| "Rockin' All Over the World" | ||||
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 Dutch vinyl release | ||||
| Single by John Fogerty | ||||
| from the album John Fogerty | ||||
| B-side | "The Wall" | |||
| Released | August 16, 1975[1] | |||
| Genre | Roots rock, rock and roll | |||
| Length | 2:56 | |||
| Label | Asylum, Warner Bros. | |||
| Songwriter(s) | John Fogerty | |||
| Producer(s) | John Fogerty | |||
| John Fogerty singles chronology | ||||
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"Rockin' All Over the World" is a rock song written by John Fogerty, formerly of Creedence Clearwater Revival. It made its debut on Fogerty's second solo album in 1975. It was also released as a single, spending six weeks in the US top 40, peaking at #27.[2]
Status Quo recorded their own, heavier arrangement of Fogerty's song for their 1977 album Rockin' All Over the World. The cover peaked at #3 in the UK Singles Chart and also charted in several other countries. In July 1985, Status Quo opened Live Aid at Wembley Stadium with "Rockin' All Over the World".[3] Fogerty has given the cover a positive appraisal, occasionally making joking reference to it as the better-known version in introducing the song at UK gigs, and has talked about how the success of Status Quo's version came during a "very dark period" in his life and "made [him] feel much better". In an interview with Uncut magazine, he said that "it's wonderful to have a cover that's much better known than the original" and stated that he didn't mind that many people mistakenly believed that Status Quo wrote the song.[4]
- ^ Hung, Steffen. "John Fogerty - Rockin' All Over The World". hitparade.ch.
- ^ "Chart History: John Fogerty". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
- ^ "Aaaaaay-o! Aaaaaay-o! Why Live Aid was the greatest show of all". The Independent. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ "I still wake up in a sweat at night". Uncut. London, UK: Kelsey Media. May 2018. p. 53.