Kind of a Drag - Wikipedia Kind of a Drag `` Kind of a Drag '' Single by The Buckinghams from the album Kind of a Drag B - side `` You Make Me Feel So Good '' Released December 1966 Genre Sunshine pop Length 2 : 05 Label USA Records Songwriter ( s ) Jim Holvay Producer ( s ) Carl Bonafede, Dan Belloc The Buckinghams singles chronology `` Kind of a Drag '' ( 1966 ) `` Do n't You Care '' ( 1967 ) `` Kind of a Drag '' ( 1966 ) `` Do n't You Care '' ( 1967 ) `` Kind of a Drag '' is a song written by Jim Holvay and recorded by the Buckinghams. It was the title track of their debut LP. The single reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in February 1967, becoming the first # 1 single within the new calendar year and remaining in the top position for two weeks. It was the first of the band 's three Top 10 hits in 1967, including five total Top 40 hits for that year. The songwriter, Jim Holvay, was Chicago - based and had been performing with a group called The Mob ( Chicago band ). Not only did the song spend two weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100, it also sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc. The co-producers of `` Kind of a Drag '' were the band 's first personal manager Carl Bonafede and big band leader Dan Belloc, owner of the Holiday Ballroom in Chicago. The arranger of the horn sound was Frank Tesinsky. The engineer at the first recording sessions held at Chess Records in Chicago was Ron Malo. The final mixed recording of Kind of a Drag was the due to the genius of chief engineer Ron Malo. The producers Dan Belloc and Carl Bonafede wanted to speed up the tempo of the final release. Ron Malo had the ability to increase the tempo of the recording without changing the key. According to lead guitar player Carl Giammarese, Ron Malo was able to keep Kind of a Drag in the key of G after increasing the tempo. Following this, the band 's debut album, also entitled Kind of a Drag, was released and featured the band 's early recordings. Contents 1 Chart performance 1.1 Weekly charts 1.2 Year - end charts 2 References 3 External links Chart performance Weekly charts Chart ( 1966 - 67 ) Peak position Australia 18 Canada RPM New Zealand ( Listener ) 16 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 U.S. Cash Box Top 100 Year - end charts Chart ( 1967 ) Rank Canada 10 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 10 U.S. Cash Box 18 References Jump up ^ https://www.passthepaisley.com/tag/james-holvay-songwriter/ Jump up ^ Joel Whitburn 's Top Pop Singles 1955 - 2002 Jump up ^ Murrells, Joseph ( 1978 ). The Book of Golden Discs ( 2nd ed. ). London : Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. p. 202. ISBN 0 - 214 - 20512 - 6. Jump up ^ `` Screaming Wildman : Carl Bonafede, Joel Bierig : 9781539420965 : Amazon.com : Books ''. www.amazon.com. page 231 Retrieved 2017 - 04 - 03. Jump up ^ `` Screaming Wildman : Carl Bonafede, Joel Bierig : 9781539420965 : Amazon.com : Books ''. www.amazon.com. page 232 Retrieved 2017 - 09 - 14 Jump up ^ Nite, Norm N. ( 1978 ). Rock On : The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock N ' Roll, volume II. New York : Thomas Y. Crowell, p. 58, Norm N. Nite 's Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock N ' Roll. Jump up ^ List_of_number - one_singles_of_1967_ ( Canada ) Jump up ^ `` flavour of new zealand - search listener ''. Flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved 2016 - 09 - 29. Jump up ^ Joel Whitburn 's Top Pop Singles 1955 - 2002 Jump up ^ `` Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada ''. Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016 - 09 - 29. Jump up ^ `` Top 100 Hits of 1967 / Top 100 Songs of 1967 ''. Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016 - 09 - 29. Jump up ^ `` Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1967 ''. Tropicalglen.com. 1967 - 12 - 23. Retrieved 2016 - 09 - 29. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Preceded by `` I 'm a Believer '' by The Monkees Billboard Hot 100 number - one single February 18, 1967 ( 2 weeks ) Succeeded by `` Ruby Tuesday '' by The Rolling Stones This 1960s pop song - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kind_of_a_Drag&oldid=800596049 '' Categories : 1966 singles The Buckinghams songs Billboard Hot 100 number - one singles 1966 songs 1960s pop song stubs Hidden categories : Pages using deprecated image syntax Articles with hAudio microformats All stub articles Talk Contents About Wikipedia Svenska Edit links This page was last edited on 14 September 2017, at 14 : 31. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: who wrote the song kind of a drag
Answer: Jim Holvay