The Doobie Brothers - The Doctor

Music video by The Doobie Brothers performing The Doctor.

[@tommymann69]

WHO IS LISTENING TO THIS FANTASTIC SONG IN 2024

[@lauriel.7350]

I am.

[@rosauhrin-zk9gw]

I am! I absolutely love this song! One of my favorite groups of all time. Saw them in the early 70’s and still going to their concerts! 💙✌️

[@OwierJacks]

Yes! Almost every day! Great song!

[@RobertPlant-rh9ro]

Right a Here with you!❤ I'm 70 years old and I remember when they came out. They have given us a lot of fantastic music 🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵

[@k8track]

Right here, buddy! Eight thumbs up!

[@plainoldme7322]

Don’t know why radio stations never play this…one of their best!!!!

[@georgehartman3189]

Because radio sucks.

[@ClintonWatrin-sv8lm]

@@georgehartman3189 Me: "I'd like to request a song". Shannon: "Which one?" Me: "The Doctor by the Doobie Brothers". Shannon: "And who is this?" Me: "It is Clinton." Shannon: "Alright Clinton, you have yourself a great weekend. Here's your song." Me: "Alright"

[@fmk353]

Because radio program directors are in their 20s and 30s and have never heard good music.

[@gerrydooley951]

this was one of the best updates of an older bands sound i have ever heard

[@KevinBostonRATbuster133]

I can remember when they did, but at the time it was a new and current song. They shouldn't have put it down. Same with Little Feat's 'I sure would hate to lose your lovin"

[@NaptekPNobleP]

That Base player is awesome. He is also my cousin! Way to go Tiran. Much Love and God's blessings to you.

[@maysinpile5561]

Your uncle put the "base" in the bass on these songs!

[@bobthebear1246]

That's awesome, and yes, he is legendary with The Doobie Brothers.

[@timreding4364]

Great on Taking it to the Streets! And every other Doobie song!

[@mikeamos6720]

It's great to see Tiran Porter back with the Doobies.

[@sambennett9060]

Tell him to join the Doobies on this upcoming anniversary tour! Michael McDonald is joining them which is huge, and Tiran joining them would make it even bigger.

[@58Grov]

I'm a Doctor and can tell you that music is the doctor. Sometimes music is the right medicine.

[@wvfreebyrd3587]

I remember the first time I saw this on MTV...............I was like "THE Doobie Brothers are BACK !!"

[@WhatsCookingTime]

I was 18 when it first came out and I saw it on MTV and I thought it was awesome my dad heard it in the background and said the same thing he was all excited. Great song

[@joejones9944]

I was about 14 when this came out. I thought this was the shit. I also thought The Doobies Were Back In A Big Way

[@charleswind8298]

I almost had a heart attack !!

[@truth1128]

This video clearly shows what a fantastic group The Doobie Brothers are. Every band member is smiling and having a blast. You never see videos like this anymore. Thank you for providing us decades of great music!

[@jayquellin4543]

But they are named after a deadly drug

[@mikeevans5810]

agreed

[@bobbolster8949]

@@jayquellin4543 please tell me ONE human that has died from weed. Please educate yourself

[@jayquellin4543]

@@bobbolster8949 I did: m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/rYCTmWZ_Z6qDfZI

[@otisopse7808]

Old school pure KICK ASS ROCK AND ROLL.👍🎧

[@gmpitt71]

RIP John Hartman, Michael Cossack, Keith Knudsen and Bobby LaKind The backbone of the Brothers.

[@otisroseboro5613]

Still Miss Those Guy's

[@markjones1184]

Those guys are gone?

[@michaelschwab9806]

It's July 2023, who's listening to this "Great Band"

[@chuckfoster1241]

How these guys are still not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is absolutely Criminal

[@randywissler9923]

They have been in since Nov 2020

[@brianjohnson5995]

You are correct. RRHOF is just a wimpy bunch

[@SilentKnight43]

The Doobies firin' on all 8-cylinders after Tom returned. Nothin' against Mike McDonald...but Tom's inclusion was the kickass that the Doobies began with.

