Ramble Tamble
{{use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Ramble Tamble
| cover =
| alt =
| type =
| artist = Creedence Clearwater Revival
| album = Cosmo's Factory
| released = July 16, 1970
| format =
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = * Southern rock{{cite web|last1=Larson|first1=Jeremy D.|title=Pitchfork - The Spirit of "Ramble Tamble"|url=https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/58-the-spirit-of-ramble-tamble/|website=Pitchfork|date=4 September 2013 |accessdate=15 November 2022}}
- psychedelic rock{{cite web|last1=Larson|first1=Jeremy D.|title=Pitchfork - The Spirit of "Ramble Tamble"|url=https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/58-the-spirit-of-ramble-tamble/|website=Pitchfork|date=4 September 2013 |accessdate=15 November 2022}}
- space rock{{cite web |last=Lingan |first=John |title=Creedence Clearwater Revival: Cosmo's Factory Album Review |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/creedence-clearwater-revival-cosmos-factory/ |date=July 22, 2018 |website=Pitchfork |access-date=8 September 2020 |archive-date=December 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225025237/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/creedence-clearwater-revival-cosmos-factory/amp/ |url-status=live }}
- rockabilly{{cite book|title=33 1/3 Revolutions Per Minute - A Critical Trip Through the Rock LP Era, 1955–1999|first=Mike|last=Segretto|date=2022|chapter= 1970|page= 233|publisher=Backbeat|isbn=9781493064601|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jtNtEAAAQBAJ}}
| length = {{Duration|m=7|s=09}}
| label = Fantasy
| writer = John Fogerty
| producer = John Fogerty
}}
"Ramble Tamble" is a song written by John Fogerty and recorded by Creedence Clearwater Revival. It was released as the opening track on the band's fifth studio album, Cosmo's Factory, in 1970.{{cite web|title=Creedence Clearwater Revival Cosmo's Factory|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/1319/Creedence-Clearwater-Revival-Cosmos-Factory/|website=Sputnik Music|accessdate=February 10, 2015}}{{cite magazine|title=Cosmo's Factory|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/cosmos-factory-111403/|accessdate=2020-09-15|magazine=Rolling Stone|author=Grissim, John|date=September 4, 1974}} It is known for its lengthy instrumental section and tempo changes.
Background
A Southern rock song, "Ramble Tamble" begins and ends with rockabilly elements, and contains a psychedelic rock breakdown lasting four minutes. In 1970, John Fogerty said that "Ramble Tamble" developed from "a lot of things," including elements of the original version of "Commotion" from Green River.{{cite news|via=newspapers.com|accessdate=2021-02-20|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|title=Creedence Clearwater to Revive Some New Songs on Their New Album|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71632392/detroit-free-press/|author=Gormley, Mike|date=June 26, 1970|page=6-D}}
John Fogerty explained the song's genesis in his autobiography, Fortunate Son: My Life, My Music:
{{blockquote|text="Ramble Tamble" just came to me one night when I was lying in bed. The melody, the guitar, the whole vibe of it, from stem to stern. I had no idea what it was about, but I could hear the sound of the guitar and the way the record would sound. That was a true gift—"Here, my son. You might need this. Pay attention." Every once in a rare while, it works that way.{{cite book |last1=Fogerty |first1=John |last2=McDonough |first2=Jimmy |date=2015 |title=Fortunate Son: My Life, My Music |location=New York |publisher=Little, Brown |page=204 |isbn=978-0-316-35189-8}}}}
Reception
"Ramble Tamble" has been singled out for critical praise,{{cite web|last1=Larson|first1=Jeremy D.|title=Pitchfork - The Spirit of "Ramble Tamble"|url=https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/58-the-spirit-of-ramble-tamble/|website=Pitchfork|date=4 September 2013 |accessdate=13 August 2015}} with music journalist Steven Hyden calling it "the most rockin' song of all time."{{cite web|last1=Hyden|first1=Steven|title=The AV Club Blog - The most rockin' song of all time|url=http://www.avclub.com/article/the-most-rockin-song-of-all-time-10761|website=The AV Club|date=6 September 2007 |accessdate=13 August 2015}} AllMusic critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine described it as a "claustrophobic, paranoid rocker" whose lengthy instrumental section "was dramatic and had a direction," unlike that of the band's rendition of "I Heard It Through the Grapevine".{{cite web|title=Cosmo's Factory|author=Erlewine, Stephen Thomas|accessdate=2020-09-15|publisher=Allmusic|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/cosmos-factory-mw0000232241}} Brett Milano of udiscovermusic.com rated Fogerty's guitar solo as one of the 100 all-time greatest, stating that Fogerty "poured on the tension and the distortion, delivering a monster sound from the deep swamps."{{cite web|title=The Best Guitar Solos: 100 Hair-Raising Moments|author=Milano, Brett|url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/best-guitar-solos-ever/|date=September 11, 2020|accessdate=2020-09-15|publisher=udiscovermusic.com}} On the other hand, Rolling Stone critic John Grissim considered "Ramble Tamble" to be the only "unsatisfying" song on Cosmo's Factory.
References
{{reflist}}
{{Creedence Clearwater Revival}}
{{authority control}}