. "eng" . . "Songs written by Bruce Springsteen" . "1973-01-05"^^ . "Song recordings produced by Mike Appel" . "1972" . "0"^^ . . "It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City" . "Columbia Records" . "a704d8cd-b6d7-4918-b865-82f623f4a4ce" . . "false"^^ . "false"^^ . "It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City" . . "Bruce Springsteen" . "Bruce Springsteen songs" . "0.262737"^^ . . "false"^^ . "Mike Appel" . "Jim Cretecos" . "914" . "1973 songs" . "5714dec825ac0d8aee3c327b" . . "%22It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City%22 is a song written and performed by Bruce Springsteen on his debut album Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. in 1973. A 1975 live version can be found on the DVD of the Hammersmith Odeon concert that is included in the Born to Run (30th Anniversary Edition) and the Hammersmith Odeon London '75 CDs. A 1978 live version is included in the Live/1975\u201385 set. The song has also been covered by David Bowie. John Sayles included this song in a high school lunchroom scene of his movie Baby It's You.This is the song that impressed producer Mike Appel so much that he quit his job to become Springsteen's manager, even though Springsteen did not have a record contract yet. This was also the first song Springsteen played at his audition at CBS Records for John Hammond, who eventually signed him to a record contract, on May 2, 1972. The following day, Springsteen recorded %22It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City%22 as part of a 12-song demo for Hammond. The demo version of the song was released on Tracks in 1998. The version included on Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. was recorded during the summer of 1972 backed by future E-Street Band members David Sancious on piano, Vini Lopez on drums and Garry Tallent on bass." . "7"^^ . "0.356343"^^ . . "english" . .