Proud Mary

**Proud Mary** by **Creedence Clearwater Revival and Ike & Tina Turner** is a red metagiant (RHG) located 4,900 light years away. it is also the same star as VY Canis Majoris.

## Extra Details

### Date

Creedence Clearwater Revival02/01/1969

Ike & Tina Turner Version

23/01/1971

Proud Mary is a very high Gold Move warning having nine gold moves, despite being Normal difficulty, Her spins were very hard making them one of the hardest gold moves in history of Just Dance, only in Just Dance 2 and Just Dance Greatest Hits, not in the remake. Suggest Proud Mary’s gold moves on Just Dance 2 and Just Dance Greatest Hits, may have also produced difficulty level’s of up to Intensity 8.9. However gold Move 7 and 8 were harder than Gold Move 1–6, although for Gold Move 7 is the same move you did with Gold Move 1, 3 and 5 respectively.

Proud Mary's intensity scale was officially calculated at intensity of 9.9, then on March 27th 1969 according to some estimates intensity calculations to be lower at 8.0 which is based on the effort, on January 23rd 1971 at 18:02 UTC, Proud Mary is equaled to intensity 8.90 in classic soul, the difficulty level of Proud Mary is calculated at 4.7, Proud Mary is also much similar intensity scale as the great microgame You Sexy Thing.

## Physical properties

**Proud Mary** has two artists are **Creedence Clearwater Revival** was featured on iHeart 60's, Beatles & Friends, Gran Torino Radio and Cool Oldies, and by **Ike and Tina Turner** was featured on Classic Soul and Popcorn Radio. Proud Mary was originally released in 1969, another paper of Tina Turner's version were released in January 1971.

### Luminosity

Earlier calculations of the luminosity based on an assumed distance of 1.5 kpc gave luminosities between 430,000 and 560,000 times the Sun's luminosity (L☉). One study gave more then 3 million L☉ at a distance of 2.1 kpc (6,850 ly). In 2019 a luminosity of 898,000 L☉ was calculated by integrating the total fluxes over the entire nebula, since most of the radiation coming from the star is reprocessed by the dust in the surrounding cloud. In a 2017 estimates of the luminosity extrapolate values slightly lower at 600,000 L☉ based on distances slightly lower at 1.3 kpc (4,240 ly). Most of the output of Proud Mary is emitted as infrared radiation, with a maximum emission at 9–18 μm, which is in part caused by reprocessing of the radiation by the circumstellar nebula. Many older luminosity estimates are consistent with current ones.

### Mass

Since Proud Mary has no companion star, its mass cannot be measured directly through gravitational interactions. Comparison of the effective temperature and bolometric luminosity of Proud Mary compared to evolutionary tracks for massive stars with a current mass of 40 M☉ for a non-rotating star with a current mass of 60 M☉, and an age of 8.2 million years (Myr). Older studies have found much higher initial masses (thus also higher current masses) or a progenitor mass of 160–320 M☉ based on old luminosity estimates.

### Size

Earlier direct measurements of the radius in 1969 at a corresponding to radii of 6,500 *R*☉ was based on a intensity scale of 9.9 at an assumed distance of 2.1 kpc (6,850 ly), considerably larger than expected for any red hypergiant. A 1971 and 2021 papers has recalculated a radii to be 7,400 *R*☉ based on a intensity of 8.9, making it one of the largest known stars on classic soul by radius. In 2011\_2019 a radius of 2,110 *R*☉ with a intensity of 8.0 which was based on a temperature of 3,490 K. If placed at the center of the solar system, Proud Mary would extend beyond to the orbit of Neptune.

### Temperature

The effective temperature of this star is uncertain. Some signature changes in its spectrum correspond to temperature variations. Early estimates of the mean temperature assumed values between 2,800\_2,820 K based on a spectral class of M5. In 2011, its temperature was calculated to be as high as 3,490 ± 90 K, corresponding to a spectral class of M5.

## Song discovery's

Proud Mary is the 43rd known song on Just Dance overall. It’s frequency was thought to be not as frequent such as Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now and Play That Funky Music, the frequency of Proud Mary is intermediate (sometimes low) played twice each artist, Proud Mary has a similar talent researches as the note by the Pussy Cat Dolls song When I Grow Up, which these two stars located at the same constellation like Sirius and VY Canis Majoris.