[@hoss0821]

You are absolutely right!

[@Markus_Andrew]

Agreed! MM is a talented man for sure, but Tom was the heart and soul of the Doobies. They were never the same without him.

[@suhaicsezen7270]

MM screwed up the Dobie brothers. Everything against him

[@barbaracabello587]

​@@suhaicsezen7270damn, dude!, Lol!

[@beckyboo1433]

Yeah this song is great but Michael McDonald is amazing too

[@dshmechanic]

Hands down, the BEST and most kickin' all time fun tune the Doobies ever pressed onto wax, yet for some reason it gets very little air-time...never understood that one.

[@gerrydooley951]

I agree it is great, I just think those other songs have been around so long they are a permanent part of the playlist.

[@margaretdavison9256]

I AGREE!! When DBs were inducted last week into the R&R Hall of Fame, I wanted to hear this one song of theirs. My all time favorite.

[@Play2Win1958]

Ditto I sing it at karaoke

[@WhatsCookingTime]

It did back then it was a huge hit. The doobies we're big in the seventies and nothing for a long time. Then all the sudden they burst back on the scene with this new hit. I remember hearing it all summer long. I think that would have been 1988

[@WhatsCookingTime]

I also think it doesn't get the attention cuz you know some people are they'll complain this one doesn't have Michael McDonald in it singing and a lot of people know the Doobie Brothers from the 1970s hits. kind of like some of those characters who will only listen to Van Halen with David Lee Roth and don't want to pay attention to any of the awesome stuff that came out in the '80s and the nineties of course with Sammy

[@davidiverson2541]

One of my favorite Doobie brothers songs. There is no substitute for Tom Johnson doing the lead vocals for the Doobies. Righteous music.

[@Burgieking1]

THE favourite!!!

[@grandepdre]

An incredibly underrated Doobie Brothers song. Was a highlight of the concert for me when I saw them last summer.

[@airdriver]

It was 1989, I was about to finish college. I dealt with nothing but 80s new wave synth pop for a decade. Then I saw this video. I almost had tears in my eyes because my favorite 70s group was finally back and still rocking.

[@jasonmagee2921]

ONE OF THE BEST BANDS IN THE HISTORY OF ROCK AND ROLL!!

[@elizabethprice6883]

Typo...I could NOT imagine life without music

[@markmoriarty7388]

Neither could I.

[@elizabethprice6883]

Coming from musical family since I was 4 years old , I could imagine life without music. Your tune THE DOCTOR defines me. I will play this tune over and over because I appreciate whoever wrote the lyrics and the music. You guys are the BEST!!!

[@petersearls3635]

This is what you call a group of talented men doing what they love. The love of up lifting music created by talented people that puts a smile on your face and gets you going. Keep on rock in Doobie Brothers!!!

[@chrislacke5188]

Peter Searls - it doesn’t get you going. It keeps you running. 😉

[@barbaracabello587]

​@@chrislacke5188. . . And rollin' down the highway . . .

[@ClintonWatrin-sv8lm]

@@barbaracabello587 That's rocking down the highway, and Mikey sang It Keeps You Running

[@samludu5916]

I saw Doobies at least seven times. They played "The Doctor" only once. Never could figure out why. One of their best.

[@airdriver]

No frills, no chills, and best of all no gimmicks. Just basic, high quality rock.

[@HjortGeirsMr]

Tom Johnston is one of my favorite musicians.

[@gregorysmith3405]

This song always puts a smile on my face. Especially played very loudly.

[@chrisheffernan7540]

My favorite Doobie Brothers song hands down.

[@nowitsabadtime]

This was a huge deal in the late '80s when the Doobies reunited and released this album. Everybody was so pumped-up about it. I just realized the intro sounds a bit like 'I Feel Like a Number' by Bob Seger. Both awesome songs!

