{"id":71511,"date":"2015-02-10T11:00:27","date_gmt":"2015-02-10T19:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=71511"},"modified":"2026-09-06T10:07:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T17:07:55","slug":"girlfriend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2015\/02\/10\/girlfriend\/","title":{"rendered":"Girlf(r)iend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Girlfriend&#8221; or &#8220;Girl<em>fiend&#8221;?\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We may never know, because it&#8217;s too late to ask the songwriter, and the titular word never actually appears in the lyrics.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FIvAe-VAPoE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" 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controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Slim-Dunlap-Band-Girlfiend.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Slim-Dunlap-Band-Girlfiend.mp3\">https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Slim-Dunlap-Band-Girlfiend.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Yet common wisdom says that was a typo, and Bruce Springsteen seems to be among the many who insist on inserting the missing &#8220;r&#8221; in the title, as he did when he revealed an until-then unknown studio cover of the song by the E Street Band during an E Street Radio appearance two days after Dunlap&#8217;s passing.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-71511-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Video-Project-1.mp3?_=2\" \/><a 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