"Ripple" is the sixth song on the Grateful Dead album American Beauty.
[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 to the gospel hymn "Because He Lives," which was published a year later.
[4] Both songs are similar to "Any Dream Will Do" from the Andrew Lloyd Webber-Tim Rice musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, which was first performed in 1968, and recorded in 1969.
[3] The 1985 drama film Mask, with Cher and Eric Stoltz, features this song.