China Grove

"China Grove" is a song from The Doobie Brothers' 1973 album The Captain and Me . It was written by original lead singer Tom Johnston, before he fell ill in 1975 and was replaced by Michael McDonald. The song is based on a real town in Texas with the same name. The connection is obvious given its real-life proximity to San Antonio, which is referenced in the lyrics. However, the rest of the song is largely a fictional account portraying China Grove as Texas' version of Chinatown. Notable is the mention of samurai, who in fact are Japanese, not Chinese.

References in popular culture

• During The Simpsons episode "The Mansion Family", a Coast Guard vessel attempts to lure Homer's ship into patrolled waters by stating over a megaphone that "we just want to party". Bart demands they play some rock music as proof, and the Coast Guard responds by mimicking the distinct opening guitar riff to "China Grove". Homer shouts "Come on, Bart! The Coast Guard's coverin' the Doobs!"
• On the animated TV show Squidbillies , Early asks Rusty if he likes white people, to which he replies "Well, I... I reckon they OK. I like 'em ol' Doobie Brothers." Early says he ain't ready, and Grandma concurs. Then Early proclaims "Yeah, I reckon you right. Damn them Doobies and they Chinese grove!"
• In an episode of King of the Hill where Hank finds himself with a tattoo, he goes back to the night he got it. Bill had just enlisted in the U.S. Army and the gang decides to take a road trip to Dallas to celebrate. There is a short scene of them driving with "China Grove" playing in the background.
• The beginning of the made for TV movie Into Thin Air includes this song.
• In the season 5 finale of the TV show House , the patient air-guitars the opening riff during a test.
• The guitar solo section is the background music for the "driving to Chisholm" scene in Field of Dreams .
• The song is played in the movie Radio .
• The song is on the game Karaoke Revolution Volume 3 .
• A portion of the song is played in the trailer for the 2008 film Swing Vote .
• The song is featured in the video games Guitar Hero: On Tour and Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned .
• The song is the theme song for the popular television game show Don't Forget the Lyrics .
• The song was featured in the comedy-drama film Music Within .
• The song plays during a scene in the 1st episode of 3rd season of the TV show Entourage , "Aquamom". The song plays while Vince and the gang arrive on the red carpet for the Aquaman movie premiere.

Cover Versions

• Dolly Parton covered the song in 1976 on her variety show Dolly! .
• An instrumental of the song is the theme song of the Fox game show Don't Forget the Lyrics! . The instrumental is performed by band leader Rickey Minor. (Notice that on one of the shows, there was a song choice for that song)
• The master track for this song is featured in Guitar Hero: On Tour for Nintendo DS.

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