Song

Run Through the Jungle / Long as I Can See the Light / Ramble Tamble: CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL

Singles:
Run Through the Jungle was released in Australia as a double-A side single with Up Around the Bend. The single entered the Australian singles chart* on 22 June 1970 and peaked at #1. The song was #8 on the Top 100 of 1969.
Long as I Can See the Light was released in Australia as a double-A side single with Lookin’ Out My Back Door. The single entered the Australian singles chart* on 21 September 1970 and peaked at #1. The song was #7 on the Top 100 of 1969.

Album:
The songs are on Cosmo’s Factory which entered the Australian albums chart* on 31 Aug 1970. It hit #1 after only two weeks (on 14 Sep 1970) and remained there for an incredible 19 weeks.

Songwriter:
John Fogerty

Producer:
John Fogerty

Record label of Australian release:
Liberty

*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.

Run Through the Jungle

From the YouTube channel: ‘Creedence Clearwater Revival’. BaG is not responsible for the upload of this audio/video to YouTube or its content.

Long as I Can See the Light

From the YouTube channel: ‘Creedence Clearwater Revival’. BaG is not responsible for the upload of this audio/video to YouTube or its content.

Ramble Tamble

From the YouTube channel: ‘Creedence Clearwater Revival’. BaG is not responsible for the upload of this audio/video to YouTube or its content.

Wikipedia:
With the release of Cosmo’s Factory in July 1970, Creedence Clearwater Revival hit their commercial zenith. It was their fifth album in two years and became an international success, topping the album charts in six countries.
Run Through the Jungle: The song’s title and lyrics, as well as the year it was released (1970), have led many to assume that the song is about the Vietnam War. However, in a 2016 interview, John Fogerty explained that the song is actually about the proliferation of guns in the United States.
Long as I Can See the Light: John Fogerty stated that the song is “about the loner in me. Wanting to feel understood, needing those at home to shine a light so that I can make my way back.”
Ramble Tamble: The Southern rock song begins and ends with rockabilly elements, and contains a psychedelic rock breakdown lasting four minutes. In 1970, John Fogerty said that Ramble Tamble developed from “a lot of things”, including elements of the original version of Commotion from Green River.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmo’s_Factory

Lyrics:
Run Through the Jungle
Long as I Can See the Light
Ramble Tamble

Run Through the Jungle is also on our Spotify playlist Bang a Gong – the 70s

Also on Bang a Gong from Cosmo’s Factory:
I Heard it Through the Grapevine
Lookin’ Out My Back Door
Up Around the Bend
Who’ll Stop the Rain / Travelin’ Band

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