Doobie Brothers “Another Park Another Sunday” Shunned By Radio

That's Tom Johnston's story and he's sticking to it.  In an interview with songfacts.com, Tom said of the Dobbie Brothers "Another Park Another Sunday," "It was doing real well, and then it got yanked off the radio for the line, 'And the radio just seems to bring me down,' because the song being played reminded me of the girl. But radio took it as, 'Oh, yeah? The radio brings you down, huh? Well, guess what?' – yank. They pulled it off the air."  Tom's not wrong.  "Black Water" was the B-side to "Another Park Another Sunday."  DJs absolutely did flip the record over and started playing the hell out of the B-side.  In radio's defense, "Black Water" is an amazing song.  With no promotion, it became the Doobie Brothers' first number ONE  hit on Billboard.  It's not the first time that a B-side outperformed the A-side.  "Beth" from Kiss and "Green Onions" from Booker T and The MGs were both B-sides that became much bigger songs than their A-sides.

Tom Johnston wrote "Another Park Another Sunday" and has said in multiple interviews that the song was based on his real-life events. "That was based on breaking up with a girlfriend. And that's basically what that was all about. Including the park and all the rest of it."

My car is empty and the radio just seems to bring me down
I'm just tryin' to find me
A pretty smile that I can get into
It's true, I'm lost without you
Another lonely park, another Sunday

Despite radio's '70s shun (or just greater love of "Black Water"), these days you can hear "Another Park Another Sunday from time to time on Over Easy Sunday mornings with Donielle Flynn.