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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 [[TheRay KinksDavies]]'s of [[Raythe DaviesKinks]]. The songwhich appeared on thethat 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 Thethe 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>▼
▲"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.]]|pages=70-71|year=1998|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=0711963142}}</ref><ref name=kitts>{{cite book|title=Ray Davies: Not Like Everybody Else|author=Kitts, T.M.|pages=135-137|year=2008|publisher=Routledge|isbn=041597769X}}</ref>
 
==Release and reception==
"Drivin'" was the first single from ''[[Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)|Arthur]]''. Released in the U.K.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 |dead-url-status=yesdead}}</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]]''.▼
▲"Drivin'" was the first single from ''[[Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)|Arthur]]''. Released in the U.K. and continental Europe (but not the U.S.), it did not chart at all, making it the first song by The 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|dead-url=yes}}</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==
{{Reflist}}
 
==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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