Going down a different street tonight.  I saw a post somewhere of “Bad Moon Rising” by Creedence Clearwater Revival, aka CCR, and I wanted to play that one, but I found that I just played it a year ago, so … I dug into my CCR archives and found … this!

This song was written by John Fogerty and released as a single in 1971 from the album Pendulum (1970) by roots rock group Creedence Clearwater Revival.  The song charted highest in Canada, reaching #1 on the RPM 100 national singles chart in March 1971. In the U.S., in the same year it peaked at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. In the UK, it reached #36. It was the group’s eighth gold-selling single.

Some have speculated that the song’s lyrics are referencing the Vietnam War, with the “rain” being a metaphor for bombs falling from the sky…