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“Run Through The Jungle” by Creedence Clearwater Revival

From the album Cosmo’s Factory (1970)

“Run Through The Jungle” by Creedence Clearwater Revival appears on 19 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 1997 and 2026. It was first released in 1970 on the album Cosmo’s Factory. Its best result is #135 on the KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #4,462 indie & aaa song of all time.

19countdowns

9stations

#135best position

0#1 finishes

0top 10 finishes

1997–2026years charted

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"Run Through the Jungle" came out in 1970 as one half of a double A-side with "Up Around the Bend", and it's on Cosmo's Factory, Creedence Clearwater Revival's fifth album. John Fogerty wrote it, arranged it, produced it and sang it, trading electric guitar with Tom Fogerty over Stu Cook's bass and Doug Clifford's drums, and the groove is pure swamp menace.

The title, the year and the band's track record, with "Fortunate Son" already standing as a protest against the Vietnam War, sent plenty of listeners straight to the war. Fogerty set the story straight in a 2016 interview: the song was about the spread of guns across America and the question of gun control, sparked by reading that the country had about as many guns as it had people.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Indie & Adult Alternative

#4,462 of all time

Classic Rock

#1,005 of all time

All Rock Formats

#2,687 of all time

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
1997	408	100.7 WZLX	WZLX Memorial 500 (1997)	499
1997	361	104.5 KZEP	KZEP Memorial Weekend Top 500 (1997)	500
2002	136	92.3 KGON	KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002)	923
2004	135	92.3 KGON	KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004)	923
2010	702	WXPN	WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010)	885
2011	528	100.7 WZLX	100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011)	1100
2012	530	100.7 WZLX	100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012)	1200
2013	693	100.7 WZLX	100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013)	1000
2014	442	100.7 WZLX	100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014)	1000
2014	895	Big 100	BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014)	1000
2015	377	100.7 WZLX	100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2015)	499
2016	426	102.9 The Whale	102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2016)	500
2020	1572	WXPN	WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time	2020
2021	481	100.7 KSLX	KSLX Arizona 500 (2021)	499
2022	193	100.7 KSLX	KSLX Arizona 500 (2022)	500
2022	470	WMGK	WMGK Philly 500 (2022)	500
2023	572	90.9 The Bridge	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time	909
2024	463	WMGK	WMGK Philly 500 (2024)	500
2026	280	100.7 KSLX	KSLX Arizona 500 (2026)	500

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