[@WhatsCookingTime]

I remember it too I mean I was 18 when this came out and thought it was kick ass and I was playing it on MTV and my dad heard it. He had always liked the Doobie Brothers anyways. He was so happy. What a great song it is. They developed a whole new audience as well I remember being at the beach listening to this all summer long and everyone in my age group was into it as well. Just a great song

[@chrisjohn8795]

brilliant song Those where the years of music Pitty we cant turn the clock back Great memories it brings backk

[@bumbleandprincess]

+chris john Amen to that my friend!!!!

[@MichaelDewey]

Just have to turn it on again and again. It is a key cure for society's ills.

[@119Agent]

Doobie Brothers 2020 tour

[@IAmSteppenwolf]

How can ANYONE not love this song? Such harmony!! Such musical talent!!! The Doobie Brothers are iconic!!!

[@timhern3841]

Especially since it's a copy of the China Grove layout.......

[@samboy1288]

this year's hall of fame class should include the doobie brothers! as well as kiss, chicago, bon jovi, rush, journey and boston - 7 of my favorite bands that are NOT IN THE HALL but DESERVE IT!

[@JimAllen-Persona]

Nice to see Tiran Porter again... nice to see them all again. Saw them live in 2019.

[@Mindcrime7]

I remember when they used to play this on MTV back in the summer of '89. I had completely forgotten about it.

[@WhatsCookingTime]

it brings me back to Summer I remember it clearly I was 19 at the time Hampton Beach New Hampshire memory. I had an IROC z as did everybody. Or perhaps a mustang GT or trans am playing this thing loud and clear. Everyone loving it. It was huge on MTV as well

[@55terriblegasser]

Tom Johnston is a workhorse he can play and sing with ease do these guys ever rest?

[@vipercollectibles]

I'm ashamed to say I recently discovered this song. Been on repeat ever since and always makes me smile!

[@MrJacMac1968]

Is it me or does Patrick Simmons look like Andy Travis(Gary Sandy) from WKRP in Cincinatti.I know Jeff Skunk Baxter looked like Dr Johnny Fever(Howard Hessman).The song on the closing credits of WKRP sounded like a Doobie Bros song.

[@PowerGlove79]

THANK YOU! I thought I was the only one who thought that, good to know I'm not crazy lol

[@8122304401]

Right on.

[@williamweir1547]

Tiran is passable as Venus Fly Trap ;-)

[@wh3174]

I found this because I searched to see if anyone else thought this, and here it is!

[@markkalfahs1047]

....too bad they didn't have the equivalent of Bailey....she was so much more real than Jennifer....

[@bradm2888]

We've got a jib mounted camera and By God we're going to use it!

[@shellya66]

Brad M underrated comment

[@NJP76]

Man did they ever use it! I felt a touch of motion sickness TRYING to watch this video....and I am someone who never gets motion sickness or vertigo. Song is great, but the video is almost unwatchable. Good God, what were they thinking?

[@jjfromthebigland781]

This video looks like a bunch of dads just hanging out and reliving their youth when all of a sudden this magic happens...

[@wordsmithworks3541]

Very well said. I signed in just to tell you that.

[@adrianwort]

This band always put a smile on my face, so lucky to have grown up in that era, what a phenomenal talent they were, such wonderful memories of that era, long live the DBs

[@brianpetrick7512]

I LOVE this song! Love The Doobies! One of their best!

[@davidklein7962]

Spring 1989 played the crap outa this song as a Lincoln Nebraska DJ on 106.3FM KHAT. Love it!!🎉❤

[@blaincarson8645]

It's got the China Grove vibe and same key. This is a great dance song to play in my 70's 80's rock band. Did China, Jesus, Long Train... such great music.

[@robbie4657]

My dad introduced me to Steely Dan and the Doobie Bros when i was a kid and ive loved both their music ever since! Thanks Dad!

