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"Fortunate Son" is a song by the American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival, released on the band's fourth studio album, Willy and the Poor Boys in October 1969. It was previously released as a single, together with " Down on the Corner ", in September 1969. [ 4 ]
"Down on the Corner" b/w "Fortunate Son" peaked at No. 3 on December 20, 1969, on the Hot 100. "Fortunate Son" is a counterculture era anti-war anthem, criticizing militant patriotic behavior and those who support the use of military force without having to pay the costs themselves (either financially or by serving in a wartime military). [11]
1969 [7] "Fortunate Son" John Fogerty Willy and the Poor Boys: 1969 [7] "Get Down Woman" John Fogerty Creedence Clearwater Revival: 1968 [9] "Gloomy" John Fogerty Creedence Clearwater Revival: 1968 [9] "Glory Be" John Fogerty Green River (40th Anniversary Edition) 2008 [6] "Good Golly, Miss Molly" Robert Blackwell John Marascalco † Bayou ...
After Woodstock, CCR were busy honing material for a fourth album, Willy and the Poor Boys, their second top 3 LP, released in November 1969. "Down on the Corner" and "Fortunate Son", both of which they performed on The Ed Sullivan Show on November 16, 1969, [19] climbed to No. 3 and No. 14
The former Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman said in a video he posted to social media on Friday that he found it “confounding” that President Trump used his anti-Vietnam War anthem ...
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]
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.
Fortunate Son" is a 1969 song by Creedence Clearwater Revival. Fortunate Son may also refer: ... Fortunate Son, an autobiography by Lewis Burwell Puller, Jr.