I WILL BE THE ONE is a Bruce Springsteen song that he recorded in 1980. The song remains unreleased, and unfortunately, no audio recording or lyrics have surfaced.
According to Sony's logs of Bruce Springsteen's studio sessions, I WILL BE THE ONE was recorded on 16 and 26 Feb 1980 at The Power Station in New York City, NY. In his 2012 book E Street Shuffle: The Glory Days of Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Clinton Heylin implied that the song could be SLOW FADE, which Springsteen and the band rehearsed around that time.
I WILL BE THE ONE is among 25 songs compiled for a 1993 project that never came to fruition. See the "1993 Concept Album" section below for more details.
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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