By the late '60s and early '70s, many rock hits were viewed as anti-war songs, but Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Run Through the Jungle" had a very different meaning for John Fogerty.
The psychedelic rock track was released in 1970 as a double A-side single and part of their Cosmo's Factory album. In the years since its release, "Run Through the Jungle" became a generational rock staple that originally landed at No.4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Its lyrics would take on a powerful meaning, but Fogerty would reveal it's not what people originally interpreted.
The year it was released, many assumed Fogerty developed its tracks as a statement against the Vietnam War. Their previous track, "Fortunate Son," was highly recognized as a protest song, as well as other hits like "War" by Edwin Starr, "Ohio" by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and even "War Pigs" by Black Sabbath, having fallen into the mix.
In 2016, Fogerty appeared on Newsmans ’ AXS show The Big Interview to dispel the common myth about the track. The singer would reveal that his inspiration was political and based ona real event, but it wasn't based around the war.
“The thing I wanted to talk about was gun control and the proliferation of guns,” Fogerty said. “I think my first experience as a kid was hearing about the fellow that climbed up in the Texas tower and was able to kill several people on the campus.”
“On through the years, of course, we’ve seen more and more of this sort of event. One is just as wacky or crazy as the other. When we sometimes think we have a handle on why this person did something, then another one comes along that’s a complete departure.”
The event he's referring to took place years before he created the track in 1966. Former U.S. Marine and engineering student Charles Joseph Whitman climbed the Austin clock tower on August 1, 1966, at the University of Texas and carried out a mass shooting. It resulted in 14 dead and 31 injured before Whitman was killed by police. He had murdered his wife and son earlier that day.
Forgerty would add that he read a statistic at the time of there being one gun for every man, woman, and child that he found staggering. The idea of there being hundreds of privately owned guns influenced his lyrics as he found it "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.”
"Run Through the Jungle" was never expected to also become a pop culture sensation in the years that followed. It appeared in hit films like The Big Lebowski, Tropic Thunder, Long: Skull Island, and was referenced in Stephen King's and Peter Straub's novel The Talisman. The track has even appeared in TV series like Lethal Weapon and has been referenced in war-related video games.
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