THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
502-Creedence Clearwater Revival-Bad Moon Rising.
1969-Number 1 single.
Best Bit-At 0.34 ‘There’s a bathroom on the right.’
This song contains one of the most famous misheard lyrics.’There’s a bad moon on the rise’ is often heard as ‘There’s a bathroom on the right.’It became so famous that when John Fogerty performs it live he sings the bathroom line and points towards the toilets from the stage.
Fogerty wrote ‘Bad Moon Rising’ after watching the 1941 fantasy film ‘The Devil and Daniel Webster,’inspired by a scene involving a hurricane.It is ironic that a song inspired by someone watching a film has been featured many times on the soundtrack of several famous movies over the years.
This is not the only classic song written by John Fogerty,he also wrote ‘Proud Mary,(see best songs 752) and ‘Rockin’ All Over The World,’made famous by Status Quo who opened ‘Live Aid’ with the song in 1985.
‘Don’t go ’round tonight it’s bound to take your life,there’s a bad moon on the rise.’
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