"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]
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Background
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.
In popular culture
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]
Reception
In 2021, Rolling Stone ranked the song at number 334 in their updated list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
References
- ^ a b "Image of "Ripple" single". Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
- ^ "Grateful Dead Family Discography: The Grateful Dead Discography". www.deaddisc.com. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
- ^ a b c "The Annotated "Ripple"". artsites.ucsc.edu. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
- ^ "Because He Lives".
- ^ "Soundtrack listing for Mask". IMDb. Retrieved 14 February 2010.