Fortunate Son (track)
by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Year: 1969
From the album Willy And The Poor Boys (track #6)
Fortunate Son appears on the following album(s) by Creedence Clearwater Revival:
- Willy And The Poor Boys (track #6) (this album) (1969)
- Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits (track #9) (compilation) (1976)
- The Royal Albert Hall Concert (track #9) (1980)
- Platinum (track #2) (compilation) (2001)
- Live In Europe (track #6) (1973)
- The 1969 Singles (track #8) (compilation) (2014)
- Keep On Chooglin' (track #27) (compilation) (1999)
- Hey Tonight (track #6) (compilation) (1981)
- Hits Album (track #8) (compilation) (1981)
- Heartland Music Presents Creedence Clearwater Revival (track #22) (compilation) (1992)
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80/100  | 09/17/2025 20:42 | Jantje | | 79/100 |
100/100 | 06/29/2025 23:47 |  ExTeaSea | | 86/100 |
100/100 | 05/26/2025 10:20 | ShenBapiro | | 78/100 |
95/100 | 05/01/2025 20:46 | arrogantmenace | | 88/100 |
85/100 | 03/19/2025 03:50 | BurndenAce | | 79/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 91.5/100, a mean average of 91.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 92.0/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.0.
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Absolutely fantastic, this song represented what Rock 'n' Roll was to me as a kid.
poppmusic 03/09/2015 17:34
One of the greatest songs of all time.
Romanelli 11/14/2014 14:45
The perfect protest song. Fogerty sounds pissed off, and his guitar snarls perfectly throughout.
Cool song. I've been trying to get more into CCR.
One of my fav CCR of all time.
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