Comments

• Date:

  Sunday, 28 Dec ember 2008 - 16:49 UTC

  Stephen Curry said:

  Not that this is my area of expertise but even I was vaguely aware that Creedence Clearwater Revival were not the first to record this song… Gladys Knight and the Pips got to No. 2 in the US with it in 1967 while Marvin Gaye’s more famous cover reached No. 1 a year later. CCR’s cover didn’t appear until 1970.

  None of the both negates your personal preference of course!

• Date:

  Monday, 29 Dec ember 2008 - 14:46 UTC

  Dara Sosulski said:

  Ouch. And to think, I was just trying to make a joke about the California Raisins…

• Date:

  Monday, 29 Dec ember 2008 - 15:01 UTC

  Maxine Clarke said:

  Even I knew that Marvin Gaye once sung this song, though I don’t think I know of any of the other versions ;-)

• Date:

  Monday, 29 Dec ember 2008 - 15:42 UTC

  Kristi Vogel said:

  Motown artists pwn all the rest, IMO. Though I love the way Fogarty sings “I HOOIID it through the grape. Vine.”

  CCR had a number of excellent hits in their own right, including Fortunate Son, Bad Moon Rising, and Have You Ever Seen the Rain.

• Date:

  Monday, 29 Dec ember 2008 - 16:50 UTC

  steffi suhr said:

  Bad Moon Rising is the best.