Have You Ever Seen the Rain?
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| Single by Creedence Clearwater Revival from the album Pendulum |
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| Released | 1970 | |
| Format | 7" 45 RPM | |
| Genre | Country rock | |
| Length | 2:33 | |
| Label | Fantasy | |
| Writer(s) | John Fogerty | |
"Have You Ever Seen The Rain?" is a song written by John Fogerty and released in 1970 on the album Pendulum of legendary American roots rock group Creedence Clearwater Revival. The song peaked at #8 on the charts of the Billboard Hot 100 in 1971. On Cash Box the single peaked at #3. Billboard co-listed the b-side "Hey Tonight".
John Fogerty released a live version of the song on his The Long Road Home - In Concert DVD which was recorded at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles, California on September 15, 2005.
A version of the song appears in GE's "Ecomagination" Clouds commercial sang by Juju Stulbach. [1]
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[edit] In the Media
- "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" was played in the first episode of the TV Series Cold Case: "Look Again"
- It was played in the last episode of the TV Series Stargate SG-1: "Unending"
- This song was played in the film Evan Almighty (During the opening sequence).
- It is featured in the film The Longest Yard.
- In the film December Boys, it is heard in both the CCR version and a quieter instrumental version.
- It was played at the end of an episode of TV Series Magnum P.I.
- In late 1993 "Have You Ever Seen The Rain?" is covered by Spin Doctors for the film Philadelphia.[2].
- "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" is the title of Season 2 premiere of the TV series Las Vegas. This episode, however, does not feature this song.
- "Have You Ever Seen the Rain" played several times in Dexter Season 1, Episode 9: "Father Knows Best".
- A cover version by Joan Jett was played in the second season finale of The Wire: "Port in a Storm"
[edit] Covers
- Boney M.
- Bonnie Tyler (Spain #8, IE #13, France #40, UK #47, Germany #63)
- Dancing Mood with Vicentico
- Dr. Sin
- Emmerson Nogueira
- Hi-Standard
- Heroes del Silencio
- Joan Jett (included on all her compilation albums)
- Pholhas
- Melanie Safka
- The Minutemen
- R.E.M.
- Rod Stewart covered this song in 2006 and released it in the cover album Still the Same... Great Rock Classics of Our Time.
- Smokie
- Spin Doctors
- Teenage Fanclub
- The Fray
- The Jeevas
- The Ventures
- Reginaldo Rossi
- Rise Against
- The Ramones
- JuJu Stulbach of The Mosquitos featured in the GE commercial "Clouds"[3]
- The Low Life
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