You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch) (track)
by Bruce Springsteen
Year: 1980
From the album The River (track #9)
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You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch) appears on the following album(s) by Bruce Springsteen:
- The River (track #9) (this album) (1980)
- The Ties That Bind: The River Collection (Box Set) (track #9) (compilation) (2015)
- The Album Collection: 1973-1984, Vol. 1 (track #43) (compilation) (2014)
- Fair Grounds Race Course, New Orleans April 30, 2006 (track #16) (2017)
- Bridge School Benefit Concert, Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA, October 13, 1986 (track #1) (2019)
- Wembley Arena, November 11, 2006 (track #19) (2020)
- Live/1975-85 (track #15) (compilation) (1986)
- Nassau Coliseum, New York 1980 (track #28) (2015)
- LA Sports Arena, California 1988 (track #16) (2015)
- Chicago January 19, 2016 (track #10) (2016)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 01/15/2026 05:24 | Exist-en-ciel | 76,498 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/28/2025 16:59 | Johnnyo | 42,303 | 80/100 |
| ! | 10/25/2025 19:28 | ShenBapiro | 6,173 | 77/100 |
| ! | 10/12/2025 17:53 | daCritic | 34,441 | 76/100 |
| ! | 07/14/2025 02:33 |  AAL2014 | 35,241 | 76/100 |
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He mentions "Dancing in the Dark" before it appeared as a song on Born in the U.S.A.
Similar to, two hearts, this is a bit of throwaway filler but as always with Springsteen, thoroughly enjoyable.
fun -- if the lightest fare on the album. just a blast of a story!
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