Ike And Tina Turner: Proud Mary | Song-Factsheet

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Song «Proud Mary» von Ike And Tina Turner.

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Veröffentlichungsdaten: 1971 01 30 (Single), 1971 02 (Album)
Label: Liberty 56216, Liberty LST 7650
Songwriter John Fogerty
Produktion: Ike Turner
Genre: Afroamericana - Funk

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Proud Mary ist das R&B-Cover eines Rocksongs, das anfangs 1971 zu einem Crossover Hit wurde (Platz 4 der Billboard Charts). Ausserdem trug er den Interpreten einen Grammy Award ein. Jason Heller von «The Atlantic» schrieb zum Erfolg von Proud Mary: «Es sei kein Wunder gewesen, dass dieser Song zu Beginn der 1970er Jahre zum Radio-Hit wurde: Der Song hatte der Furor von James Brown, die Kratzbürstigkeit von Janis Joplin und die Verwegenheit der Rolling Stones. Am Ende aber sei es die Soul-getränkte Ekstase der Sängerin gewesen, die den Song verkaufte.»
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– Artikel über diesen Song von Jason Heller

Personen und Querverweise

Ike And Tina Turner
John Fogerty
Ike Turner

Lyrics

[Intro:] You know, every now and then I think you might like to hear something from us Nice and easy but there's just one thing You see, we never ever do nothing nice and easy We always do it nice and rough So we're going to take the beginning of this song And do it easy Then we're going to do the finish rough This is the way we do 'Proud Mary' And we're rolling, rolling, rolling on the river Listen to the story [Verse 1] Left a good job in the city Working for the man every night and day And I never lost one minute of sleeping Worrying 'bout the way that things might have been [Chorus] Big wheel keep on turning Proud Mary keep on burning And we're rolling, rolling Rolling on the river [Verse 2] Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis I pumped a lot of 'tane down in New Orleans But I never saw the good side of the city Until I hitched a ride on the riverboat queen [Chorus] Big wheel keep on turning Proud Mary keep on burning And we're rolling, rolling Rolling on the river [Verse 1] [Chorus] [Verse 2] [Chorus] [Verse 3:] If you come down to the river I bet you going to find some people who live And you don't have to worry if you got no money People on the river are happy to give [Chorus] [Outro] Rolling, rolling, rolling on the river Rolling, rolling, rolling on the river Rolling, rolling, rolling on the river Rolling, rolling, rolling on the river