While some songs that are considered classics today shot to the top of the charts right away, others took months or even years to become major hits. Such was the case with one of Creedence Clearwater Revival's most beloved songs of all time, "Have You Ever Seen the Rain." The tune took a surprisingly long time to catch on...but boy, did it ever.
Released as a single from the 1970 album Pendulum, "Have You Ever Seen the Rain" peaked at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. A significant achievement, to be sure, but not as impressive as some of the band's earlier hits; "Proud Mary," "Bad Moon Rising" and "Down on the Corner/Fortunate Son" all went to #2. Over the years, however, the song's popularity grew. It's currently Creedence Clearwater Revival's biggest streaming hit, with over 2 billion streams on Spotify ("Fortunate Son" is in second place with 1.7 billion streams).
Now, as Forbes reported, "Have You Ever Seen the Rain" has made a return to two Billboard charts over 50 years since its release, appearing on both the Rock Streaming Songs chart and the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. at the same time.
On the streaming-only list, "Have You Ever Seen the Rain" made it to #19, while it just made the cut on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. at #199. The song is climbing up the Billboard Global 200, too (though it's been hanging out there for quite some time already), going from #151 to #135.
The song's enduring legacy is also boosting overall Creedence consumption, with the group's 1976 album Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits also creeping up the Billboard 200 (from #58 to #49). Overall, the album has spent nearly 800 weeks on that list; it also appears inside the top 10 on both the Top Rock Albums and Top Rock & Alternative Albums charts.
'Have You Ever Seen the Rain' was written about Creedence Clearwater Revival's 'impending breakup'
As frontman John Fogerty told Rolling Stone in 1993, "Have You Ever Seen the Rain" was inspired by the band's struggles (brother and bandmate Tom Fogerty left the group in 1971).
“That song is really about the impending breakup of Creedence. The imagery is, you can have a bright, beautiful, sunny day, and it can be raining at the same time,” he said. “The band was breaking up. I was reacting, ‘Geez, this is all getting serious right at the time when we should be having a sunny day.’”
Years later, however, at a 2012 concert in Arizona, Fogerty said the song had taken on a new meaning for him.
“It started out as a sad song many years ago,” he said. “It was about a sad occasion in my life, but I refuse to be sad now. These days, it’s a very happy song, because it reminds me of my beautiful, little baby girl, Kelsy, and that is the truth.”
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