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"China Grove" is a song by American rock band the Doobie Brothers, released in 1973 on their third studio album, The Captain and Me. It was written and sung by the band's original lead singer and songwriter Tom Johnston. [4]
According to AllMusic critic Jason Elias, the music of "It Keeps You Runnin'" reflects a "jazzy R&B influence" and "gospel-based keyboard shading." [3]Elias described the lyrics as the singer "trying to talk some woman into listening to what her heart is trying to say -- the oldest trick in the book."
"What a Fool Believes" is a song written by Michael McDonald and Kenny Loggins. The best-known version was recorded by The Doobie Brothers (with McDonald singing lead vocals) for their 1978 album Minute by Minute.
Livin' on the Fault Line is the seventh studio album by the American rock band the Doobie Brothers.The album was released on August 19, 1977, by Warner Bros. Records.It is one of the few Doobie Brothers albums of the 1970s which did not produce a Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 (although "You Belong to Me" was a hit as recorded by co-author Carly Simon).
Cashbox called "Another Park, Another Sunday" an "almost lazy Summer Sunday afternoon type track" and found it likely to be a hit on pop and progressive radio stations. [6] Record World said that it was "gentler fare" than previous Doobie Brothers' hits and "more melodic and easy-tempoed this time, in tune with the pastoral weekend setting."
The Captain and Me is the third studio album by American rock band The Doobie Brothers, released on March 2, 1973, by Warner Bros. Records.It features some of the band's most popular songs, including "Long Train Runnin'", "China Grove" and "Without You".
The lyrics comment on the lack of acceptance and recognition faith-based music often receives from mainstream radio. In addition to being musically based upon the earlier Byrds and Doobie Brothers' recordings, DC Talk's version of the song also features samples of Madonna 's hit single " Vogue " and the Snap! song " The Power ".
Cash Box stated that "both instrumentally and vocally this is the best thing the Doobie Brothers have done to date," adding that "the melody is based around a strong chordal structure" and that the repetition of the song title in the chorus has "maximum hook potential."