Rave On
~ Song
Relationships
| writer: | Norman Petty Bill Tilghman (songwriter) Sonny West (American songwriter and musician Joseph “Sonny” West) |
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| publisher: | Melody Lane Publications Inc. Nor-Va-Jak Music Southern Music (publisher) Wren Music Co. |
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| lyrics page: | https://genius.com/Buddy-holly-rave-on-lyrics [info] |
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| SecondHandSongs: | https://secondhandsongs.com/work/8945 [info] |
| Allmusic: | https://www.allmusic.com/song/mt0004483472 [info] |
| Songfacts: | https://www.songfacts.com/facts/buddy-holly/rave-on [info] |
| Wikidata: | Q7296348 [info] |
| referred to in medleys: | Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame (order: 24) |
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| later versions: | Yvonne |
Recordings
| Date | Title | Attributes | Artist | Length |
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| recordings | ||||
| 1958-01-25 | Rave On | cover | Buddy Holly | 1:49 |
| 1958-01-26 | Rave On | cover | Buddy Holly | 1:50 |
| 1978-07-05 | Rave On (live, 1978‐07‐05: The Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 2:37 |
| 1978-07-05 | Rave On (soundcheck) (soundcheck, 1978‐07‐05: The Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1978-07-07 | Rave On (live, 1978‐07‐07: The Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, CA, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 2:37 |
| 1978-07-07 | Rave On (live, 1978‐07‐07: The Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, CA, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 2:49 |
| 1978-07-07 | Rave On (live, 1978‐07‐07: The Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, CA, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 2:36 |
| 1978-07-07 | Rave On (live, 1978‐07‐07: The Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, CA, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 2:36 |
| 1978-07-07 | Rave On (live, 1978‐07‐07: The Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, CA, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 2:38 |
| 1978-07-07 | Rave On (live, 1978‐07‐07: The Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, CA, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1978-07-07 | Rave On (live, 1978‐07‐07: The Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, CA, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 2:43 |
| 1978-07-07 | Rave On (live, 1978‐07‐07: The Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, CA, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 2:35 |
| 1978-07-07 | Rave On (live, 1978‐07‐07: The Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, CA, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 4:28 |
| 1978-07-07 | Rave On (live, 1978‐07‐07: The Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, CA, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 2:33 |
| 1978-07-07 | Rave On (live, 1978‐07‐07: The Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, CA, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 2:47 |
| 1978-07-07 | Rave On (live, 1978‐07‐07: The Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, CA, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 2:38 |
| 1978-07-07 | Rave On (live, 1978‐07‐07: The Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, CA, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 2:30 |
| 1978-07-07 | Rave On (live, 1978‐07‐07: The Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, CA, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 4:06 |
| 1978-07-07 | Rave On (live, 1978‐07‐07: The Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, CA, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 2:33 |
| 1978-07-07 | Rave On (live, 1978‐07‐07: The Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, CA, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 2:38 |
| 1978-07-07 | Rave On (live, 1978‐07‐07: Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, CA, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen | 2:32 |
| 1978-07-07 | Rave On (live, 1978‐07‐07: The Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, CA, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 2:38 |
| 1978-07-07 | Rave On (live, 1978‐07‐07: The Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, CA, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen | 2:30 |
| 1978-07-07 | Rave On (live, 1978‐07‐07: The Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, CA, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 2:30 |
| 1978-07-07 | Rave On (live, 1978‐07‐07: The Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, CA, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 2:37 |
| 1978-07-07 | Rave On (live, 1978‐07‐07: The Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, CA, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen | 2:35 |
| 1978-07-07 | Rave On (live, 1978‐07‐07: The Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, CA, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 2:35 |
| 1978-07-07 | Rave On (live, 1978‐07‐07: The Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, CA, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1978-07-07 | Rave On (live, 1978‐07‐07: The Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, CA, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 2:37 |
| 1978-08-18 | Rave On (live, 1978‐08‐18: Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band with Gary Busey | 3:04 |
| 1978-08-18 | Rave On (live, 1978‐08‐18: Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band with Gary Busey | 3:44 |
| 1978-08-18 | Rave On (live, 1978‐08‐18: Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band with Gary Busey | 3:09 |
| 1978-08-18 | Rave On (live, 1978‐08‐18: Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band with Gary Busey | 3:43 |
| 1978-08-18 | Rave On (live, 1978‐08‐18: Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band with Gary Busey | 3:28 |
| 1978-08-18 | Rave On (live, 1978‐08‐18: Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band with Gary Busey | 3:22 |
| 1978-08-18 | Rave On (live, 1978‐08‐18: Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band with Gary Busey | 3:28 |
| 1978-08-19 | Rave On (live, 1978‐08‐19: Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band with Gary Busey | 4:22 |
| 1978-08-19 | Rave On (live, 1978‐08‐19: Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band with Gary Busey | 2:17 |
| 1978-08-19 | Rave On (live, 1978‐08‐19: Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band with Gary Busey | 2:17 |
| 1978-08-19 | Rave On (live, 1978‐08‐19: Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band with Gary Busey | 2:18 |
| 1978-08-19 | Rave On (live, 1978‐08‐19: Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band with Gary Busey | 2:17 |
| 1978-09-12 | Rave On (live, 1978‐09‐12: Onondaga County War Memorial Auditorium, Syracuse, NY, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 3:37 |
