"Travelin' Band" is a song written byJohn Fogerty and originally recorded byCreedence Clearwater Revival. It was included on their 1970 albumCosmo's Factory. Backed with "Who'll Stop the Rain", it was one of threedouble sided singles from that album to reach the top five on theU.S. Pop Singles Chart and the first of two to reach the number 2 spot on the American charts, alongside "Lookin' Out My Back Door", in which they were unable to interrupt the six-week run of the successful number one, "Bridge Over Troubled Water" bySimon and Garfunkel. "Travelin' Band" was also a hit in theUK, reaching number eight on theUK Singles Chart.

"Travelin' Band"
Single byCreedence Clearwater Revival
from the albumCosmo's Factory
A-side	"Who'll Stop the Rain"
Released	January 1970
Genre	Rock and roll[1]
Length	2:08
Label	Fantasy
Songwriter(s)	John Fogerty
Producer(s)	John Fogerty
Creedence Clearwater Revival singles chronology
"Fortunate Son" (1969) "Travelin' Band" (1970) "Up Around the Bend" (1970)

The song was inspired, both musically and for Fogerty's vocal delivery, by 1950s rock 'n' roll songs, particularly those ofLittle Richard. Musically, it has also been described as nearly identical toThe Monkees' 1967 song, "No Time". In October 1972, the company that held the publishing rights to Richard's "Good Golly, Miss Molly" felt that "Travelin' Band" bore enough similarities to warrant a plagiarism lawsuit that was later settled out of court. The lyrics of the song describe what life is like for a musician on the road. The opening line "Seven-thirty-seven coming out of the sky" refers to theBoeing 737, then coming into service on short-to-medium range routes.

Billboard called it a "blockbuster side" and a "wildblues shouter."^[2]Cash Box said that it "features the team’s drive focused on an updating of the 'Long Tall Sally' rock sound."^[3]Record World called the single a "two-sided smash."^[4]

It has been covered by a few artists, most notablyElton John, who recorded a cover of the song early in his career, andBruce Springsteen, who has incorporated it into his "Detroit Medley" during live shows on numerous occasions.Jerry Lee Lewis sang the song with Fogerty on the albumLast Man Standing.

It has been covered byDef Leppard andBrian May ofQueen. The cover was ended with "Rock and Roll" byLed Zeppelin. The cover appears on the deluxe edition of Def Leppard'sPyromania.

On 1994,Rata Blanca, an Argentinian band, covered the song and appears in its album Entre el cielo y el infierno[1]. The entire album is in Spanish, except for this cover.

On April 18, 2010,Miranda Lambert,Carrie Underwood,Brad Paisley,Charlie Daniels, and Fogerty performed the song as the opening to the 2010Academy of Country Music Awards.

In 2020The City Kids recorded a cover of this song on their album ‘ Sh*t That We Like’ that accompanied their debut album ‘Things That Never Were’

A cover of "Travelin' Band" byCurtis Stigers andThe Forest Rangers is played during a chase scene inseason 3 episode 7 of the television showSons of Anarchy.

The Jeff Healey Band performs a cover of the song (as the house band at the Double Deuce) in the 1989 filmRoad House.^[5]

The song appeared in the Brazilian filmO Homem Que Copiava in relation to an over-the-hill rock fan who has a preference for Creedence. It plays during the armored car robbery sequence.

The song also appeared in the 2014 filmPawn Sacrifice.

The full version of "Travelin' Band" is played during the fight scene of the third episode of the television showThe Good Guys.^[6]

The song is available as a playable song for theRock Band series ofmusic video games as downloadable content.

Following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, the song was placed on thelist of post-9/11 inappropriate titles distributed byClear Channel.