Drivin' (Pearl Harbor and the Explosions song)

{{About|the Pearl Harbor and the Explosions song|The Kinks song|Drivin' (The Kinks song)}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Drivin'

| cover = Single pearl harbor drivin.jpg

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| type = single

| artist = Pearl Harbor and the Explosions

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| released = 1979, 1980

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| length = 4:17, 3:40

| label = 415, Warner Bros.

| writer = Stench/Gates/Bilt/Stench

| producer = David Kahne

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| misc = {{Extra album cover

| cover = Single drivin WB 45 label.jpg

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| caption = Warner Bros. version

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"Drivin'" was a moderately successful hit single for San Francisco band Pearl Harbor and the Explosions. It first was released on 415 Records, November 21, 1979.{{cite web

|url=http://www.psych.mcgill.ca/levitin/415.html

|title=A Brief History of 415 Records

|accessdate=2008-05-12

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|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221023308/http://www.psych.mcgill.ca/levitin/415.html

|archivedate=2009-02-21

}}[http://thep5.blogspot.com/2007/11/pearl-harbor-and-explosions-drivin.html Drivin' release date], Post Punk Progressive Pop Party. Accessed May 14, 2008. Shortly after, it was re-recorded for the band's self-titled debut LP on Warner Bros, and that version was also released as a single.

After hearing the 415 single, the band Jane Aire and the Belvederes recorded a cover version of "Drivin'", which was released almost at the same time as Pearl Harbor's own WB version.{{cite web

|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r28789|pure_url=yes}}

|title=Jane Aire LP track listing

|accessdate=2008-05-12

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