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“Up Around the Bend” by Creedence Clearwater Revival

From the album Cosmo’s Factory (1970)

“Up Around the Bend” by Creedence Clearwater Revival appears on 27 radio countdowns from 11 stations between 1991 and 2026. It was first released in 1970 on the album Cosmo’s Factory. Its best result is #170 on the BIG 500 Labor Day Countdown (2013). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,902 indie & aaa song of all time and #432 of the '70s.

27countdowns
11stations
#170best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1991–2026years charted

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"Up Around the Bend" is John Fogerty in full flight, written and cut only days before Creedence Clearwater Revival left for their European tour in April 1970, and it landed on Cosmo's Factory. Fogerty sings it, plays electric guitar alongside Tom Fogerty, arranged it and produced it, with Stu Cook on bass and Doug Clifford on drums.

It opens on a piercing, high-pitched guitar riff from Fogerty and never lets up, a summons to a gathering somewhere down the highway with everybody invited. It went out as a double-sided single with "Run Through the Jungle" and climbed to 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and 3 in Britain, selling a million copies in America. Cash Box and Record World both raved about it, the latter calling the pairing a two-sided monster.

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

RockLists rankings

Indie & Adult Alternative

Classic Rock

All Rock Formats

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1991 363 WNEW-FM WNEW Firecracker 500 (1991) 500
1997 363 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (1997) 499
2001 177 WFPK WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time 2000
2002 258 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002) 923
2004 257 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004) 923
2010 254 WXPN WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010) 885
2011 265 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) 1100
2012 500 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2012) 500
2012 267 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) 1200
2013 244 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2013) 500
2013 222 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013) 1000
2013 170 Big 100 BIG 500 Labor Day Countdown (2013) 500
2014 716 Big 100 BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 189 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 400 (2014) 400
2014 236 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) 1000
2015 240 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2015) 499
2016 254 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2016) 500
2017 268 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2017) 500
2018 265 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2018) 500
2020 512 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) 1025
2021 398 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2021) 499
2021 356 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2021) 500
2022 433 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s 908
2022 514 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) 1025
2023 598 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015
2026 395 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2026) 500
2026 224 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2026) 500

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