[@jrw24fan]

This song went to #1 on the mainstream rock chart in 1989. Quite an amazing feat since they had been gone for a while and the rock music climate had changed quite a bit (hair bands ruled the air waves when this was released). Still a great song 33 years later.

[@chrisgraham4595]

I’m amazed to hear that I’ve only recently discovered this track. It never gets played hear. Maybe I’m listening to the wrong radio station! It’s sensational!!

[@elizabethprice6883]

In the top three tunes by the Doobies!!!

[@dex-o8s]

and you know ...all you want a bee rock and roll fans...my first concert in chicago...was the doobie bros...the vices tour..in 1974...it was my high school graduation party...at the aragon ballroom in chicago.....AND MY GOD....WE PARTIED...AND LOU REED WAS THE OPENING BAND...I DONT HAVE ANY IDEA HOW I GOT HOME THAT NITE...CAUSE WE WERE SO WASTED..

[@kitchenwitch629]

Garden State Art Center. 1989. My 27th birthday. A lightning storm settled over the pavilion & knocked the power out a dozen times. They never missed a beat. Probably one of the best shows I have ever seen. Besides, look how happy they were to be to be the Tom Johnson Doobies again.

[@MickBarkerSr]

Pure Rock and Roll, and a Band to Remain in U.S. History too. Awesome Song, Awesome Band, Rock It, Doobie Style...

[@peterraymond8470]

1989 was such a big year for rock reunion albums, reunion tours, comeback hits, etc. And the Doobies managed a triple hat trick in that respect. Sadly like so many of their fellow comeback kids that year [ Alice Cooper, Donna Summer, The Bee Gees, Donny Osmond ] they just couldn't maintain the momentum. I saw them live with Chicago in about 2007 or so I think and they were terrific.

[@lewishaines8634]

Music is the doctor, I have had cancer 3 times, a stroke, and 2 car wrecks. Plus 21 years Veteran. All you need is love. 🎼☕️🦅🇺🇸🙏

[@dunnmax1]

Long live the late 1980s.

[@troydaigle7902]

I would love to see them...grew up listening to them

[@gerrydooley951]

It was so great to have the Tom Johnston Doobies back

[@JimAllen-Persona]

It was. Great to hear Tiran Porter and Pat Simmons kicking ass. I don’t get why everyone gives McDonald so much shit..Tom needed to get off the road. Bros took a different direction for a while and then came back. Probably made the guys in the band a lot of $$ while he was there.

[@southsea8106]

Can remember recording this off rage,played it so much I wore the tape out lol...awesome song, great riff,,, legendary band

[@bigguy130]

I'm glad this song was a top 10 hit back int the 80's, they deserved the extra fame and fortune that this song brought them.

[@MrJacMac1968]

They saved us for a little while from the cookie cutter 80’s synth pop at the end of that decade

[@robertjohnson3855]

I am so thrilled to see them still tour and share such amazing talent and music. Tom Johnston's voice will ALWAYS be the voice of the Doobie,Bros.even though MacDonald has a great voice, they never were the same as far as I am concerned. He gives them their rock power. Amazing performers and musicians. Can't wait to see them again. They opened as back up for 3 dog night in the 70's and their records sold off the shelves of ever store the next day in Salt Lake City. I saw them every time since when I could.

[@scottshelton9660]

Top notch very talented musicians

[@spiderfam5036]

0:15 Tiran looks so happy

[@70Kenny]

This song came out in the spring of 1989, right before I graduated from high school. I remember cruising around Tucson, Arizona in my 1972 Chrysler blaring this song on my new car stereo with all the windows down. American cars, rock and roll and freedom!!!

[@jangirtman8603]

Love this group!!! 78 baby ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@scottracey]

We rode our bikes on a summer night in Annapolis to the Pepsi Colosseum, at the fairgrounds to see the Doobie Brothers in 1975.

