No Particular Place to Go

{{Infobox song

| name = No Particular Place to Go

| cover = No_Particular_Place_to_Go_-_Chuck_Berry.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Chuck Berry

| album = St. Louis to Liverpool

| B-side = You Two

| released = {{Start date|1964|05}}{{cite magazine

| date = May 16, 1964

| title = Hot Pop Spotlights

| magazine = Billboard

| page = 36

}}

| recorded = March 25, 1964{{cite AV media notes |title=Gold |others=Chuck Berry |year=2005 |url=http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=1987023 |pages=24, 27 |type=CD liner |publisher=Geffen Records/Chess Records |id=0602498805589 |location=United States}}

| studio = Chess (Chicago){{cite web |title=The Chuck Berry Database: Details For Recording Session: 26. 3. 1964|url=http://www.crlf.de/ChuckBerry/cbdb/session/25-1964-03-26%2000:00:00.html |website=A Collector's Guide to the Music of Chuck Berry |publisher=Dietmar Rudolph |access-date=28 September 2021}}

| venue =

| genre = Rock and roll

| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=37}}

| label = Chess

| writer = Chuck Berry

| producer = Leonard Chess, Phil Chess

| prev_title = Nadine

| prev_year = 1964

| next_title = You Never Can Tell

| next_year = 1964

| misc = {{Audio sample

| type = single

| file = Chuck Berry - No Particular Place To Go.ogg

}}

}}

"No Particular Place to Go" is a song by Chuck Berry, released as a single by Chess Records in May 1964 and released on the album St. Louis to Liverpool in November 1964 (see 1964 in music).{{cite web |url=http://www.crlf.de/ChuckBerry/chessupto1966.html |title=A Collector's Guide to the Music of Chuck Berry: The Chess Era (1955-1966) |last=Rudolph |first=Dietmar |access-date=December 14, 2010}}

"No Particular Place to Go" was recorded on March 25, 1964 in Chicago, Illinois and features the same music as Berry's earlier hit "School Days".

Lyrics

The song is a comical four verse story. In the first verse, the narrator is riding in his car as his girlfriend drives, and they kiss. In the second, they start to cuddle, and drive slow. In the third, they decide to park and take a walk, but are unable to release the seat belt. In the last verse, they drive home, defeated by said recalcitrant seat belt.

Recording

The session(s) during which "No Particular Place to Go" was recorded were produced by Leonard and Phil Chess, and backing Berry were pianist Paul Williams, drummer Odie Payne, and bassist Louis Satterfield.

Charts

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!scope="col"|Chart (1964)

!scope="col"|Peak
position

Canada (RPM Top Forty-5's){{cite web |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4724&type=2&interval=20&PHPSESSID=m89iq841abagb37ld9c0fdc1f3 |title=RPM - Item Display: Top Singles - Volume 1, No. 21, July 13, 1964 |date=March 31, 2004 |work=Library and Archives Canada |format=.Php }}

|style="text-align:center;"|6

{{singlechart|Ireland2|7|song=No Particular Place to Go|accessdate=April 15, 2019}}
New Zealand (Listener){{Cite web|url=http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=search%20lever&qartistid=426#n_view_location|title=Flavour of New Zealand, 6 August 1964|website=Flavourofnz.co.nz}}

| style="text-align:center;"|2

{{singlechart |UK|3|song=No Particular Place to Go|artist=Chuck Berry|date=1964-06-13}}
US Billboard Hot 100{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/chuck-berry-p3664/charts-awards/billboard-singles |title=Chuck Berry - Billboard Singles |work=Allmusic |publisher=Rovi Corporation |location=United States |access-date=December 14, 2010}}

|style="text-align:center;"|10

US Billboard R&B Singles

|style="text-align:center;"|10

Cover versions

In 1982 George Thorogood & the Destroyers included a version on their album Bad To The Bone. In 1994 it also appeared on their live album Live: Let's Work Together.

References