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Song · 1969 · Roots rock

Proud Mary

Creedence Clearwater Revival
1969
★ 7.9 editorial score

Fogerty came out of the National Guard and wrote it in two days, Beethoven's Fifth hiding in the intro.

From the album
Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits
in the Albums canon
Genre
Roots rockSwamp rockRock
Subject
EscapeWorkTravel

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Quote · 1975

“We gotta get out while we're young 'Cause tramps like us, baby, we were born to run.”

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