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{{Infobox song
| name = Drivin{{'-}}
| cover = Drivin'_Single.jpg
| caption = French picture sleeve
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = [[Thethe Kinks]]
| album = [[Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)]]
| B-side = Mindless Child of Motherhood
| released = 20 June 1969 (UK)
| recorded = May 1969{{sfn|Hinman|2004|p=129}}
| format = [[Gramophone record|7" vinyl]]
| recordedstudio = May–June 1969 at= [[Pye Studios (No. 2)|Pye]], London
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = {{hlist|[[Pop music|Pop]]|[[rock music|rock]]|[[music hall]]}}
| genre =
| length =
| label = [[Pye Records|Pye]] 7N 17776 (UK)
| writer = [[Ray Davies]]
| producer = [[Ray Davies]]
| chronology = [[The Kinks]] UK
| prev_title = [[Plastic Man (song)|Plastic Man]]
| prev_year = 1969
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'''"Drivin{{'"}}''' is a tracksong pennedwritten by [[Ray Davies]] of [[the Kinks]]. The songwhich appeared on that group's 1969 [[concept album]] ''[[Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)]]''. It was released in the UK as the first single from the album, but failed to chart.
 
==Background==
"Drivin'", on 1 May 1969, was one of the first two tracks to be worked on by the Kinks (the other being its B-side, "Mindless Child of Motherhood"). In ''[[Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)]]'', "Drivin'" shows the protagonist, Arthur Morgan, convincing his wife, Rose, to forget all of her problems (and the upheaval going on in the world) and take a drive. However, within the context of the concept album, the song offers only a brief respite from the prevailing anxieties.<ref name=kitts/>
 
According to critic [[Johnny Rogan]] and author Thomas Kitts, "Drivin'" is based on real experiences from Ray Davies' childhood when his family drove from London to the country.<ref name=rogan>{{cite book |title=The Complete Guide to the Music of the Kinks |author=[[Johnny Rogan|Rogan, J.]] |author-link=Johnny Rogan |pages=70-7170–71 |year=1998 |publisher=Omnibus Press |isbn=0711963142}}</ref><ref name=kitts>{{cite book |title=Ray Davies: Not Like Everybody Else |url=https://archive.org/details/raydaviesnotlike0000kitt |url-access=registration |author=Kitts, T.M. |pages=[https://archive.org/details/raydaviesnotlike0000kitt/page/135 135-137] |year=2008 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=041597769X978-0415977692}}</ref>
 
==Release and reception==
"Drivin'" was the first single from ''Arthur''. Released in the UK and continental Europe (but not the U.S.), it did not chart at all, making it the first song by Thethe Kinks (aside from their pre-"[[You Really Got Me]]" singles) to do so. [[Dave Davies]] said of the track, "[It] was a compromise record, it wasn't that bold."<ref name="Dave Davies talks about landmarks in Kinks history ...">{{cite journal |title=Dave Davies talks about landmarks in Kinks history ... |journal=[[NME]] |date=February 1971 |url=http://www.davedavies.com/articles/nme_0271.htm |access-date=28 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990210100608/http://www.davedavies.com/articles/nme_0271.htm |archive-date=10 February 1999 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The follow-up single, "[[Shangri-La (The Kinks song)|Shangri-La]]", also didn't make a dent in the charts.<ref name=kitts/>
 
The track appeared on the compilation album ''[[Picture Book (The Kinks album)|Picture Book]]''.
 
The song was praised by [[AllMusic]]'s [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] for its "lazy grace".<ref>{{cite web |title=Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) |author=[[Stephen Thomas Erlewine|Erlewine, S.T.]] |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/arthur-or-the-decline-and-fall-of-the-british-empire-mw0000713876 |publisher=[[Allmusic]] |accessdateaccess-date=2014-05-01}}</ref> Rogan praises its "convincing lyrics", "sumptuous melody" and the "amusing percussive touches" added by Kinks' drummer [[Mick Avory]] towards the end of the song.<ref name=rogan/> Kitts comments that the song's rhythm, as well as some of the guitar playing by Ray's brother Dave Davies, effectively simulates a "leisurely car ride up and down hills and around curves."<ref name=kitts/>
 
== Personnel ==
According to band researcher Doug Hinman:{{sfn|Hinman|2004|p=129}}
 
{{'''The Kinks}}'''▼
*[[Ray Davies]]{{snd}}lead vocal; acoustic and electric guitars; organ
*[[Dave Davies]]{{snd}}backing vocal, electric guitar
*[[John Dalton (musician)|John Dalton]]{{snd}}bass guitar
*[[Mick Avory]]{{snd}}drums
 
'''Additional musician'''
*Rasa Davies{{snd}}backing vocal
 
== "Mindless Child of Motherhood" ==
The B-side, "Mindless Child of Motherhood", was a Dave Davies composition, written for an unreleased solo album.{{sfn|Hinman|2004|p=128}} It was later released on the 1998 reissue of ''Arthur''.
 
==References==
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==External= linksSources ===
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* {{MetroLyrics song|kinks|drivin}}<!-- Licensed lyrics provider -->
* {{cite book |last1=Hinman |first1=Doug |title=The Kinks: All Day and All of the Night: Day by Day Concerts, Recordings, and Broadcasts, 1961–1996 |date=2004 |publisher=Backbeat Books |location=San Francisco, California |isbn=978-0-87930-765-3}}
{{Refend}}
 
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