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"Ripple" | ||||
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Single by Grateful Dead | ||||
from the album American Beauty | ||||
A-side | " Truckin'" | |||
Released | November 1, 1970 | |||
Recorded | September 1970 | |||
Genre | Folk rock | |||
Length | 4:09 [1] | |||
Label | Warner Bros. | |||
Songwriter(s) |
Jerry Garcia Robert Hunter [1] | |||
Producer(s) | Grateful Dead Steve Barncard | |||
Grateful Dead singles chronology | ||||
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"Ripple" is the sixth song on the Grateful Dead album American Beauty. It was released as the B-side to the single " Truckin'". [2]
Robert Hunter wrote the lyrics in 1970 in London on the same afternoon he wrote those to "Brokedown Palace" and "To Lay Me Down" (reputedly drinking half a bottle of retsina in the process). [3] Jerry Garcia wrote the music to accompany Hunter's lyrics, [3] and the song debuted August 18, 1970 at Fillmore West in San Francisco.
"Ripple" has a similar melody[ citation needed] to the gospel hymn " Because He Lives," which was published a year later. [4] Both songs are similar[ citation needed] to " Any Dream Will Do" from the Andrew Lloyd Webber- Tim Rice musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
A number of essays have been written analyzing and annotating this song. [3]
The 1985 drama film Mask, with Cher and Eric Stoltz, features this song. [5]
The song is played during the last scene of the television series Freaks and Geeks.[ citation needed]
In 2021, Rolling Stone ranked the song at number 334 in their updated list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
This article needs additional citations for
verification. (September 2009) |
"Ripple" | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Single by Grateful Dead | ||||
from the album American Beauty | ||||
A-side | " Truckin'" | |||
Released | November 1, 1970 | |||
Recorded | September 1970 | |||
Genre | Folk rock | |||
Length | 4:09 [1] | |||
Label | Warner Bros. | |||
Songwriter(s) |
Jerry Garcia Robert Hunter [1] | |||
Producer(s) | Grateful Dead Steve Barncard | |||
Grateful Dead singles chronology | ||||
|
"Ripple" is the sixth song on the Grateful Dead album American Beauty. It was released as the B-side to the single " Truckin'". [2]
Robert Hunter wrote the lyrics in 1970 in London on the same afternoon he wrote those to "Brokedown Palace" and "To Lay Me Down" (reputedly drinking half a bottle of retsina in the process). [3] Jerry Garcia wrote the music to accompany Hunter's lyrics, [3] and the song debuted August 18, 1970 at Fillmore West in San Francisco.
"Ripple" has a similar melody[ citation needed] to the gospel hymn " Because He Lives," which was published a year later. [4] Both songs are similar[ citation needed] to " Any Dream Will Do" from the Andrew Lloyd Webber- Tim Rice musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
A number of essays have been written analyzing and annotating this song. [3]
The 1985 drama film Mask, with Cher and Eric Stoltz, features this song. [5]
The song is played during the last scene of the television series Freaks and Geeks.[ citation needed]
In 2021, Rolling Stone ranked the song at number 334 in their updated list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.