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"Have You Ever Seen the Rain" is a song by American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival, written by John Fogerty and released as a single in 1971 from the album Pendulum (1970). The song charted highest in Canada, reaching number one on the RPM 100 national singles chart in March 1971. [ 3 ]
Interpreting the song in its time period (1970), and the resigned but somewhat angry feeling of the song, many see "Who'll Stop the Rain" as a thinly veiled protest against the Vietnam War, with the final verse lyrics and its references to music, large crowds, rain, and crowds trying to keep warm being about the band's experience at the ...
Pendulum was released in December 1970 and proved to be another hit for the band, charting within the top 10 in 10 countries, and peaking at No. 5 on the Billboard 200.The only single taken from the album, "Have You Ever Seen the Rain"/"Hey Tonight", was released in January 1971, and reached number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
[5] The song's chorus, "Oh Lord, stuck in Lodi again," has been the theme of several city events in Lodi. [5] John Fogerty also stated, "On 'Lodi', I saw a much older person than I was, 'cause it is sort of a tragic telling. A guy is stuck in a place where people really don't appreciate him.
The album is produced by Clive Davis and John Shanks (the former also produced the American Songbook albums) and includes rock milestones from the last four decades, including Bonnie Tyler 's "It's a Heartache", Badfinger's "Day After Day" and Creedence Clearwater Revival's classic "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?", which was picked as the first ...
It was released as a double A-side with another song from the same album, "Have You Ever Seen the Rain". The single peaked at position #8 on the Billboard Hot 100, [3] but did not chart in the UK. In Denmark, it was their only song leading the charts. Cash Box said the song "features [CCR's] unique power." [4]
The album has sold at least 6 million copies in the US since 1991 (data from 2013), when Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales for Billboard. [7] It has remained on the Billboard 200 chart for 12 years, reaching the 600 week-mark (non-consecutive) in August 2022. It was re-released on vinyl in 2014 as a limited edition.
In late 1993 "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" was covered by Spin Doctors for the film Philadelphia. [2] "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" is the title of Season 2 premiere of the TV series Las Vegas. However, the episode does not feature the song. The song was played in the closing credits of Simon Schama's The American Future: A History on BBC 2.