[@DrTomato42009]

Simply HAS to go down as one of the most beautiful & fantastic songs in humanity's history!! HAS to!! (Am thinking right now there is almost no price I won't pay for a custom made hat that says "Music Is the Doctor" - Doobie Bros.) A LOT of people owe the Doobies big time for this one ... for sure!!!!

[@chrisburton650]

DrTomato42009

[@danbenwil]

When I first heard this song, I thought to myself "now these are the Doobies that I know!!!" Nothing against the Michael McDonald-styled edition, but I enjoyed the "rock" version a lot better.

[@wordsmithworks3541]

This song reminds me of a good friend who passed away a little while ago. Don't you love songs that do that? RIP Brent. I miss you brother, but we'll always have this.

[@dex-o8s]

THE BEST DAMN JAM THAT THE DOOBIES EVER CREATED...AND IVE SEEN THEM ALL FROM 1972 TO THE PRESENT...COUNTLESS SHOWS IVE SEEN..MUSIC WILL ALWAYS BE THE CURE FOR WHATEVERS AILEN YOU$$$$$

[@orioles8383]

Great song!!!!! Spring 1989!!! Reminds me of the birth of my son David Jr. Also played this song many times on my Lincoln, Nebraska Radio Station....106.3FM KHAT!!!!

[@davidrosato864]

Great comeback song by the Doobies!

[@cierakitty]

Saw them way back...fantastic show...loved it......money well spent

[@signalsyyz]

saw them on this tour ...Awesome show...

[@greglahut42n47]

Best song ever

[@rwafful]

I don't think I've ever seen Simmons with short hair. Great band. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Honors were way over due.

[@BostonSteve922]

Rest In Peace drummer John Hartman

[@belindakruger1399]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOM JOHNSON! ❤ FROM NZ. 1 DAY AHEAD. 🎉

[@ealewis1958]

great song! Nothing like the doobie brothers!

[@tommorrissey5023]

I love,love it love it this is the music i miss today 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@BobM195]

Real Music I still Spend Money to Hear and see be Played. Tom, Pat, John still hold the "Doobie Brothers" together for a Good Show...!!!🎸☮🇺🇸

[@supigoma]

Music has been and still is the doctor for me! GREAT song!

[@dex-o8s]

they were CRANKIN so hard....and then the whole stage was overcome by fog....it was INCREDIBLE!!

[@sheddski]

THIS SONG IS BASED ON HOW TOM AND THE OTHERS FEEL WHILE OUT ON THE BIKES TOGETHER THAT IS WHY THE ALBUM AND THIS VIDEO THEY ARE IN LEATHER

[@wendykoffel2251]

Looks like they had lots of fun making this video....love it - a true feel good song....👍

[@mikewalker4873]

My sister (RIP) was in a car accident and died. This was our song growing up. Brings back such warm memories 😞

[@y4s563]

Been listening to the Doobies since the 70's . And yes music is the Dr.

[@cad5238]

Hard to beat the talent and mix of music they play . Go doobies.Since England I've followed you guys.yeah I'm American.

[@toobydude41]

I am seriously binging on this song lately..not sure why! Well, it is a kick ass tune but seems like I'm more into it now, than when it came out. Also, there are too many doctors on TV the past few weeks for depressing reasons and seeing something like this is significantly less stressful lol.

[@timothyward1310]

IMO one of the Doobie's best, from an album of wonderful quality songs. Call it a comeback album, but it just showed what veteran rockers, far removed from the charts, are still capable of. I loved it all!

[@MichaelBoltonsEntireCatalog]

If you weren't around when this song came out, it was everywhere in the summer of 1989.

[@REAR_rockets]

Upbeat, uplifting song!

[@bjarnithordarson739]

Couldn't have said it better.

[@dakotahstr]

My fav group ! Saw these guys four times and once at Canada Jam. Met them backstage in Orillia Canada. A really nice bunch of guys who tookt the time to talk to you!

[@KrazyRock]

I love this song.. My wake up song every day!

