Listen to the Music
The Doobie Brothers
As of 2026-10-28, "Listen to the Music" by The Doobie Brothers has charted in 5 markets across 3 platforms, peaking at #19 (IL) on the Rotation chart.
- Markets
- 5
- First seen
- 2026-06-18
- Latest chart date
- 2026-10-28
- Peak
- #19 il
Started in 1 market, now in 5.
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
Written by Tom Johnston as a utopian call for world peace, imagining world leaders sitting together and simply listening to music instead of fighting. [1] The studio recording layers a banjo with a prominent flanging effect audible from the bridge through the fadeout, and Patrick Simmons sings the bridge. [2] In June 2020, four band members released an acoustic home version on YouTube as a benefit performance for Feeding America. [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.
- Written by Tom Johnstonsource
- Covered Hesselsource
- Covered Weensource
- Covered The Wynnerssource
- Covered The Isley Brotherssource
- Covered Emmerson Nogueirasource
- Covered Incognitosource
- Covered Toxic Audiosource
- Covered Candi Statonsource
- Covered Ken Ishiwatasource
- Covered Six Appealsource
- Covered 伊東たけしsource
- Covered Lee Hanover, Tim Crouch, Kurt Mason, David Talbot, Pat McGrath, Dennis Crouchsource
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. One recording, one history: this table also counts the rows sources published under 1 other handle of this record (remasters, official videos).
- MarketFirst seenPeak
- New Zealandnz · shazam spotify#152#99#152
- United Statesus · spotify#174#174—
- Canadaca · spotify#191#191—
- Jordanjo · deezer#25#25—
- Israelil · shazam#19#19#19
Listen
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Editions
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Identity
- ISRC
- Not known yet
- Slug
- the-doobie-brothers__listen-to-the-music
- Sources
- deezer, shazam, spotify
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Every source whose chart has ever carried this song.
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