Proud Mary
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| Proud Mary | |
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| Album: | Glee: The Music, Volume 2 and Glee: The Music, The Complete Season One |
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| Released: | November 11, 2009 |
| By: | Creedence Clearwater Revival |
| Sung by: | New Directions and Jane Addams Academy |
| Solos: | Mercedes, Artie, and Tina with Finn |
| Place: | The April Rhodes Civic Pavilion and 2009 Western Ohio Sectional Championship |
| Episode: | Wheels |
Proud Mary by Creedence Clearwater Revival (Tina Turner version) is featured in Wheels, the ninth episode of Season One. It is sung by the New Directions, with Artie, Mercedes and Tina as leads.
The Glee Club performed this song in wheelchairs which some found hard, but they managed it and planned to sing it at Sectionals.
In the episode Sectionals, Jane Addams Academy stole the song from New Directions's setlist after Sue reveals the setlist to the competing schools. Due that action the Jane Addams Academy director Grace Hitchens so they could perform it along with And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going, which the New Directions also had planned to sing. She added it to their own setlist for sectionals, and they did perform it at sectionals in wheelchairs to the horror of McKinley High's Glee Club. Sue also tells Dalton Rumba from Haverbrook School for the Deaf to perform the group's best song, Don't Stop Believin'. Due to Sue's action the New Directions had nothing on their setlist to perform at Sectionals.
This is considered to be one of the most difficult and dangerous choreographies of the first season, due to most of the cast being inexperienced in operating wheelchairs.
It was originally sung by Creedence Clearwater Revival from their second studio album Bayou Country and later covered by Tina Turner.
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Lyrics
New Directions:
Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river
(Finn: This one's for you Artie!)
Mercedes:
Left a good job in the city (Artie: In the city)
Mercedes and Artie:
Workin' for The Man every night and day
And I never lost one minute of sleepin'
I was worryin' 'bout the way things might have been
Big wheel keep on turnin'
Mercedes (with New Directions Girls):
Oooh the (proud mary keep on burnin)
Mercedes (Artie and New Directions Boys):
And we'll rollin' (Rollin')
Rolling yeah (Rollin')
Rolling on the river (Rollin' on the river)
I said we're rolling (Rolling)
Rolling (Rolling)
Rolling on the river (Rollin' on the river)
Artie:
So I left a good job in the city
Workin' for The Man every night and day
Mercedes:
And I never lost one minute of sleepin'
Worryin' 'bout the way things might have been
Tina:
Big wheel keep on turnin' (New Directions: Turnin'!)
Proud Mary keep on burnin'(New Directions: Burnin'!)
Tina and Artie with New Directions:
Rolling (Mercedes: Rolling)
Rollin' (Mercedes: Yeeah)
Tina with New Directions:
Rollin' on the river (Artie: Rollin' on the river)
Rollin' (Mercedes: Rolling)
Tina and Artie with New Directions:
Rollin' (Mercedes: Yeeeah)
Rollin' on the river
New Directions:
Da do, da do, da do, da do, da do, da do
Ba da da yeaah! (Artie: yeah!)
Ba ba ba yeaah! (Artie: Aaah!)
Pa pa pa pa pa pa ra pa yeah!
Mercedes:
Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis y'all (New Directions: Memphis y'all)
Pumped a lot of 'tane down in New Orleans (New Directions: New Orleans)
Artie with New Directions:
But I never saw the good side of the city
'Til I hitched a ride on a river boat queen
Tina:
Big wheel keep on turnin! (New Directions: Turnin)
Mercedes:
Proud Mary keep on burnin! (New Directions: Burnin)
Tina with New Directions:
Rolling (Artie and Mercedes: Rolling)
Rollin' (Mercedes: Rolling!)
Rollin' on the river (Artie: Rollin' on the river)
Rollin' (Tina: Yeaah!)
Rollin' (Mercedes: Rolling!)
Rollin' on the river (Mercedes: Rollin' on the river!)
New Directions (Artie):
Da do, da do, da do, da do, da do, da do
Ba da da (yeaah!)
Ba ba ba (yeaah!)
Pa pa pa pa pa pa ra pa yeah!
Artie:
If you come down to the river, (New Directions: Do, do do)
Bet you gonna find some people who live (New Directions: Do, do do)
Tina:
You don't have to worry if you have no money,
People on the river are happy to give.
Mercedes:
Big wheel keep on turnin' (New Directions: Turnin) (Artie: Oh yeaah!)
Proud Mary keep on burnin' (New Directions: Burnin)
Tina with New Directions:
Rolling (Mercedes: Rolling)
Rollin' (Artie: Rolling!)
Rollin' on the river (Mercedes: Rollin' on the river)
Rollin', rollin' (Tina: Yeaah!)
Rollin' on the river (Mercedes: Rollin' on the river!) (Artie: Aaah!)
New Directions (Artie):
Ba do, da do, da do, da do, da do, da do
Da da da (yeaah!) (Mercedes: Heeey!)
Da ba ba (yeaah!) (Mercedes: Yeaaah!)
Pa pa pa pa pa pa ra pa yeah!
New Directions:
Rolling (Artie: Rolling)
Rollin' (Mercedes: Rolling!)
Rollin' on the river (Artie: Rollin' on the river)
Rollin' (Mercedes: Rolling!, yeaah!)
Rollin' (Mercedes: Yeaah!)
Rollin' on the river (Mercedes: Rollin' on the river!) (Artie: Aaah!)
New Directions (Artie):
Ba da da (yeaah!) (Mercedes: Heey!)
Ba ba ba (yeaah!) (Mercedes: Yeaah!)
Pa pa pa pa pa pa ra pa
New Directions:
Yeaaah! (Mercedes: Heeeeey!)
(Tina: River!) (Artie: Yeaaah!)
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