Creedence Clearwater Revival – Lookin' Out My Back Door (2:32)
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“Lookin’ out My Back Door” is a song recorded by the American band Creedence Clearwater Revival and written by the band’s lead singer, guitarist and songwriter, John Fogerty.
It was included on their 1970 album “Cosmo’s Factory”, the group’s fifth album. The song’s lyrics, filled with colorful, dream-like imagery, led some to believe that the song was about drugs. According to the drug theory, the “flying spoon” in the song was a cocaine spoon, and the crazy animal images were an acid trip.[1] Fogerty, however, has stated in interviews that the song was actually written for his then three-year old son, Josh. The flying spoon was about how you play with babies when you give them food on a spoon, and how they fling the food from their spoon. [1] Fogerty has also said that the reference to a parade passing by was inspired by the Dr. Seuss book, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street.
“Lookin’ Out My Back Door”, along with “Long as I Can See the Light” on the flip-side, was released as a single in July of 1970. The double sided single,counted as one entry by the methodology used by Billboard Magazine at the time, eventually climbed to number two on the Billboard chart (by comparison, “Long as I Can See the Light” only reached number fifty-seven on the concurrent Cash Box singles chart, which still tracked the performance on both sides of a single separately). This marked the fifth (and final) time the group had a double sided single accomplish that feat on the Billboard Pop Singles chart. The single was held out of the top spot by Diana Ross’s cover of “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough (“Lookin’ Out My Back Door” did top the Cash Box singles chart for one week). “Long as I Can See the Light” also reached #20 on the U.K. Pop chart.
It was included on their 1970 album “Cosmo’s Factory”, the group’s fifth album. The song’s lyrics, filled with colorful, dream-like imagery, led some to believe that the song was about drugs. According to the drug theory, the “flying spoon” in the song was a cocaine spoon, and the crazy animal images were an acid trip.[1] Fogerty, however, has stated in interviews that the song was actually written for his then three-year old son, Josh. The flying spoon was about how you play with babies when you give them food on a spoon, and how they fling the food from their spoon. [1] Fogerty has also said that the reference to a parade passing by was inspired by the Dr. Seuss book, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street.
“Lookin’ Out My Back Door”, along with “Long as I Can See the Light” on the flip-side, was released as a single in July of 1970. The double sided single,counted as one entry by the methodology used by Billboard Magazine at the time, eventually climbed to number two on the Billboard chart (by comparison, “Long as I Can See the Light” only reached number fifty-seven on the concurrent Cash Box singles chart, which still tracked the performance on both sides of a single separately). This marked the fifth (and final) time the group had a double sided single accomplish that feat on the Billboard Pop Singles chart. The single was held out of the top spot by Diana Ross’s cover of “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough (“Lookin’ Out My Back Door” did top the Cash Box singles chart for one week). “Long as I Can See the Light” also reached #20 on the U.K. Pop chart.
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rikrijean wrote:
CCR------VERY, VERY GREAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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oldiesfanjohn wrote:
A dinosaur Victrola...lIstening to Buck Owens!"-----Doot doot doo...etc etc..only CCR could make imagery like that sound like good clean lyrical fun amidst all the gloom and doom back then!
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SmokedGhouda wrote:
Just the perfect song all around
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snuffy87 wrote:
the big lebowski never gets old :)
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dosika66 wrote:
ojej ,,,sax ,,,nieziemsko --Głos!!
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Masaboukas wrote:
very old memories!!!!!!!!! :))
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PattySauce wrote:
:) :) :)
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KeithandLor wrote:
agreed klpra
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klpra wrote:
This song never fails to put me in a good place
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oldiesfanjohn wrote:
poor Donnie,yikes
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DarthYankee wrote:
CCR was most definitely not out of their element on this track.
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xynobia wrote:
Shut the fuck up, Donnie.
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stardust-01 wrote:
Great C.C.R. Track..//
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pablo323 wrote:
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silversurfer250 wrote:
It was partly written for John Fogerty's son Josh who at the time was 3. Fogerty says: "I knew he would love it if he heard me on the radio singing - doot doot doo, lookin' out my back door." In the song lyrics there is a reference to a parade passing by which John says was inspired by a Dr. Seuss book that he read as a kid titled To Think (That) I Saw It On Mulberry Street. http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=5071 (Ed. Note: ...and you thought it was about drugs...LOL)
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BlueOclock wrote:
Yeeeeeeehaaaaaaaa! One of their best songs!
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henryheimlich wrote:
The dude abides...
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stardust-01 wrote:
Excellent Track by CCR.//
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PattySauce wrote:
Yes Led Zep is right this song puts me in a happy place too!!!! :) DO DO DO!!!
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