| 1978-09-12 | Rave On (live, 1978‐09‐12: Onondaga County War Memorial Auditorium, Syracuse, NY, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 3:36 |
| 1978-11-12 | Rave On (live, 1978‐11‐12: RPI Field House, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 2:51 |
| 1978-11-12 | Rave On (live, 1978‐11‐12: RPI Field House, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 2:45 |
| 1978-11-12 | Rave On (live, 1978‐11‐12: RPI Field House, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 3:43 |
| 1978-11-12 | Rave On (live, 1978‐11‐12: RPI Field House, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 3:34 |
| 1978-11-14 | Rave On (live, 1978‐11‐14: Utica Memorial Auditorium, Utica, NY, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 2:58 |
| 1978-11-21 | Rave On (live, 1978‐11‐21: McGaw Hall, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 3:20 |
| 1978-11-21 | Rave On (live, 1978‐11‐21: McGaw Hall, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 3:06 |
| 1978-12-19 | Rave On (live, 1978‐12‐20: Seattle Center Arena, Seattle, WA, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen | 2:40 |
| 1978-12-19 | Rave On (live, 1978‐12‐19: Paramount Theatre, Portland, OR, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 3:43 |
| 1978-12-19 | Rave On (live, 1978‐12‐19: Paramount Theatre, Portland, OR, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 2:51 |
| 1978-12-19 | Rave On (live, 1978‐12‐19: Paramount Theatre, Portland, OR, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 2:44 |
| 1978-12-19 | Rave On (live, 1978‐12‐19: Paramount Theatre, Portland, OR, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 2:51 |
| 1978-12-20 | Rave On (live, 1978‐12‐20: Seattle Center Arena, Seattle, WA, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 2:53 |
| 1978-12-20 | Rave On (live, 1978‐12‐20: Seattle Center Arena, Seattle, WA, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 2:53 |
| 1978-12-20 | Rave On (live, 1978‐12‐20: Seattle Center Arena, Seattle, WA, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1978-12-20 | Rave On (live, 1978‐12‐20: Seattle Center Arena, Seattle, WA, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1978-12-20 | Rave On (live, 1978‐12‐20: Seattle Center Arena, Seattle, WA, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 2:54 |
| 1978-12-28 | Rave On (live, 1978‐12‐28: Stanley Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 2:29 |
| 1978-12-30 | Rave On (live, 1978‐12‐30: Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 3:33 |
| 1978-12-30 | Rave On (live, 1978‐12‐30: Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 3:31 |
| 1978-12-31 | Rave On (live, 1978‐12‐31: Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, OH, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 2:58 |
| 1978-12-31 | Rave On (live, 1978‐12‐31: Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, OH, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 3:15 |
| 1978-12-31 | Rave On (live, 1978‐12‐31: Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, OH, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 2:45 |
| 1978-12-31 | Rave On (live, 1978‐12‐31: Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, OH, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 3:07 |
| 1978-12-31 | Rave On (live, 1978‐12‐31: Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, OH, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 3:05 |
| 1978-12-31 | Rave On (live, 1978‐12‐31: Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, OH, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 4:03 |
| 1978-12-31 | Rave On (live, 1978‐12‐31: Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, OH, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen | 2:55 |
| 1979-01-01 | Rave On (live, 1979‐01‐01: Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, OH, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 2:57 |
| 1979-01-01 | Rave On (live, 1979‐01‐01: Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, OH, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 3:09 |
| 1979-01-01 | Rave On (live, 1979‐01‐01: Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, OH, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 3:09 |
| 1979-01-01 | Rave On (live, 1979‐01‐01: Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, OH, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen | 3:09 |
| 1979-01-01 | Rave On (live, 1979‐01‐01: Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, OH, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 2:28 |
| 1979-01-01 | Rave On (live, 1979‐01‐01: Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, OH, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1979-09-21 | Rave On (live, 1979‐09‐21: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 2:07 |
| 1979-09-21 | Rave On (live, 1979‐09‐21: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen | 2:01 |
| 1979-09-21 | Rave On (live, 1979‐09‐21: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen | 2:08 |
| 1979-09-21 | Rave On (live, 1979‐09‐21: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 2:22 |
| 1979-09-21 | Rave On (live, 1979‐09‐21: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 3:13 |
| 1979-09-21 | Rave On (live, 1979‐09‐21: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen | 2:15 |
| 1979-09-21 | Rave On (live, 1979‐09‐21: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 3:00 |
| 1979-09-21 | Rave On (live, 1979‐09‐21: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1979-09-21 | Rave On (live, 1979‐09‐21: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 2:59 |
| 1980 | It's So Easy / Well… All Right / Rave On | cover and medley | New Jordal Swingers | 4:45 |
| 1981-03-31 | Rave On (live, 1981-03-31: Fridays, Greensboro, NC, USA) | cover and live | R.E.M. | ?:?? |
| 1981-08-23 | Rave On (live, 1981‐08‐23: Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 2:06 |
| 1983-09-30 | Rave On (live, 1983‐09‐30: Stitchcraft, Athens, GA, US) | cover and live | R.E.M. | 1:59 |
| 1983 | Rave On (live 1983: Mad Hatter, Athens, GA, USA) | cover and live | R.E.M. | 3:00 |
| 1990-09-04 | Rave On | cover and live | Paul McCartney | 4:05 |
| 1992-03-03 | Rave On (live, 1992-03-03, late show: The Bottom Line, New York, NY, USA) | cover and live | Richard Thompson | 3:10 |
| 2009-03-03 | Rave On (live, 2009-03-03: KCRW-FM, Santa Monica, CA, USA) | cover and live | M. Ward | 4:27 |
| 2009-04-25 | Rave On (live, 2009‐04‐25: The Current, Saint Paul, MN, USA) | cover and live | M. Ward | 3:56 |
| – 2018-09 | Rave On | cover | Buddy Holly / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | 1:51 |
| Rave On | cover | Wanda Jackson | 1:55 | |
| Rave On | cover | Dion | 2:55 | |
| Rave On | cover | Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen | 2:14 | |
| Rave On | cover | Julian Casablancas | 1:58 | |
| Rave On | cover | Buddy Holly | 1:45 | |
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