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"Drag City" is a 1963 song by Jan and Dean, written by Jan Berry, Roger Christian, and Brian Wilson.[2] It describes the narrator's trip to a drag racing strip and borrows heavily from an earlier Jan and Dean song "Surf City," also co-written by Berry and Wilson.

"Drag City"
Single by Jan and Dean
from the album Drag City
B-side	"Shlock Rod" (Part 1)
Released	November 8, 1963
Recorded	October 1963
Genre	Car song[1]
Length	2:34
Label	Liberty Records
Songwriter(s)	Jan Berry, Roger Christian, Brian Wilson
Producer(s)	Jan Berry for Screen Gems, Inc.
Jan and Dean singles chronology
"Honolulu Lulu" (1963) "Drag City" (1963) "Dead Man's Curve" (1964)

"Drag City" was released as the title track from the album of the same name. It was the first of the duo's seven hit songs in 1964, and charted in the top ten in January.[2]

Personnel

The musicians on the session included:

• Earl Palmer, drums[3]

Chart performance

Chart (1963-64)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100[4]	10

References

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