Songs to Dance To: Up Around the Bend
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (82805)
United States
October 19, 2025 10:55am CST
If you’re just jumping on this list, I’ll explain the scenario. A few months ago, @rebelann made a joke about the songs I was posting making her rock so hard her chairs were breaking. So, last month, in her honor, I did a list of slower songs. Well, you can only have so many of those before you need to rock out again. 
By request from her, here’s today’s song.
Up Around the Bend - Creedence Clearwater Revival
See ya tomorrow.
You know that guitar intro. You know the joy of listening to this song. It takes you “up around the bend” to a place where music sweeps all the problems away (“leave the sinking ship behind”).
So “bring a song and a smile for the banjo” and rock on out to one of the best bands in rock and roll history.
By the way, John Fogerty recently re-recorded this for his Legacy album. That old guy (he’s 80 now) can still rock it!
Up Around the Bend
Written by John C. Fogerty
Recorded by Creedence Clearwater Revival
From Cosmo’s Factory, 1970
You can ponder perpetual motion:
By request from her, here’s today’s song.
Up Around the Bend - Creedence Clearwater Revival
See ya tomorrow.
You know that guitar intro. You know the joy of listening to this song. It takes you “up around the bend” to a place where music sweeps all the problems away (“leave the sinking ship behind”).
So “bring a song and a smile for the banjo” and rock on out to one of the best bands in rock and roll history.
By the way, John Fogerty recently re-recorded this for his Legacy album. That old guy (he’s 80 now) can still rock it!
Up Around the Bend
Written by John C. Fogerty
Recorded by Creedence Clearwater Revival
From Cosmo’s Factory, 1970
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@FourWalls (82805)
• United States
20 Oct
CCR and driving in the car seems to have been made for each other.
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@FourWalls (82805)
• United States
20 Oct
I love songs like that where you can name them in one note.
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@TheHorse (234786)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Oct
@FourWalls I was just thining about that other day.
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@rebelann (115904)
• El Paso, Texas
19 Oct
Whew, that was a good one .... as if any CCR wouldn't be ....
Roscoe was inside this time and he had a blast with me dancing, dang girl you've got me rockin and I ain't busted a bun ...... yet. Oh Roscoe says Thanks for gettin my hoomin off her butt. And Tuffy is still really scared of me when I dance, he's never seen me do that before and thinks his hoomin is nuts but hopefully Roscoe will splain it to him. 
Thanks again for mentioning me, 
Thanks again for mentioning me, 2 people like this
@FourWalls (82805)
• United States
20 Oct
Thanks for three months of countdowns!
We’ll get those pets rockin’ with you by the end of the month.
We’ll get those pets rockin’ with you by the end of the month. 2 people like this
@rebelann (115904)
• El Paso, Texas
20 Oct
Oh wow, I did that?? KOOOOOL
Roscoe is really into it but he's over 67lbs and when I dance he thinks its an invitation to jump on me, I'll try to teach him that he gotta dance alone. Tuffy isn't runnin as far away but he still thinks I'm nuts.
Hey, 1 outa 2 ain't bad 
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@RasmaSandra (94093)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
19 Oct
And that is what we always did to this song, Now I would dance up to the bend and probably flop on my face
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@FourWalls (82805)
• United States
21 Oct
@LindaOHio — let me find some sodium-free ones and I’ll put your order in!
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@LindaOHio (213406)
• United States
21 Oct
@FourWalls I'll take mine burnt on the grill with some ketchup.
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@porwest (111868)
• United States
20 Oct
There's one thing I always think about when I think of John Fogerty. He was the worst stealer of music in the entire business. He was even sued for it. Every single song John Fogerty ever wrote he clearly stole from John Fogerty. What a tool.
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@FourWalls (82805)
• United States
20 Oct
And as he sang, Zanz can’t dance but he’ll steal your money. Can’t believe Zanz sued him for plagiarizing his own song. Gee, when’s someone going to sue Steve Miller for ripping off “Fly Like an Eagle” from “My Dark Hour”? 
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@porwest (111868)
• United States
21 Oct
@FourWalls He was the epitome of irony. lol
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@FourWalls (82805)
• United States
20 Oct
You will probably know tomorrow’s too. It’s amazing what we’ve done this month!
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@TheHorse (234786)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Oct
@FourWalls Yep. Funny that those guys are from the Bay Area.
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@AliCanary (3695)
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20 Oct
I always get up and boogie to "doo doo doo, lookin' out my back door"
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@FourWalls (82805)
• United States
20 Oct
Lots of great CCR songs to get up and boogie to. “Lookin’ Out My Back Door” is an obvious one!
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