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Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Green River is an album by Creedence Clearwater Revival, released in 1969. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 97 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Bad Moon Rising”, on 69 lists with a best position of #2.
Green River, Creedence Clearwater Revival's third album, came out on Fantasy in 1969, the middle one of three records the band released that year, between Bayou Country in January and Willy and the Poor Boys in October. John Fogerty produced, sang, played lead guitar and did the heavy lifting as songwriter, with brother Tom on rhythm guitar, Stu Cook on bass and Doug Clifford on drums, and the four of them sound like they could play this stuff in their sleep.
It's roots rock boiled down to its essentials: twangy, tight and bone-dry, with Fogerty's hollering voice cutting through like a buzzsaw. "Bad Moon Rising" gallops along on a bright, cheery shuffle, "Lodi" is a slow, weary country-rock lope, and the title track rides a greasy riff straight down to the riverbank. It went all the way to number one on the Billboard 200.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Green River on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bad Moon Rising#476 of all time | 69 | #2 | – | 1991–2026 | |
| 2 | Lodi | 13 | #259 | – | 1991–2023 | |
| 3 | Green River | 15 | #313 | – | 1982–2026 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.