Best Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR) Single

I love that "Run Through the Jungle" apparently got R&B play in the day, while followup "Lookin' Out My Back Door" made it to at least one C&W station.

Vote: "Up"/"Run"

My brain just short-circuited - my heart said 'Down on the Corner' 'cause the flip is too socially signficant ... but my heart says 'have you ever'/'hey tonight' ... went with my brain.

oops . meant to say brain first - went with 'Down on the Corner'

I never thought this would be one of the hardest polls, but it is dammit.

Bend/Jungle for me.

On Memorial Day there was some jackass in the park with a deck chair, a craked-up boombox, and Old Glory. One of his jams was "Run Through The Jungle".

I should be more charitable; maybe he knew exactly what he was saying with that...

"cranked-up" that is.

this is impossible - one of the best singles bands ever

I might actually go with Rain/Tonight tho - some of these A/B pairings are really strange (Fortunate Son was a B side?!)

Was listening to Chronicle on a road trip recently and placed myself in the same dumbfounded position as this poll does. The best answer I could come up with was "Whichever Creedence song is playing AT THIS MOMENT is the best Creedence song there is." It's kinda a zen thing, I guess.

Not sure if 'Porterville' was ever a single but is a great one nevertheless.

Most of these were considered "Double A-sides," however that played out in those days (guess it had to do with how they were promoted).

Was listening to Chronicle on a road trip recently and placed myself in the same dumbfounded position as this poll does. The best answer I could come up with was "Whichever Creedence song is playing AT THIS MOMENT is the best Creedence song there is." It's kinda a zen thing, I guess.

-- kingkongvsgodzilla, Sunday, June 3, 2007 3:21 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link

I can remember going camping with about 50 other students during a retreat for our university newspaper. The only music we had for the entire trip was a battered cassette copy of Chronicles, which turned out to be the perfect soundtrack. I can remember sitting in my deck chair, beer in hand, realizing the near perfection of CCR's songcraft. I have to agree with kkvsgojira and bernard: The truth is, depending on your mood,and the context, any CCR single can be the best.

Chronicle was the first CD I got as a kid.

This isn't easy. Up Around The Bend or Have You Ever Seen The rain probably. Strange how they had one no 1 single here in the UK then didn't have any big hits after. A travesty.

aw man, I just realized that since I quit my job, I won't have anyone to enjoy Creedence wednesdays with anymore! total bummer

You worked for the Human Genome Project, didn't you?

no, but I was doin' science. why do you ask?

Ha, I was just being silly! I just liked the idea of Creedence Wednesdays in a lab environment. What kind of science were you doing?

I went with my first thought, "Green River," even though the b-side isn't the strongest.

But I might vote again before it's done.

"Down On The Corner" b/w "Fortunate Son"

"Up Around The Bend" b/w "Run Through The Jungle"

how do you choose between these? you can't

breast cancer research. and really, Creedence Wednesdays were more of a "me and one other dude getting sick of listening to rhythmic adult contemporary" thing than a defining feature of the lab.

xpost: by voting for "Travelin' Band" b/w "Who'll Stop The Rain"!

"Green River."

I gave some serious consideration to "Green River"/"Commotion," 'cause I love "Commotion" so much. So punk!

Proud Mary/Born on the Bayou. The best A/B combination.

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Imagine a band with enough high-quality material that they could afford to use the likes of "Lodi" and "Who'll Stop The Rain" as B-sides.
These are all great singles, and I want to single out "Proud Mary/Bayou" for showing what Fogerty could do with little more than one fuggin' chord. But ultimately I think "Down On The Corner"/"Fortunate Son" is the most all-around satisfying.

"bad moon rising"/"lodi" got my vote -- one of the strongest A/B sides of any band ever.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Total embarrassment of riches. Don't Look Now, Effigy, and Hideaway weren't even singles? Voted for Born On The Bayou pretty much at random.

Thank you, ILX System. You may return to your closet.

haha wtf

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

still can't believe I was the only vote for "Travelin' Band" b/w "Who'll Stop The Rain". in the sense that both A. I can't believe I voted for that and B. I can't believe nobody else did.

Actually, that's the only one I liked "a lot" at the time. The rest were "OK" by me.

"Who'll Stop The Rain" is epic. "Travelin' Band", I always found kinda forced. The horns add nothing, and it just doesn't choogle. (I like the line about the state militia, though.)

Most of these were considered "Double A-sides," however that played out in those days (guess it had to do with how they were promoted).

-- Mark Rich@rdson, Sunday, June 3, 2007 11:22 AM (7 months ago) Bookmark Link

makes sense. I was about to comment on how superior the B-side is in every instance except for "Travelin Band"

(which is to say it's not as clear cut a winner)

ok and may not hold true w/r/t these two: "I Put A Spell On You" b/w "Walk On The Water", "Sweet Hitch-Hiker" b/w "Door To Door"

weren't those their last singles right before the band fell apart?

I Put a Spell on You, I believe, is their second single (after Suzie Q), whereas their last single, I don't remember the A-side, but the B-side is, I believe, the emotionally gripping Someday Never Comes.

still can't believe I was the only vote for "Travelin' Band" b/w "Who'll Stop The Rain".

The single loudest record I've ever owned - honestly about twice as loud as anything else. I missed this poll, don't know what I would have voted for - maybe "Proud Mary"/"Born on the Bayou"

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I Put a Spell on You, I believe, is their second single (after Suzie Q), whereas their last single, I don't remember the A-side, but the B-side is, I believe, the emotionally gripping Someday Never Comes.

Actually, "Someday Never Comes" was the A-side, and the last CCR hit to make the Top 40.

Taking into account both A and B sides, I guess I would have voted for one of these; hell if I know which one, though:

Down On The Corner" b/w "Fortunate Son" 22
"Bad Moon Rising" b/w "Lodi" 7
"Up Around The Bend" b/w "Run Through The Jungle" 7
"Green River" b/w "Commotion" 5

In general, I'd say their cover versions and songs about rain are overrated and their really fast songs are underrated. But probably not by everybody.

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