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name	Bad Moon Rising| cover = Bad Moon Rising label.jpeg| alt = | type = single| artist = Creedence Clearwater Revival Green River (album)>Green River Lodi (Creedence Clearwater Revival song)>Lodi Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco, California| genre = folk rockBOOK, Valdez, Steve, Henderson, Lol, Stacey, Lee, Encyclopedia of Music in the 20th Century, 2014, Routledge, London, 978-1-135-92946-6, 223,books.google.com/books?id=m8W2AgAAQBAJ, Folk rock, blues rockWEB, Tom, Breihan, The Number Ones: Henry Mancini’s “Love Theme From Romeo And Juliet”, Stereogum, November 27, 2018,www.stereogum.com/2023770/the-number-ones-henry-mancinis-love-theme-from-romeo-and-juliet/columns/the-number-ones/, Creedence Clearwater Revival’s apocalyptic blues-rock rambler “Bad Moon Rising” peaked at 2..., June 15, 2023,	m=2|s=21}}	Fantasy Records>Fantasy| writer = John Fogerty| producer = John Fogerty| prev_title = Proud Mary| prev_year = 1969	Green River (song)>Green River| next_year = 1969	{{YouTube	“Bad Moon Rising” (lyric video)}}}}}}”Bad Moon Rising” is a song written by John Fogerty and performed by Creedence Clearwater Revival. It was the lead single from their album Green River and was released on April 16, 1969 four months before the album. The song peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on 28 June 1969 and reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart for three weeks in September of that year (see 1969 in music). It was CCR’s second gold single.Chronicle, Vol. 1 Liner NotesThe song has been recorded by at least 20 different artists, in styles ranging from folk to reggae to psychedelic rock.In 2010, Rolling Stone ranked it No. 364 on its “500 Greatest Songs of All Time” list.It is one of five songs by the band that peaked at the No. 2 spot on the U.S. Billboard chart and did not get to No. 1. It was blocked by “Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet” by Henry Mancini.On the 2013 John Fogerty album, Wrote a Song for Everyone, the song is included featuring the Zac Brown Band.WEB,www.allmusic.com/album/wrote-a-song-for-everyone-mw0002349081, John Fogerty - Wrote a Song for Everyone Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic, AllMusic, Composition “Bad Moon Rising” uses weather imagery to make the point that something bad is lurking “out there.“Fogerty reportedly wrote the song after watching the 1941 film The Devil and Daniel Webster. It was inspired by a scene in the film in which a hurricane destroys the crops of several farms, but spares those of Jabez Stone (James Craig), the character in the film who makes a deal with the devil in exchange for wealth. Fogerty claims the song is about “the apocalypse that was going to be visited upon us”.MAGAZINE, Michael, Goldberg, February 4, 1993, John Fogerty Looks Back on the Glory Days of Creedence Clearwater Revival, Rolling Stone,riverising.tripod.com/john-interviews/rollingstone2.html, January 24, 2011, He also said that when the band was learning the song he recognized the contrast between the apocalyptic words and the happy melody.BOOK, Up Around the Bend, Werner, Craig, 144–145, Avon Books, 0380801531, 1998, He said “It wasn’t until the band was learning the song that I realized the dichotomy. Here you’ve got this song with all these hurricanes and blowing and raging ruin and all that, but it’s ‘I see a bad moon rising.’ It’s a happy-sounding tune, right? It didn’t bother me at the time.” Reception In 1969, the American music and entertainment magazine Billboard described the single as being “loaded with rhythm and drive” and predicted it “[couldn’t] miss goingright to the top.“NEWS, Billboard, 2021-02-20, April 26, 1969, 82, Spotlight Singles,worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/60s/1969/Billboard%201969-04-26.pdf, Cash Box, another contemporary music trade magazine, described it as a “blazing bayou-rock outing” that is “louder and bolder” than the group’s previous single “Proud Mary.“NEWS, CashBox Record Reviews, April 26, 1969, 22, 2021-12-08,worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1969/CB-1969-04-26.pdf, Cash Box, Cash Box ranked it as the No. 51 single of 1969.WEB, Top 100 Chart Hits of 1969, Cash Box, December 27, 1969, 2021-12-08,worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1969/CB-1969-12-27.pdf, 22, Ultimate Classic Rock critic Cliff M. Junior rated “Bad Moon Rising” as Creedence Clearwater Revival’s 5th greatest song, saying that “in a little more than two minutes, [Fogerty] unloads his mind and prompts you to think about what’s troubling you in your life.“WEB, Top 10 Creedence Clearwater Revival Songs,ultimateclassicrock.com/creedence-clearwater-revival-songs/, 2022-06-11, Ultimate Classic Rock, September 9, 2012, Junior, Cliff M., The song has been referenced numerous times by the Plants vs. Zombies franchise, including a use in an advertisement for (Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2) and an aptly-named trick card in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes. The song also appears in a 2023 TV commercial for Toyota.{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}} Charts {{col-begin}}{{col-2}} Weekly charts{| class“wikitable sortable plainrowheaders” |+Weekly chart performance for “Bad Moon Rising” ! scope=“col“| Chart (1969)! scope=“col“| Peakposition
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{| class=“wikitable sortable plainrowheaders” |+2021 weekly chart performance for “Bad Moon Rising“! scope=“col“| Chart (2021)! scope=“col“| Peakposition!scope=“row“|Canada Digital Song Sales (Billboard)MAGAZINE,www.billboard.com/artist/creedence-clearwater-revival/chart-history/cns/, Creedence Clearwater Revival Chart History (Canadian Digital Song Sales), Billboard (magazine), Billboard, July 18, 2022, 13!scope=“row“|US Digital Song Sales (Billboard)MAGAZINE,www.billboard.com/artist/creedence-clearwater-revival/chart-history/hds/, Creedence Clearwater Revival Chart History (Digital Song Sales), Billboard (magazine), Billboard, July 16, 2022, 22{{singlechart|Billboardrocksongs|12|artist=Creedence Clearwater Revival|rowheader=true|access-date=November 9, 2021}}{| class=“wikitable sortable plainrowheaders” style="text-align:center“|+2024 weekly chart performance for “Bad Moon Rising“! scope=“col“| Chart (2024)! scope=“col“| Peakposition! scope=“row“| Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan)WEB,www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2024&dspp=9, Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 9, Sverigetopplistan, March 2, 2024, | 11{{col-2}}

