleans Fair Grounds, New Orleans, LA, USA)cover and liveBruce Springsteen & The Seeger Sessions Band7:40
2006-04-30We Shall Overcome (live, 2006‐04‐30: New Orleans Fair Grounds, New Orleans, LA, USA)cover and liveBruce Springsteen5:46
2006-04-30We Shall Overcome / Open All Night (live, 2006‐04‐30: New Orleans Fair Grounds, New Orleans, LA, USA)cover and liveBruce Springsteen & The Seeger Sessions Band13:15
2006-05-08We Shall Overcome (live, 2006‐05‐08: Hammersmith Apollo, London, England, UK)cover and liveBruce Springsteen with The Seeger Sessions Band5:17
2006-05-09We Shall Overcome (live, 2006‐05‐09: LSO St Luke’s, London, England, UK)cover and liveBruce Springsteen5:33
2006-05-09We Shall Overcome (live, 2006‐05‐08: Hammersmith Apollo, London, England, UK)cover and liveBruce Springsteen with The Seeger Sessions Band5:23
2006-05-09We Shall Overcome (live, 2006‐05‐09: LSO St Luke’s, London, England, UK)cover and liveBruce Springsteen?:??
2006-05-09We Shall Overcome (live, 2006‐05‐09: LSO St Luke’s, London, England, UK)cover and liveBruce Springsteen and The Seeger Sessions Band?:??
2006-05-09We Shall Overcome (live, 2006‐05‐09: LSO St Luke’s, London, England, UK)cover and liveBruce Springsteen & The Seeger Sessions Band?:??
2006-05-09We Shall Overcome (live, 2006‐05‐09: LSO St Luke’s, London, England, UK)cover and liveBruce Springsteen with The Seeger Sessions Band5:33
2006-05-10We Shall Overcome (live, 2006‐05‐10: Palais Omnisports de Paris‐Bercy, Paris, France)cover and liveBruce Springsteen with The Seeger Sessions Band?:??
2006-05-12We Shall Overcome (live, 2006‐05‐12: Datch Forum, Milan, Italy)cover and liveBruce Springsteen with The Sessions Band?:??
2006-05-12We Shall Overcome (live, 2006‐05‐12: Datch Forum, Milan, Italy)cover and liveBruce Springsteen with The Seeger Sessions Band?:??
2006-05-17We Shall Overcome (live, 2006‐05‐17: Festhalle, Frankfurt, Germany)cover and liveBruce Springsteen with The Seeger Sessions Band5:53
2006-05-21We Shall Overcome (live, 2006‐05‐21: Hovet, Stockholm, Sweden)cover and liveBruce Springsteen with The Seeger Sessions Band5:44
2006-06-16We Shall Overcome (live, 2006‐06‐16: Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH, USA)cover and liveBruce Springsteen5:29
2006-06-16We Shall Overcome (live, 2006‐06‐16: Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH, USA)cover and liveBruce Springsteen?:??
2006-06-19We Shall Overcome (live, 2006‐06‐19: Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY, USA)cover and liveBruce Springsteen7:01
2006-06-19We Shall Overcome (live, 2006‐06‐19: Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY, USA)cover and liveBruce Springsteen6:59
2006-06-22We Shall Overcome (live, 2006‐06‐22: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA)cover and liveBruce Springsteen with The Seeger Sessions Band?:??
2006-11-19We Shall Overcome (live, 2006‐11‐19: Point Theatre, Dublin, Ireland)cover and liveBruce Springsteen with The Sessions Band?:??
2006-11-19We Shall Overcome (live, 2006‐11‐19: Point Theatre, Dublin, Ireland)cover and liveBruce Springsteen with The Sessions Band5:46
2010-01-22We Shall Overcome (live, 2010‐01‐22: MTV Studios, New York City, NY, USA)cover and liveBruce Springsteen2:52
2012-07-22We Shall Overcome (live, 2012‐07‐22: Rådhusplassen, Oslo, Norway; acoustic)cover and liveBruce & Little Steven?:??
