"Kind of a Drag" is a song written by Jim Holvay and recorded by the Buckinghams.

Hot 100 in February 1967, becoming the first #1 single within the new calendar year, remaining in the top position for two weeks,[3] earning a gold disc.

Holvay was Chicago-based and had been performing with a group called The Mob.

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.

Ron Malo had the ability to do that, according to lead guitar player Carl Giammarese; Malo was able to keep "Kind of a Drag" in the key of G.[6] Following this, the band's debut album, also entitled Kind of a Drag, was released and featured the band's early recordings.