Contents.History The song was written by Creedence's lead singer, guitarist and songwriter,. It was included on their 1970 album, the group's fifth album. The song's title and lyrics, as well as the year it was released (1970), have led many to assume that the song is about the.

The fact that previous Creedence Clearwater Revival songs such as ' were protests of the added to this belief.However, in a 2016 interview, Fogerty explained that the song is actually about the proliferation of guns in the United States.The thing I wanted to talk about was gun control and the proliferation of guns. I remember reading around that time that there was one gun for every man, woman and child in America, which I found staggering. So somewhere in the song, I think I said, '200 million guns are loaded.' Not that anyone else has the answer, but I did not have the answer to the question; I just had the question. I just thought it was disturbing that it was such a jungle for our citizens just to walk around in our own country at least having to be aware that there are so many private guns owned by some responsible and maybe many irresponsible people.The song's opening and closing both featured jungle created by, according to the band's bassist, 'lots of backwards recorded guitar and piano.'

The harmonica part on the song was played by John Fogerty. The song was also 's favorite CCR song: 'My all-time favorite Creedence tune was 'Run Through the Jungle'. It's like a little movie in itself with all the sound effects.

Better run through the jungle Whoa don't look back to see Thought I heard a rumblin' Calling to my name Two hundred million guns are loaded Satan cries 'take aim' Better run through the jungle Better run through the jungle Better run through the jungle Whoa don't look back to see Over on the mountain, thunder magic spoke Let the people know my.

It never changes key, but it holds your interest the whole time. It's like a musician's dream. It never changes key, yet you get the illusion it does.' The song was released as the flipside of a single, along with ',' that was released in April 1970.

Counted as one chart entry by 's chart methodology, the single reached number four on the (the band's sixth single to reach the top ten), and eventually was certified gold by the, for sales of over one million copies.Controversy. Yamaha v star 1300 touring service manual. See also:The song was later the subject of controversy when, the boss of CCR's record label, which owns the distribution and publishing rights to the music of Creedence Clearwater Revival, brought a series of lawsuits against John Fogerty, including a claim that the music from Fogerty's 1984 song ' was too similar to 'Run Through the Jungle.' Zaentz won some of his claims against Fogerty, but lost on the copyright issue ( Fantasy, Inc.

The judge found that an artist cannot plagiarize himself. After winning the case, Fogerty sued Zaentz for the cost of defending himself against the copyright infringement claim. In such (copyright) cases, prevailing defendants seeking recompense were bound to show that original suit was frivolous or made in bad faith.became when the (1993) overturned lower court rulings and awarded attorneys' fees to Fogerty, without Fogerty having to show that Zaentz's original suit was frivolous.In popular culture 'Run Through the Jungle' has appeared in films like (1990), (1991), (1993), (1998), (1998), (2008), (2017) and (2019).

It has appeared in many that depict the, notably licensed for. The song features in the Season 3 episode 'She Ain't Deep But She Sure Runs Fast.' The song also features in the season 2 of FX's TV series Fargo.Cover versions The song has been covered by, and.References.

I always thought the song was making a reference to the confusion and chaos the soldiers encountered when they arrived in Vietnam. The first inclination on the part of many soldiers was to run-not that they were cowards-but this was a kind of confrontation for which they were ill prepared to say the least, and, soldiers who cannot see the enemy, in an effort to preserve their lives, should run. Fogerty's reference to North Vietnamese or Viet Cong armies as Satan certainly creates an appropriate analogy.or, perhaps the analogy is meant to illustrate the idea that war often brings out the evil inherent in any person cast into a situation such as this one-American troops were also guilty of committing atrocities. In any regard, the song very effectively captures the confusion of the experience from the dischordant opening screeches to the consistency of the guitar riff and moaning harmonica. The over all sound of the song, in conjunction with the growling lyrics, simultaneously conjure fear, confusion, and chaos against a backdrop of what was argued at the time to be a straightforward military exercise that would certainly result in a quick victory. I would argue one of the more intriguing songs about the war in Vietnam.