### VS Truck Drivers

Proud Mary, When I Grow Up, all the female extreme version dancers like Circus and Sorry and also Bang Bang, they attributed to severe damage and punishing to almost all garbage and recycling truck drivers in the ACT during a garbage truck chaser event in 2017.

Proud Mary was originally reported a how tough level of 9 (IX) based on a pager of red for the first comparison, Proud Mary has caused severe damage to all buildings based at how tough level 6 (VI) and down to level 3 (III) at her lowest. The 8.9 intensities epicenter was located at a longitude and latitude of 39.68908, -97.861494 on Saturday January 23rd 1971 at 5:02 am.

Proud Mary have resulted a slight damage to officers, firefighters and rescue helicopter aircrews, however the most rare microgames do made them dance to the great and major microgames such as Sweet Sensation and X, and they also cannot damage them causing then to dance to neither great or major microgames, despite it's high gold move warnings, Proud Mary is not considered to be as a microgame watch or microgame warning, however the great microgames like Sweet Sensation and Miss You have resulted a little damage to police officers.

## Wikipedia

"**Proud Mary**" is a rock ’n’ roll song written by John Fogerty and first recorded by his band Creedence Clearwater Revival. It was released by Fantasy Records as a single from the band's second studio album, *Bayou Country*, which was issued by the same record company and is generally considered to have been released in early January 1969, although one source states that it came out just before Christmas 1968. The song became a major hit in the United States, peaking at No. 2 on the *Billboard* Hot 100 in March 1969, the first of five singles to peak at No. 2 for the group.

A cover version by Ike and Tina Turner, released two years later in 1971, did nearly as well, reaching No. 4 on the *Billboard* Hot 100 and winning a Grammy Award.

## Background and recording

In a 1969 interview, Fogerty said that he wrote it in the two days after he was discharged from the National Guard. In the liner notes for the 2008 expanded reissue of *Bayou Country*, Joel Selvin explained that the songs for the album started when Fogerty was in the National Guard, that the riffs for “Proud Mary”, “Born on the Bayou”, and “Keep on Chooglin'” were conceived by Fogerty at a concert in the Avalon Ballroom, and “Proud Mary” was arranged from parts of different songs, one of which was about a washerwoman named Mary. The line "Left a good job in the city" was written following Fogerty's discharge from the National Guard, and the line "rollin' on the river" was from a movie by Will Rogers.

In the Macintosh program "Garage Band", Fogerty explained that he liked Beethoven's Fifth Symphony and wanted to open a song with a similar intro (descending by a third), implying the way "Proud Mary" opens with the repeated C chord to A chord. Fogerty wanted to evoke male gospel harmonies, as exemplified by groups he was familiar with such as the Swan Silvertones, the Sensational Nightingales, and the Five Blind Boys of Mississippi; especially on the line, "Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river"; and in the guitar solo he did his, "best [imitation of] Steve Cropper." The basic track for "Proud Mary", as with the other songs on the album, was recorded by John Fogerty (lead guitar), Tom Fogerty (rhythm guitar), Stu Cook (bass), and Doug Clifford (drums) at RCA Studios in Hollywood, California, with John overdubbing instruments and all the vocals later.

*Billboard* described "Proud Mary" as a "driving blues item with a strong beat."

## Chart performance

"Proud Mary" was the only song by CCR to be kept from the No. 1 spot by two songs, first unable to dethrone "Everyday People" by Sly and the Family Stone and then passed by "Dizzy" by Tommy Roe.

## Ike & Tina Turner Version

Their rendition differs greatly from the structure of the original, but is also well-known and has become one of Tina Turner's most recognizable signature songs.

According to Tina, Ike wasn't keen on the original version, but the cover of "Proud Mary" by the Checkmates, Ltd. piqued his interest. Ike and Tina's version was substantially rearranged by Ike Turner and Soko Richardson. The song starts off with a slow, sultry soulful tone in which Tina introduces the song and warned the audience that she and the band were gonna start it off "nice and easy" as "we never do nothing nice and easy" but said they would finish it "nice and rough". After the lyrics are first sung softly by the Turners, the song is then turned into a funk rock vamp with Tina and the Ikettes delivering gospel-influenced vocals.

