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In the 1994 film Forrest Gump, "Fortunate Son" is played in the scene in which Forrest and Bubba arrive in a combat zone in South Vietnam aboard a U.S. Army helicopter. [30] In the 2004 version of the film The Manchurian Candidate, a cover version of this song performed by Wyclef Jean is featured and is the opening track of the closing credits ...
The album features the songs "Down on the Corner", from which the album got its name, and "Fortunate Son", which is a well-known protest song. [7]Creedence also released its own version of "Cotton Fields" on this album, which reached the No. 1 position in Mexico.
The song peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 on 20 December 1969. The flip side, "Fortunate Son", reached No. 14 on the United States charts on 22 November 1969, the week before Billboard changed its methodology on double-sided hits. [4] In Canada, the single reached No. 4 in December 1969, [5] and No. 5 in New Zealand. [6]
[8] Because the songs didn't fit in with Snider's typical songs, he considered simply throwing them away. [9] The album cover is a photo of a masked Snider being held hostage by a hippie. [10] "Fortunate Son" is a cover of the John Fogerty song, with Patty Griffin providing backing vocals.
This song tells the emotional story of a son connecting with his father for the first time at 21 years old. Listen at your own risk, but bring the tissues! You Might Also Like.
Ultimate Creedence Clearwater Revival: Greatest Hits & All-Time Classics is a three-disc greatest hits album by American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival, released in 2012 by Fantasy Records and Concord Music Group.
John Carney’s musical-comedy “Flora and Son,” which was acquired by Apple Original Films after its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, is one of the streamer’s multiple awards ...
Band biographer Craig Hansen Werner calls it "a country-tinged variation on the straight ahead rock and roll of 'Fortunate Son.'" [8] Fogerty biographer Thomas Kitts describes the song as having an "echoey vocal, straightforward backbeat, simple bass line and acoustic guitar" which come together to give it the sound of pre-World War II country ...