The Doctor (The Doobie Brothers song)

"The Doctor" is a hit single released by The Doobie Brothers on their 1989 studio album, Cycles. The song, to date, is the last hit single that the band has released; it reached the number 1 spot on the Billboard mainstream rock chart and peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[1]

"The Doctor"
Single by The Doobie Brothers
from the album Cycles
B-side	"Too High a Price"
Released	May 3, 1989
Recorded	1989
Genre	Rock
Length	3:47
Label	Capitol
Songwriter(s)	Tom Johnston/Charlie Midnight/Eddie Schwartz
Producer(s)	Charlie Midnight/Eddie Schwartz/Rodney Mills
The Doobie Brothers singles chronology
"You Belong to Me" (1983) "The Doctor" (1989) "Need a Little Taste of Love" (1989)

The song was released with a music video that features the band playing to the tune with all of the members present. The video also got significant airplay on the music video channels throughout the US and helped propel the song into the spotlight. Guitarist and founding member Tom Johnston sang the lead vocal, after returning from years of being out of the band after Michael McDonald took over in the mid-1970s. Johnston told Songfacts that he wrote most of the song before the band re-formed when he was in a band called Border Patrol.^[2]

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (1989)	Position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[3]	62
US (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)[4]	112

UK: 73