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About This Track
“Up Around the Bend” is a song recorded by the American band, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and written by the band’s lead singer, guitarist and songwriter, John Fogerty. The song was composed and recorded only a few days prior to the band’s April 1970 European tour and was included on the album, Cosmo’s Factory.
The song is opened with a prominent, high-pitched guitar riff played by John Fogerty. The song’s lyrics have Fogerty telling of a gathering “up around the bend” on the highway and inviting the listener to join in. According to the Up Around The Bend Songfacts, the song required a bit of translation for British audiences. In England, if you go “around the bend” it means you go crazy. Then the band toured the UK, they had to explain to the British press that the song was not about dementia or mental problems.
Released as a single, with “Run Through the Jungle” on the flipside, the double-sided single climbed to number four on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the spring of 1970, and was certified gold by the RIAA for sales of over one million copies. It was also a major hit in the UK, where it reached number three on the UK Singles Chart.
The song has been covered by artists such as Elton John, who recorded a version of the song early in his career, and Finnish rock band Hanoi Rocks, who covered it on their 1984 album, Two Steps from the Move.
The song is opened with a prominent, high-pitched guitar riff played by John Fogerty. The song’s lyrics have Fogerty telling of a gathering “up around the bend” on the highway and inviting the listener to join in. According to the Up Around The Bend Songfacts, the song required a bit of translation for British audiences. In England, if you go “around the bend” it means you go crazy. Then the band toured the UK, they had to explain to the British press that the song was not about dementia or mental problems.
Released as a single, with “Run Through the Jungle” on the flipside, the double-sided single climbed to number four on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the spring of 1970, and was certified gold by the RIAA for sales of over one million copies. It was also a major hit in the UK, where it reached number three on the UK Singles Chart.
The song has been covered by artists such as Elton John, who recorded a version of the song early in his career, and Finnish rock band Hanoi Rocks, who covered it on their 1984 album, Two Steps from the Move.
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boondocks02 wrote:
we need songs like this these days insted of this hipnotic bull $#!T thats played these days and im only 23 years old and the rap these days is so sad that its concidered music but dont get me wrong old skool rap is great it actualy has stors in the songs but now just the same ripeditiv $#!T thanx for reading.
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cherokeegrl wrote:
Bring a song and a smile for the banjo, let's get while the gettins good
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billy197os wrote:
What an awesome band!
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kjmic2 wrote:
@ venicechance I agree his guitar sound was usually quite thin. I love ccr but it usually sounded like he cut the bottom end to nothing and boosted the high end with a bleedin treble booster in the chain
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snowmann63 wrote:
meine zweitliebste Band :-)
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LotemBen wrote:
CCR always cheer me up... :)
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venicechance wrote:
A different guitar sound to most of the other CCR hits.
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oldiesfanjohn wrote:
twas a shame John couldn`t play all his CCR hits all those years !
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victoria1908 wrote:
FANTASTIC::::::::::::::::::!!!!!!!
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PattySauce wrote:
I don't think there's one CCR song I don't like!! <3
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escarabat94 wrote:
yeah!
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miguelitomama wrote:
I never get tired of this one!!!!!
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vista41m wrote:
summertime in the land of lincoln
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rikrijean wrote:
CCR-----GREAT!!!
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joeyb007 wrote:
wow. what can i say.
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blackthunder66 wrote:
CLASSIC
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rianpopkid wrote:
I love intro of this song =)
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steamboat58 wrote:
Oh ya, love it, thanks Ingetraud
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percaso269 wrote:
There's a place up ahead and I'm goin' just as fast as my feet can fly Come away, come away if you're goin', leave the sinkin' ship behind. [CHORUS:] Come on the risin' wind, we're goin' up around the bend. Ooh! Bring a song and a smile for the banjo, better get while the gettin's good, Hitch a ride to the end of the highway where the neons turn to wood. [CHORUS] Oooh! You can ponder perpetual motion, fix your mind on a crystal day, Always time for a good conversation, there's an ear for what you say. [CHORUS] Yeah! Oooh! Catch a ride to the end of the highway and we'll meet by the big red tree, There's a place up ahead and I'm goin', come along, come along with me. [CHORUS] Yeah! Do do doo do...
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