The Doctor (The Doobie Brothers song)
| "The Doctor" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by The Doobie Brothers | ||||
| from the album Cycles | ||||
| B-side | "Too High a Price" | |||
| Released | May 3, 1989 | |||
| Recorded | 1989 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 3:47 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Tom Johnston/Charlie Midnight/Eddie Schwartz | |||
| Producer(s) | Charlie Midnight/Eddie Schwartz/Rodney Mills | |||
| The Doobie Brothers singles chronology | ||||
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"The Doctor" is a hit single released by
mainstream rock chart and peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100.[1]
The song was released with a
Michael McDonald took over in the mid-1970s. Johnston told Songfacts that he wrote most of the song before the band re-formed when he was in a band called Border Patrol.[2]
Charts
Year-end charts
| Chart (1989) | Position |
|---|---|
| Canada Top Singles (RPM)[3] | 62 |
| US (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)[4] | 112 |
UK: 73
References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 189.
- ^ "The Doctor". Songfacts.com. Retrieved 2009-12-26.
- ^ "Top Singles - Volume 51, No. 8, December 23, 1989". RPM. December 23, 1999. Archived from the original on September 7, 2017. Retrieved November 22, 2017.
- ^ "1989 Year-End". Retrieved December 7, 2019.