"Fortunate Son" is a song by Creedence Clearwater Revival on their album Willy and the Poor Boys in 1969. It was released as a single, together with "Down on the Corner", in September 1969. This song reached #14 on the United States charts.
The song was inspired by David Eisenhower, the grandson of President Dwight David Eisenhower who married Julie Nixon, the daughter of President Richard Nixon in 1968. John Fogerty told Rolling Stone: "Julie Nixon was hanging around with David Eisenhower, and you just had the feeling that none of these people were going to be involved with the war. In 1969, the majority of the country thought morale was great among the troops, and like eighty percent of them were in favor of the war. But to some of us who were watching closely, we just knew we were headed for trouble."
This song was popular during the Vietnam War and is included in several Vietnam films and video games. The song symbolizes the thoughts of a man who is being drafted. This spoke out against the war in Vietnam.
Song...................Fortunate Son (2:21)
Released.............November 2, 1969
Recorded............Fall 1969
Genre.................Roots rock
Label..................Fantasy Records
Producer............John Fogerty
Album.................Willy And The Poor Boys (1969)
"Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" is the fifth track on U2's 1991 album, Achtung Baby. It was released as the album's fifth and final single in 1992.
After her success with Soul II Soul, who gained fame by writing and singing the lead vocals on the two biggest hits for Soul II Soul ("Keep on Movin'" and "Back to Life", Wheeler embarked on a solo career, and released two albums: UK Blak (1990) and Beach of the War Goddess (1993). Her biggest solo success single is "Livin' In The Light" from her first solo album, Wheeler's only other solo Top 40 hit single was the title track from "UK Blak".
"Pretending" is a strong rock song written and composed by Jerry Lynn Williams. It was released in 1989 on Eric Clapton's Journeyman, which had an electronic sound, mostly influenced by the 80's rock scene, as the first track of the album. The song was released as the lead single from the album and reached #55 on the Billboard Hot 100.
"I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man" was the fourth and final single from Prince's 1987 double album, Sign “☮” the Times. The track was originally cut in Prince's home studio in 1982. It was brought out of the vault and updated for the unreleased, final album with The Revolution, Dream Factory. At this time, the song had a few seconds of the bluesy coda just before the main guitar solo. It was edited out before Sign “☮” the Times. The song is an upbeat pop number. The lyrics paint the image of a woman desperately seeking a man to replace the one who left, while Prince refuses, saying that she wouldn't be satisfied with a one-night stand, the music and accompanying music video pushed this song to the top 10 in the U.S. The video was pulled from the Sign “☮” the Times film, and is a live take of the song and included the horn section of Eric Leeds and Atlanta Bliss.
