"Born on the Bayou" | |
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Single by Creedence Clearwater Revival | |
from the album Bayou Country | |
A-side | "Proud Mary" |
Released | January 5, 1969 |
Recorded | Late 1968 |
Studio | RCA (Hollywood, California) |
Genre | |
Length | 5:10 (Album Version) 3:50 (Single Edit) |
Label | Fantasy |
Songwriter(s) | John Fogerty |
Producer(s) | John Fogerty |
"Born on the Bayou" (1969) is the first track on Creedence Clearwater Revival's second album, Bayou Country, released in 1969. It was released as the B-side of the single "Proud Mary" that reached No. 2 on the Billboard charts.
"Born on the Bayou" is one of my favourite CCR songs. Its wonderful, swampy, psychedelic groove kicked off the band's second album and revealed their deeper shift into the southern rock sounds and imagery.