| "Sweet Hitch-Hiker" | ||||
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| Single by Creedence Clearwater Revival | ||||
| from the album Mardi Gras | ||||
| B-side | "Door to Door" | |||
| Released | July 1971 | |||
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| Length | 2:59 | |||
| Label | Fantasy | |||
| Songwriter(s) | John Fogerty | |||
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| Creedence Clearwater Revival singles chronology | ||||
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"Sweet Hitch-Hiker" is a song by the American roots/swamp rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival from their 1972 album Mardi Gras. It was first released as a single in 1971 and reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming their 9th and last top 10 hit.[4] On the Record Retailer UK Singles Chart, it peaked at #36.[5]
The song was written by CCR singer John Fogerty, and it has been described as a "classic John Fogerty stomper" by author Hank Bordowitz.[6]
The song mentions the Greasy King, a restaurant in El Cerrito, the California city where the band members were raised.
The B-side of the single was the song "Door to Door" written and sung by Stu Cook.
- ^ Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (15 October 1996). Precious and Few: Pop Music of the Early '70s. St. Martin's Press. p. 12. ISBN 978-0-312-14704-4.
- ^ Kitts, Thomas M. (27 August 2015). John Fogerty: An American Son. Routledge. p. 179. ISBN 978-1-317-96126-0.
- ^ Pohlmann, Sascha; Holtsträter, Knut (2024). Americana: Aesthetics, Authenticity, and Performance in US Popular Music. Waxmann Verlag GmbH. p. 91. ISBN 978-3-830-99756-6.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (8th ed.). New York: Billboard Books. p. 152. ISBN 978-0-8230-7499-0. Retrieved 2009-11-30.
- ^ Warwick, Neil; Kutner, Jon; Brown, Tony (2004). The Complete Book of the British Charts: Singles and Albums. London: Omnibus Press. p. 275. ISBN 1-84449-058-0. Retrieved 2009-11-30.
- ^ Bordowitz, Hank (2007). Bad Moon Rising: The Unauthorized History of Creedence Clearwater Revival. Chicago: Chicago Review Press. p. 126. ISBN 978-1-55652-661-9. Retrieved 2009-11-30.