Up Around the Bend#Hanoi Rocks version

{{Infobox song

| name = Up Around the Bend

| cover = Uparoundthebend45.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Creedence Clearwater Revival

| album = Cosmo's Factory

| A-side = Run Through the Jungle

| released = April 1970

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = {{hlist|Rock{{cite web | url=https://iloveclassicrock.com/album-review-cosmos-factory-by-creedence-clearwater-revival/ | title=Album Review: Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival |website=Iloveclassicrock.com| date=19 September 2019 }}|hard rock{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eq0UAQAAIAAJ&q=ccr+travelin%27+band+hard+rock+song|title=Rock: From Elvis Presley to the Rolling Stones|author=Jahn, Mike|date=1973|publisher=Quadrangle|isbn=9780812903140|page=260}}}}

| length = 2:41

| label = Fantasy Records

| writer = John Fogerty

| producer = John Fogerty

| prev_title = Travelin' Band

| prev_year = 1970

| next_title = Lookin' Out My Back Door

| next_year = 1970

}}

"Up Around the Bend" is a song by American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival, written by the band's frontman John Fogerty. It was composed and recorded only a few days prior to the band's April 1970 European tour and was included on the album Cosmo's Factory. Released as a single, with "Run Through the Jungle" on the flipside, the double-sided single climbed to number four on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the spring of 1970.{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/creedence-clearwater-revival/biography |title=Creedence Clearwater Revival Bio |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=2017-09-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170919192207/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/creedence-clearwater-revival/biography |archive-date=2017-09-19 |url-status=dead }}

It was certified platinum by the RIAA for sales of over one million copies. It was also a major hit in the UK, where it reached number three on the UK Singles Chart and was certified silver by the BPI.

The song opens with a prominent, high-pitched guitar riff played by John Fogerty. The lyrics have Fogerty telling of a gathering "up around the bend" on the highway and inviting the listener to join in.

Cash Box described the song as a "powerfully sung and played bit of rock with excellent top forty drive."{{cite news|title=CashBox Record Reviews|date=April 18, 1970|page=32|access-date=2021-12-09|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1970/CB-1970-04-18.pdf|newspaper=Cash Box}} Record World called the single release with "Run Through the Jungle" a "two-sided monster."{{cite magazine|title=Single Picks of the Week|magazine=Record World|date=April 18, 1970|page=1|access-date=2023-04-28|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/70s/70/RW-1970-04-18.pdf}}

The song has been covered by artists such as Elton John, who recorded a version early in his career, and Hanoi Rocks, who took it to number four in their home country of Finland.