2014-01-28We Shall Overcome (live, 2014‐01‐28: Bellville Velodrome, Cape Town, South Africa)cover and liveBruce Springsteen?:??
2014-01-28We Shall Overcome (live, 2014‐01‐28: Bellville Velodrome, Cape Town, South Africa)cover and liveBruce Springsteen & The E Street Band5:09
2019-06We Shall Overcomecover and instrumentalDavid Berkman3:51
ProtestmedleyCrossmen12:32
We Shall OvercomecoverThe Brothers Four3:04
We Shall OvercomecoverJoan Baez3:24
We Shall OvercomeLouis Armstrong5:42
We Shall OvercomeLouis Armstrong5:43
We Shall OvercomeLouis Armstrong6:41
We Shall OvercomecoverMitch Miller & the Gang3:20
We Shall OvercomecoverMarius Monkau?:??
We Shall OvercomecoverBruce Springsteen4:53
We Shall OvercomeJoan Baez3:33
We Shall OvercomePreservation Hall Jazz Band, Pete Seeger & Tao Rodríguez-Seeger4:05
We Shall OvercomecoverDanny Cox?:??
We Shall Overcome (live)Pete Seeger5:13
We Shall OvercomeliveFt. Lauderdale Gay Men's Chorus?:??
We Shall OvercomeliveGay Men's Chorus of Washington, D.C.6:53
We Shall OvercomecoverJoan Baez3:32
We Shall OvercomecoverJoan Baez3:36
We Shall OvercomecoverJoan Baez3:32
We Shall OvercomecoverJoan Baez3:19
We Shall OvercomecoverJoan Baez3:40
We Shall OvercomecoverJoan Baez?:??
We Shall OvercomecoverJoan Baez3:32
We Shall OvercomecoverJoan Baez4:45
We Shall OvercomeThe SNCC Freedom Singers with Dorothy Cotton & Pete Seeger2:42
We Shall OvercomePete Seeger4:43
We Shall OvercomecoverMahalia Jackson with The Drayton Singers9:08
We Shall OvercomeEileen Farrell, London Festival Chorus, London Festival Orchestra, Robert Sharples2:36
We Shall OvercomecoverThe Protestant Choir of Walkill Correctional Facility3:04
We Shall Overcomecover區瑞強5:15
We Shall OvercomePete Seeger5:57
We Shall OvercomePete Seeger4:42
We Shall OvercomePete Seeger4:42
We Shall OvercomePete Seeger4:43
We Shall OvercomePete Seeger4:40
We Shall OvercomePete Seeger4:41
We Shall OvercomePete Seeger5:43
We Shall OvercomePete Seeger6:04
We Shall OvercomePete Seeger & León Gieco5:09
We Shall OvercomePete Seeger4:44
We Shall OvercomePete Seeger4:37
We Shall OvercomePete Seeger5:58
We Shall OvercomePete Seeger5:24
We Shall OvercomePete Seeger4:44
We Shall OvercomePete Seeger4:43
We Shall OvercomePete Seeger2:13
We Shall Overcome (live)livePete Seeger4:46
We Shall Overcome (live)livePete Seeger4:49
We Shall Overcome (live)livePete Seeger4:42
We Shall Overcome (live)liveJoan Baez3:30
We Shall Overcome (live, 1961/1963)cover and liveJoan Baez3:31
We Shall OvercomecoverJoan Baez3:29
We Shall OvercomecoverJoan Baez3:25
We Shall OvercomecoverJoan Baez3:23
We Shall Overcome (final) (live)livePete Seeger4:42
We Shall Overcome (live at the Point Theatre, Dublin, Ireland – November 2006)cover and liveBruce Springsteen with The Sessions Band5:46
We Shall Overcome (tribute to Pete Seeger) (live)cover and liveBruce Springsteen?:??