"China Grove" is a song by American rock band the Doobie Brothers, released in 1973 on their third studio album, The Captain and Me.

While there is a real place named China Grove in Texas, Johnston's lyrics about the community are mostly fictional.

Aside from the drums, panned slightly off center, additional percussion like a tambourine and hand clapping overdubs were added.

Baseford described the bass performance and sound on this song as "top notch" with Tiran Porter playing the melodic line using a pick and plugging directly into the mixing board.

[8][9] Johnston explained that the band had been on tour passing through the town of China Grove on the way to or from San Antonio, and he had seen a road sign with the name, but somehow had forgotten about it.