Lookin' out My Back Door

"Lookin' out My Back Door"
Song
A-side	"Long as I Can See the Light"

Lookin' Out My Back Door is a song recorded by the American band Creedence Clearwater Revival and written by the band's lead singer, guitarist and songwriter, John Fogerty.

It was included on their 1970 album "Cosmo's Factory", the group's sixth album. The song's lyrics, filled with colorful, dream-like imagery, led some to believe that the song was about drugs. According to the drug theory, the "flying spoon" in the song was a cocaine spoon, and the crazy animal images were an acid trip. Fogerty, however, has stated in interviews that the song was actually written for his then three year old son, Josh and that he was writing from the viewpoint and imagination of a child. "I knew he would love it if he heard me on the radio singing - doot doot doo, lookin' out my back door", Fogerty has stated. Fogerty has also said that the reference to a parade passing by was inspired by the Dr. Seuss book, "And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street". Ironically, despite Fogerty explainations to the contrary, the song would later be used in the 1998 film, "The Big Lebowski" during a scene where Jeff Bridges character "The Dude" crashes his car while listening to the song on his car radio and smoking a marijuana cigarette.

"Lookin' Out My Back Door", along with "Long as I Can See the Light" on the flip-side, was released as a single in July of 1970. The double sided single eventually climbed to number two on the U.S. pop chart, marking the seventh (and final) time the group had a single accomplish that feat on the U.S. Pop chart. The single was held out of the top spot by Diana Ross's cover of "Ain't No Mountain High Enough." "Long as I Can See the Light" also reached #20 on the U.K. Pop chart.