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<p><br></p><p><br></p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/53/Uncle_John%27s_Band_single.jpg"></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><h1>Ripple (song)</h1><p>"<strong>Ripple</strong>" is the sixth song on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grateful_Dead" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Grateful Dead</a> album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Beauty_(album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>American Beauty</em></a>. It was released as the B-side to the single "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truckin%27" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Truckin'</a>".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripple_(song)#cite_note-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[2]</a></p><h2>Background</h2><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hunter_(lyricist)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Robert Hunter</a> 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 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retsina" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">retsina</a> in the process).<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripple_(song)#cite_note-Annotated-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[3]</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Garcia" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jerry Garcia</a> wrote the music to accompany Hunter's lyrics,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripple_(song)#cite_note-Annotated-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[3]</a> and the song debuted August 18, 1970 at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fillmore_West" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Fillmore West</a> in San Francisco.</p><p>"Ripple" has a similar melody to the gospel hymn "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Because_He_Lives" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Because He Lives</a>," which was published a year later.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripple_(song)#cite_note-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[4]</a> Both songs are similar to "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Any_Dream_Will_Do_(song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Any Dream Will Do</a>" from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Lloyd_Webber" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Andrew Lloyd Webber</a>-<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Rice" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tim Rice</a> musical <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_and_the_Amazing_Technicolor_Dreamcoat" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat</em></a>, which was first performed in 1968, and recorded in 1969.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripple_(song)#cite_note-5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[5]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripple_(song)#cite_note-themusicalcompany.com-6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[6]</a></p><h2>In popular culture</h2><p>A number of essays have been written analyzing and annotating this song.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripple_(song)#cite_note-Annotated-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[3]</a></p><p>The 1985 drama film <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mask_(1985_film)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Mask</em></a>, with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cher" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cher</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Stoltz" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Eric Stoltz</a>, features this song.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripple_(song)#cite_note-7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[7]</a></p><p>The song is played during the last scene of the television series <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freaks_and_Geeks" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Freaks and Geeks</em></a>.^[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^{<em>citation needed</em>}</a>^]</p><h2>Reception</h2><p>In 2021, <em>Rolling Stone</em> ranked the song at number 334 in their updated list of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Stone%27s_500_Greatest_Songs_of_All_Time" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">500 Greatest Songs of All Time</a>.</p>