China Grove
The Doobie Brothers
As of 2026-10-13, "China Grove" by The Doobie Brothers has charted in 1 market across 1 platform, peaking at #80 (NZ) on the Rotation chart.
- Markets
- 1
- First seen
- 2026-10-08
- Latest chart date
- 2026-10-13
- Peak
- #80 nz
Momentum
This song has not appeared on a Rotation chart, so it has no score and no receipts. The rank history below is the ledger; a score is only published once the momentum run puts it on a chart.
Why it's here
The song's opening guitar riff, played by Tom Johnston, has been called 'the stuff of air guitar legend' by Billboard staff. [1] Examination of the master tape revealed the band tracked the song live together in the studio rather than overdubbing instruments separately, with Tiran Porter's bass performance singled out as 'top notch'. [2] The song served as the theme for the Fox game show Don't Forget the Lyrics!, hosted by Wayne Brady, from 2007 to 2009. [3]
In culture
Every place this record has lived. A solid chip states a fact and carries the citation that earns it; a dashed one is a connection somebody drew, and carries their name instead.
- Covered [unknown]source
- Covered Cocoa Bluesource
- Covered Lazarus A.D.source
- Covered Lee Hanover, Tim Crouch, Kurt Mason, David Talbot, Pat McGrath, Dennis Crouchsource
- Covered Ricky Beesource
- Written by Tom Johnstonsource
- Covered Union Bluesource
- Covered Weezersource
- Covered Wynnerssource
Across markets · earliest pickup first
Every date here is the date the source chart covers, never the date we fetched it. Sources publish on different lags: the Spotify mirror runs about two days behind, TurnTable publishes weekly.
- MarketFirst seenPeak
- New Zealandnz · shazam#86#80#86
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Editions
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Identity
- ISRC
- Not known yet
- Slug
- the-doobie-brothers__china-grove
- Sources
- shazam
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