Lookin' out My Back Door

"Lookin' out My Back Door"
Single by Creedence Clearwater Revival
from the album Cosmo's Factory
B-side"Long As I Can See the Light"
ReleasedJuly 25, 1970 (1970-07-25)[1]
GenreCountry rock[2]
Length2:35
LabelFantasy
Songwriter(s)John Fogerty
Producer(s)John Fogerty
Creedence Clearwater Revival singles chronology
"Up Around the Bend"
(1970)
"Lookin' out My Back Door"
(1970)
"Have You Ever Seen the Rain?"
(1971)

"Lookin' out My Back Door" is a song recorded by the American band Creedence Clearwater Revival. Written by the band's lead singer, guitarist and songwriter John Fogerty, it is included on their fifth album Cosmo's Factory (1970), and became their fifth and final number-two Billboard hit, held off the top by Diana Ross's version of "Ain't No Mountain High Enough". It was their only Cash Box Top 100 number-one hit.

  1. ^ Betts, Stephen L. (May 25, 2017). "See Wade Bowen's Playful Creedence Clearwater Revival Cover". Rolling Stone. Retrieved March 6, 2020. Wade Bowen's web series Garage Mahal continues with the Texas musician's informal acoustic take on Creedence Clearwater Revival's 1970 country-rocker "Lookin' Out My Back Door."