Allegedly, Bruce wrote Cover Me for Donna Summer, but Jon Landau thought it was too good to give away. So he wrote Protection to be sung as a duet, and they recorded it as such, but the label didn’t like the way it was working out, and made it a solo for Donna Summer. You can hear the E Street band, and Bruce, on her track, particularly at the end. If you want, that is. We stick to the Bruce version, though! 🙂

https://youtu.be/fmZL9l2oLbA