Year-end charts{| class“wikitable sortable plainrowheaders“|+Year-end chart performance for “Bad Moon Rising”

! scope=“col“| Chart (1969)! scope=“col“| Rank!scope=“row“|AustraliaWEB,www.poparchives.com.au/gosetcharts/1969/top1969.html, Go-Set Magazine Charts, January 2007, www.poparchives.com.au, Barry McKay, 9 August 2017, March 28, 2015,www.poparchives.com.au/gosetcharts/1969/top1969.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20150328001018www.poparchives.com.au/gosetcharts/1969/top1969.html,">web.archive.org/web/20150328001018www.poparchives.com.au/gosetcharts/1969/top1969.html, dead, 31!scope=“row“|CanadaWEB,www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.6104&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=mhe12pta2k83e08udtq66ot062, Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada, www.collectionscanada.gc.ca, 53!scope=“row“|US Billboard Hot 100WEB,www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1969.htm, Top 100 Hits of 1969/Top 100 Songs of 1969, www.musicoutfitters.com, 24!scope=“row“|US Cash BoxWEB,tropicalglen.com/Archives/60s_files/1969YESP.html, Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 29, 1969, September 6, 2017,tropicalglen.com/Archives/60s_files/1969YESP.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20190125055422tropicalglen.com/Archives/60s_files/1969YESP.html,">web.archive.org/web/20190125055422tropicalglen.com/Archives/60s_files/1969YESP.html, January 25, 2019, dead, 51{{col-end}}

Certifications and sales

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