Fortunate Son (song)
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"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. [link]. This song reached #14 on the United States charts.
This song was popular during the Vietnam War and is included in the computer game Battlefield Vietnam and in the movie Forrest Gump. The song symbolizes the thoughts of a man who is being drafted. This spoke out against the war in Vietnam, but was supportive of the soldiers fighting there. Like many CCR fans, most of the soldiers came from the working class, and were there because they didn't have connections who could get them out. It is sung from the perspective of one of these men, who ends up fighting because he is not a "Senator's son" or a "Fortunate one."
The song has since been recorded or notably performed by Bob Seger, Pearl Jam, and Bruce Springsteen among others.
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