![]() ![]() "It's the old saying about rich men making war and poor men having to fight them." In 2015, while on the television show The Voice, he also said: involvement in the Vietnam War, is not explicit in its criticism of that war in particular, rather, it "speaks more to the unfairness of class than war itself," according to its author, John Fogerty. The song, released during the peak period of the U.S. In 2013, the song was added to the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." Rolling Stone placed it at number 99 on its "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list. Pitchfork Media placed it at number 17 on its list of "The 200 Greatest Songs of the 1960s". ![]() It won the RIAA Gold Disc award in December 1970. The tracks combined to climb to number 9 the next week, on the way to peaking at number 3 three more weeks later, on 20 December 1969. The song reached number 14 on the United States charts on November 22, 1969, the week before Billboard changed its methodology on double-sided hits. The song has been featured extensively in pop culture depictions of the Vietnam War and the anti-war movement. military involvement in the Vietnam War and solidarity with the soldiers fighting it. It soon became an anti-war movement anthem and an expressive symbol of the counterculture's opposition to U.S. It was previously released as a single, together with " Down on the Corner", in September 1969. " Fortunate Son" is a song by the American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival released on their fourth studio album, Willy and the Poor Boys in November 1969. Creedence Clearwater Revival singles chronology ![]()
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