Don't Play That Song - Bruce Springsteen - MP3 instrumental karaoke

In 2022, Bruce Springsteen raised a glass to the soul and R&B that helped shaped his iconic bluesy-rock sound on the 15-track album Only the Strong Survive, his 21st studio LP and second cover album following We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions in 2006. "Don't Play That Song" was originally written by Ahmet Ertegun with Betty Nelson (under the title "Don't Play That Song (You Lied)," the wife of legendary soul singer Ben E. King. The song was first recorded by Ben E. King and served as the title track on his third album Don't Play That Song! in 1962. Bruce Springsteen's gravelly-voiced version of the track, which has also notably been covered by Aretha Franklin and Mariah Carey, features backing vocalists and strings. Bruce Springsteen performed "Don't Play That Song" on the Tonight Show in November 2022 alongside other tracks from Only the Strong Survive, including “Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)," “Turn Back the Hands of Time,” and “Nightshift.”