[4] The song was first performed in a solo-acoustic arrangement on November 18, 2020, at Springsteen's Stone Hill Farm in Colts Neck, New Jersey for a virtual broadcast of the annual Stand Up for Heroes event, along with another song from the same album, "House of a Thousand Guitars" and the 2007 song "Long Walk Home" [5] Later, it was one of the two songs from the album, the other one being "Ghosts", performed by Springsteen and the E Street Band on the December 12, 2020 episode of Saturday Night Live.
[10] As of 2024, on the ongoing 2023-25 Tour, Springsteen has closed all but two shows with the acoustic version of "I'll See You in My Dreams."
[11] Ultimate Classic Rock describes the album as ending as contemplatively as it begins, with the hopeful song declaring "death is not the end", and like the opening "One Minute You're Here," it serves as a melancholy bookend to Springsteen's most reflective work.
[12] NJ.com ranks the song 7th on the album, describing it as "a vibrant and telling finale to a record that could easily function as a fond farewell for the full-band outfit if they choose to never record another LP as ambitious as this one.
"[13] Rolling Stone, comparing the song to opener "One Minute You're Here", says it is more of an upbeat and folky number that finds Springsteen echoing Dylan, declaring "death is not the end".