Commotion (song)

"Commotion"
Single by Creedence Clearwater Revival
from the album Green River
A-side"Green River"
ReleasedJuly 1969 (1969-07)
RecordedSometime from March to June 1969 at Wally Heider Studios in San Francisco, California
Genre
Length2:43
LabelFantasy
SongwriterJohn Fogerty
ProducerJohn Fogerty
Creedence Clearwater Revival singles chronology
"Bad Moon Rising"
(1969)
"Commotion"
(1969)
"Down on the Corner"
(1969)

"Commotion" is a song by Creedence Clearwater Revival from the album Green River, and was also the B-side of the single release of the album's title track. In 1980, "Tombstone Shadow" b/w "Commotion'" was released as a single in the United States. While released as a B-side, "Commotion" reached No. 30 in the United States on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 16 in Germany. It was written by John Fogerty and recorded at Wally Heider's Studios in San Francisco in June 1969. The 45 rpm was the debut session of the band at Wally Heider's and the first collaboration with engineer Russ Gary.