Have You Ever Seen the Rain?

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“Have You Ever Seen The Rain?”
Single by Creedence Clearwater Revival from the album Pendulum
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]

Contents 1 In the Media 2 Covers 3 Notes 4 References

[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

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

v • d • e Creedence Clearwater Revival John Fogerty • Tom Fogerty • Stu Cook • Doug Clifford Studio albums Creedence Clearwater Revival (1968) • Bayou Country (1969) • Green River (1969) • Willy and the Poor Boys (1969) • Cosmo's Factory (1970) • Pendulum (1970) • Mardi Gras (1972) Live albums The Concert (1970) • Live in Europe (1973) Compilations and box sets Pre-Creedence (1975) • Chronicle, Vol. 1 (1976) • Chronicle, Vol. 2 (1986) • Creedence Clearwater Revival: Box Set (2001) Singles "Porterville" • "Suzie Q" • "I Put a Spell on You" • "Proud Mary" • "Born on the Bayou" • "Bad Moon Rising" • "Lodi" • "Green River" • "Commotion" • "Down on the Corner" • "Fortunate Son" • "Travelin' Band" • "Who'll Stop the Rain" • "Up Around the Bend" • "Run Through the Jungle" • "Lookin' Out My Back Door" • "Long as I Can See the Light" • "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" • "Hey Tonight" • "Sweet Hitch – Hiker" • "Someday Never Comes" • "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" Related articles The Golliwogs • Creedence Clearwater Revisited • Fogerty v. Fantasy • Saul Zaentz • Fantasy Records