[@TheSquid1010]

REST IN PEACE my brother MIKE HOSSACK

[@Frank_Cohen]

As soon as I heard this tune on the radio, I rushed out to get his album (vinyl, btw). Love this song, which is easily the highlight of an album that didn't, IMO, live up to the promise of this song. At that time, though this was a modest hit, getting regular spins on "classic rock" format, DB's sound was not trendy (among the fads of time were alternative or "college" rock, U2/REM-modeled rock, hair band, Brit pop and new wave, synth-pop/R&B, SRV-fueled blies revival) and, so, as I recall, the album did not sell well. I just don't recall a lot of folks my age (GenXers. I was 21), at least, purchasing it. Anyhow, this track is one of their unheralded best.

[@danielr4640]

1989 the best year in music and The Doobie Brothers were one of them... keep rockin Boys...🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟

[@chrisolivo6591]

Daniel R 1989 was a quality year of the greats from the 60’s/70’s. These artists all had hits that year: Paul McCartney, Pete Townshend, Elton John, Billy Joel, Phil Collins, Aerosmith, Doobie Bros, Stevie Nicks, Chicago, Rod Stewart, Don Henley to name a few.

[@jimmyz2098]

Awesome song. My favorite Doobies tune, among many great ones! And isn't it kind of funny.... seeing Pat Simmons with his clean 80's look! Wow. Love Pat and what a great musician! Never even met him, but also apparently a wonderful human being too.

[@6410daniel]

love this one .. i voted for you guys hall of fame in 20/20.. hope you get in.

[@ruffnerr]

When this song first arrived on the scene, the KSHE-95 DJ (St. Louis) liked is so much he played it twice.

[@blakem2891]

This song makes me feel exactly how i want to.

[@jamosgarage9006]

You gotta listen to the doctor.

[@TheDetso]

Wow.........those guys know what rock is!!!

[@whataboutthepotatoes6085]

Man, aren't these guys great? How can you not like this song?

[@ForceMaximus84]

The Doobies need to record more awesomeness like this. Badly needed right now.

[@benjaminmorton4958]

Well, they have a new album coming out this fall!

[@mc77ification]

What a great Tune. You can see the Guys have so much fun.

[@55terriblegasser]

How much talent can you have in ONE band?? Yikes amazing

[@johnrolf3639]

Doobie music is DEFINATELY the doctor they're singing about! Super harmony, and the video shows they're having a blast singing it!! Usually, when bands put out a hit a decade or more after their heyday, it's so-so. The Doctor is as good as ANY of their hits - and they've got plenty to choose from! And now they've put out World Gone Crazy, about 40 YEARS after the band started up... and it's got great stuff, too!!!

[@benmeltzer]

No, it's about music generally. Otherwise they would have sang "Doobie music is the doctor...."

[@MsSoundguy]

"Music is the doctor of my soul." That's on my screensaver. I couldn't imagine not feeling good about that thought. The song sets me soaring. I can listen to it over and over. Of course, it doesn't hurt that it starts with one of the greatest intros ever. Music IS the doctor of my soul. My music gets me through. I love to make music and I love to listen. I thank the Doobies for decades of great music and for this song, which I love dearly.

[@marknauman53]

My generation absolutely holds the title for the best of musical expression and creativity. I'm 65 BTW.

[@rayraymond2952]

Love it. Rock does not get any better, especially when you see the Doobs live, like on 5/22/18 at the Smoothie Center, New Orleans (oh, Black Water, keep on rollin' with those Dark Eyed Cajun Women.) :) Richard :)

[@spasmonaut10]

I remember either my mom (I think) or dad buying this on cassette and listening to this song all the time as a kid. My dad was a real big Doobie Brothers fan. I miss him dearly but I will carry on his traditions of good taste in music. I'm surprised at how popular this song is by the comments here. I think that, for my generation, the Foo Fighters might be one of these bands for us, seriously. Don't knock 'em until you've tried 'em. They are a rock legacy in the making in their own time.