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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]
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 ]
Fortunate Son, a 2000 biography of George W. Bush by J.H. Hatfield; Fortunate Son, a 2006 novel by Walter Mosley; Fortunate Son, an autobiography by Lewis Burwell Puller, Jr. Fortunate Son: A Novel of the Greatest Trial in Irish History, a 2014 novel by David Marlett recounting the life of James Annesley
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Maddox is a mainly male name in use in English speaking countries derived from a Welsh surname meaning "son of Madoc". [1] The name Madoc means "fortunate" and is derived from the Welsh word mad. [2] Madoc or Madog was a legendary Welsh prince who in Welsh folklore sailed to the New World three hundred years before Christopher Columbus.
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