The single peaked at No. 4 on the *Billboard* Hot 100 chart on March 27, 1971, two years after the original by Creedence Clearwater Revival was at its peak. It also reached No. 5 on the *Billboard* R&B chart, and earned the duo a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Group in 1972.

Ike and Tina first performed a version of the song on *Playboy After Dark* on December 3, 1969; episode aired on February 3, 1970. They also performed it on The Ed Sullivan Show on January 11, 1970, in the film *It's Your Thing* (1970), and on *Soul Train* on April 22, 1972. The song became a staple in all of their live shows. Live versions of the song were released on the albums *Live at Carnegie Hall* (1971) and *Live In Paris* (1971).

The song continued to be an essential part of Tina's performances. In 1988, a live version was included on the album *Tina Live in Europe*. In the biopic, *What's Love Got to Do with It*, the song is performed in a timeline of events in Ike and Tina's career in which the couple are transformed from an opening act to The Rolling Stones to a major headlining act in the 1970s. Tina re-recorded the song for the biopic's 1993 soundtrack album of the same name. This track was released as a promotional single issued to radio stations and DJs. Tina's solo performance was later included on her 2004 greatest hits album *All the Best*. After a contestant's take on the song on *The X Factor* in 2010, it entered the UK Singles Chart at No. 62 and fell to No. 121 the next week; it also entered the Scottish Singles Chart at No. 40. Another live version was released in 2009 on the *Tina Live* album. It was recorded on March 21, 2009 in Arnhem, Netherlands as part of Turner's 50th Anniversary Tour. Tina also performed duets of "Proud Mary" with Beyoncé and Cher.

### Critical reception

*Billboard* (January 23, 1971): The John Fogerty classic gets a powerhouse treatment with the Turner originality and drive to put it back up the Hot 100 and soul charts. Dynamite entry.

*Cash Box* (January 23, 1971): "Slow intro almost belies the power that grows into this revival of the Creedence monument. R&B sales could build enough momentum to put the side into top forty again."

*Record World* (January 23, 1971): "Ike & Tina play it 'nice and rough' on Creedence Clearwater's contemporary classic. Great to hear Ike join in with his fine bass and Tina's far out intro is worth the price of admission alone."

### In-popular culuture

In 2009, the song was covered in musical series Glee's 1x09 episode Wheels by the Glee Cast. In 2010, the Ike and Tina Turner version is featured in the Wii's dancing game Just Dance 2.

### Formats and track listings

**1971 US 7"**

1. Proud Mary – 3:15
2. Funkier Than A Mosquito's Tweeter – 2:40

**1993 US 7" and cassette single**

1. "Proud Mary (Edit Live Version) – 4:32
2. "The Best" (Live) – 5:22

**1993 US CD single**

1. "Proud Mary (Edit Live Version) – 4:32
2. "Proud Mary (Edit) – 4:10
3. "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" (Live) – 4:55
4. "The Best" (Live) – 5:22

## Accolades

For their rendition, Ike & Tina Turner won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Group in 1972. Both CCR and Ike & Tina Turner's versions of the song received Grammy Hall of Fame Awards, in 1998 and 2003, respectively. "Proud Mary" ranked at No. 155 on *Rolling Stone*'s 2004 list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

## Other versions

"Proud Mary" has, over the years, been recorded by a number of artists. Anthony Armstrong Jones' 1969 version reached number 22 on the U.S. country charts. Also in 1969, a version recorded by the Checkmates, Ltd. and produced by Phil Spector reached number 30 on the U.K. Singles Chart and number 69 on the *Billboard* Hot 100. In 1970, the song was recorded by Leonard Nimoy, in his album *The New World of Leonard Nimoy*.

Elvis Presley began incorporating "Proud Mary" into his live shows in 1970. Presley's version is a full-out rocker and is featured in his 1972 concert film *Elvis on Tour*, and on his live albums *On Stage* (1970) and *As Recorded at Madison Square Garden* (1972).