Creedence Clearwater Revival created one of the most concentrated and enduring catalogs in American rock, blending swamp rock, country, blues, roots music, protest songs, and tightly written radio singles. This complete A-to-Z guide gathers the band’s studio tracks, non-album releases, covers, anniversary-edition recordings, and songs from all seven studio albums.

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Creedence Clearwater Revival formed in El Cerrito, California, after years of performing under earlier names including the Blue Velvets and the Golliwogs. The classic lineup featured John Fogerty on lead vocals and lead guitar, Tom Fogerty on rhythm guitar, Stu Cook on bass, and Doug Clifford on drums.
The band adopted the Creedence Clearwater Revival name in 1967 and released its self-titled debut album the following year. Their version of “Suzie Q” introduced a sound that drew heavily from blues, country, rock and roll, and Southern roots music, despite the group’s Northern California origins.
CCR’s commercial breakthrough arrived with Bayou Country in 1969 and the single “Proud Mary.” During the next two years, the band released a remarkable sequence of albums that included Green River, Willy and the Poor Boys, Cosmo’s Factory, and Pendulum.
That period produced “Bad Moon Rising,” “Green River,” “Down on the Corner,” “Fortunate Son,” “Travelin’ Band,” “Up Around the Bend,” “Who’ll Stop the Rain,” “Run Through the Jungle,” and “Have You Ever Seen the Rain?” The songs combined direct arrangements and memorable hooks with themes of war, class, political power, work, travel, and the American experience.
Tom Fogerty left the band in 1971, and the remaining trio released Mardi Gras in 1972 before Creedence Clearwater Revival disbanded later that year. Although the group’s recording career was brief, its catalog remained enormously influential and continued to find new audiences through radio, film, television, reissues, and live performance.
Creedence Clearwater Revival was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993. John Fogerty later established a successful solo career, while Stu Cook and Doug Clifford performed the band’s music for many years as Creedence Clearwater Revisited.
Complete List of Creedence Clearwater Revival Songs From A to Z
A–H
- “45 Revolutions per Minute” – Pendulum (40th Anniversary Edition) (2008)
- “Bad Moon Rising” – Green River (1969)
- “Before You Accuse Me” – Cosmo’s Factory (1970)
- “Bootleg” – Bayou Country (1969)
- “Born on the Bayou” – Bayou Country (1969)
- “Born to Move” – Pendulum (1970)
- “Broken Spoke Shuffle” – Green River (40th Anniversary Edition) (2008)
- “Call It Pretending” – Non-album single (1967)
- “Chameleon” – Pendulum (1970)
- “Commotion” – Green River (1969)
- “Cotton Fields” – Willy and the Poor Boys (1969)
- “Cross-Tie Walker” – Green River (1969)
- “Don’t Look Now (It Ain’t You or Me)” – Willy and the Poor Boys (1969)
- “Door to Door” – Mardi Gras (1972)
- “Down on the Corner” – Willy and the Poor Boys (1969)
- “Effigy” – Willy and the Poor Boys (1969)
- “Feelin’ Blue” – Willy and the Poor Boys (1969)
- “Fortunate Son” – Willy and the Poor Boys (1969)
- “Get Down Woman” – Creedence Clearwater Revival (1968)
- “Gloomy” – Creedence Clearwater Revival (1968)
- “Glory Be” – Green River (40th Anniversary Edition) (2008)
- “Good Golly, Miss Molly” – Bayou Country (1969)
- “Graveyard Train” – Bayou Country (1969)
- “Green River” – Green River (1969)
- “Have You Ever Seen the Rain?” – Pendulum (1970)
- “Hello Mary Lou” – Mardi Gras (1972)
- “Hey Tonight” – Pendulum (1970)
I–R
- “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” – Cosmo’s Factory (1970)
- “I Put a Spell on You” – Creedence Clearwater Revival (1968)
- “It Came Out of the Sky” – Willy and the Poor Boys (1969)
- “It’s Just a Thought” – Pendulum (1970)
- “Keep on Chooglin'” – Bayou Country (1969)
- “Lodi” – Green River (1969)
- “Long as I Can See the Light” – Cosmo’s Factory (1970)
- “Lookin’ for a Reason” – Mardi Gras (1972)
- “Lookin’ Out My Back Door” – Cosmo’s Factory (1970)
- “Molina” – Pendulum (1970)
- “My Baby Left Me” – Cosmo’s Factory (1970)
- “Need Someone to Hold” – Mardi Gras (1972)
- “Ninety-Nine and a Half (Won’t Do)” – Creedence Clearwater Revival (1968)
- “Ooby Dooby” – Cosmo’s Factory (1970)
- “Pagan Baby” – Pendulum (1970)
- “Penthouse Pauper” – Bayou Country (1969)
- “Poorboy Shuffle” – Willy and the Poor Boys (1969)
- “Porterville” – Creedence Clearwater Revival (1968)
- “Proud Mary” – Bayou Country (1969)
- “Ramble Tamble” – Cosmo’s Factory (1970)
- “Rude Awakening #2” – Pendulum (1970)
- “Run Through the Jungle” – Cosmo’s Factory (1970)
S–Z
- “The Midnight Special” – Willy and the Poor Boys (1969)
- “The Night Time Is the Right Time” – Green River (1969)
- “Sail Away” – Mardi Gras (1972)
- “Sailor’s Lament” – Pendulum (1970)
- “Side o’ the Road” – Willy and the Poor Boys (1969)
- “Sinister Purpose” – Green River (1969)
- “Someday Never Comes” – Mardi Gras (1972)
- “Suzie Q” – Creedence Clearwater Revival (1968)
- “Sweet Hitch-Hiker” – Mardi Gras (1972)
- “Take It Like a Friend” – Mardi Gras (1972)
- “Tearin’ Up the Country” – Mardi Gras (1972)
- “Tombstone Shadow” – Green River (1969)
- “Travelin’ Band” – Cosmo’s Factory (1970)
- “Up Around the Bend” – Cosmo’s Factory (1970)
- “Walk on the Water” – Creedence Clearwater Revival (1968)
- “What Are You Gonna Do” – Mardi Gras (1972)
- “Who’ll Stop the Rain” – Cosmo’s Factory (1970)
- “(Wish I Could) Hideaway” – Pendulum (1970)
- “The Working Man” – Creedence Clearwater Revival (1968)
- “Wrote a Song for Everyone” – Green River (1969)
Creedence Clearwater Revival Studio Albums
Creedence Clearwater Revival (1968)
Bayou Country (1969)
Green River (1969)
Willy and the Poor Boys (1969)
Cosmo’s Factory (1970)
Pendulum (1970)
Mardi Gras (1972)
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