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Fortunate Son
Creedence Clearwater Revival
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no senator's son, son
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate one
1969
14
Year
Peak Chart Position
- peaked at No. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1969
- “Fortunate Son” was the B-side of “Down on the Corner" which peaked at No. 3
- from CCR's fourth studio album, Willy and the Poor Boys (1969)
- the song was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
- ranks #99 on Rolling Stone magazine's 2010 list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time
- on the record:
John Fogerty- lead vocals, lead guitar
Tom Fogerty- rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Stu Cook- bass
Doug Clifford- drums - written by John Fogerty
- Fogerty: "The song speaks more to the unfairness of class than war itself. It's the old saying about rich men making war and poor men having to fight them."
- produced by John Fogerty
- recorded at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, California
- Fantasy Records label