Their version of the song was rearranged in their style, at a faster tempo with additional instrumental parts. Microdisney performed the song live, frequently in 1984 and on at least one occasion in 1985. The Stereophonics have also covered the song as a B-side to their single ' Local Boy in the Photograph'. The song has also been covered by Rudy Rotta, Rod Stewart, Rise Against, Courtney Jaye, The Ventures, and Vince Neil and was included on John Fogerty's 1998 live CD/DVD Premonition.

When Creedence Clearwater Revival was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993, Springsteen performed the song with John Fogerty. Springsteen and the E Street Band opened with 'Who'll Stop the Rain' whenever it was raining. The song was a concert staple for Bruce Springsteen during 1980-81's River Tour, as well as on the summer 2003 leg of the Rising Tour. Anyway, then I went home and wrote this song. It started to rain, and got really muddy, and then (yelling) half a million people took their clothes off!!! (Normal voice again) Boomer generation making its presence known I guess. I went up there and saw a whole bunch of really nice young people. A lot of folks seem to think I sang this song at Woodstock way back then. Well, this next song has a bit of a fable surrounding it. In 2007 during a concert in Shelburne, Vermont, he said the following about the song: My son Josh was four years old at the time, and after he heard it, he said, 'Daddy stop the rain.' And my wife and I looked at each other and said, 'Well, not quite.' For his part, when asked by Rolling Stone about the meaning of the song's lyrics, John Fogerty was quoted as saying,Ĭertainly, I was talking about Washington, when I wrote the song, but I remember bringing the master version of the song home and playing it.

Interpreting the song in its time period (1970), and the resigned but somewhat angry feeling of the song, many see 'Who'll Stop the Rain' as a thinly veiled protest against the Vietnam War, with the final verse lyrics and its references to music, large crowds, rain, and crowds trying to keep warm being about the band's experience at the Woodstock Festival in August 1969.

Like many folk-rock songs, it starts off with a ringing acoustic guitar riff, though the backing throughout has more of a roots rock sound than that heard on more standard folk-rock recordings. Musically, in contrast to the 1950s-Rock-inspired 'Travelin' Band', 'Who'll Stop the Rain' has more of an acoustic, folk-rock feel to it. All three verses allude to a sense of unending malaise, pondered by 'good men through the ages', ' Five Year Plans and New Deals/wrapped in golden chains', and the Woodstock generation. Lyrically, 'Who'll Stop the Rain' breaks into three verses, with a historical, recent past, and present tense approach.

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