A Credence Clearwater number called Bad Moon Rising is a song about the doom that comes when the world is engulfed in an all-ending storm. The lyrics of the song is written and sung by John Fogerty. This song has been a great hit in 1969. This song belongs to the Green River album. It attained and remained the topper of the UK singles chart for three weeks in September 1969, and at second position on the very reputed Billboard hot 100 singles list.
In the song Bad Moon Rising John Fogerty appraises people about the devastation that may take place due to the fury of nature, when the rising of the moon conveys bad happenings. He asks people if they are ready to die if such a thing happens. The last line of the song is worded as though there is a bathroom on the right. The correct lyrics word the last line as there is a bad moon on the rise. John Fogerty deliberately uses the bathroom wordings in a light-hearted manner in his live shows. Recently he used it in his album Premonition in the year 1998. The lyrics of the song create visuals of devastation and natures fury.
Bad Moon Rising has featured in many albums and performances. It was included in the An American Werewolf in London album and also on Sweet Home Alabama. The song was sung in the season three finale of Las Vegas in the first few minutes. The song also appeared on the season one finale of Supernatural. A cover version of this song was sung by Heart lead singer Ann Wilson for her album Hope and Glory with singer Gretchen Wilson, a country music singer, in the year 2007.
Bad Moon Rising was also a hot favorite with singers and performers like Type O Negative, Social Distortion, The Reels, Rolf Harris, Steel Train, Lagwagon, Rancid and Rasputina. Atco Records let out a reggae modification of Bad Moon Rising by Jah Milla in the year 1981. Homer Simpson sang the song in the tele-series The Simpsons, in the Mr. Sprtiz Goes To Washington episode, when he was asked to perform the CPR by Marge.
If you are on the lookout for a novel version of the Bad Moon Rising you can try it out in The Battlefield Bands album COMD2009 On The Rise, where an instrumental modification of the song by Fogerty is featured on the first half of the sixth track. This version is used in live performances as a surfing song by Outer Hebrides. The Battlefield Band follows a custom of ending their albums with any of the Clearwater Revivial Numbers.
The lyrics of the opening verse of the Bad Moon Rising is I see the bad moon arising…I see trouble on the way…I see earthquakes and lightnin…I see bad times today. Wikipedia
Bad Moon Lyrics Credence Clearwater Hit
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