"1965 singles" . "Protest songs" . . "Single (music)" . "false"^^ . "Songs about nuclear war and weapons" . "Songs against racism and xenophobia" . "222831"^^ . "Lou Adler" . "false"^^ . "Number-one singles in Norway" . "Barry McGuire songs" . . "english" . "Dunhill Records" . "Anti-war songs" . "Steve Barri" . "Eve Of Destruction" . "USEM39500330" . "false"^^ . "93870" . "RPM Top Singles number-one singles" . "Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles" . "Songs written by P. F. Sloan" . "5714ded425ac0d8aee4571a6" . "Jan and Dean songs" . "0"^^ . "117.0"^^ . "-0.0425157"^^ . . "213000.0"^^ . "%22Eve of Destruction%22 is a protest song written by P. F. Sloan in 1965. Several artists have recorded it, but the best-known recording was by Barry McGuire. This recording was made between July 12 and July 15, 1965 and released by Dunhill Records. The accompanying musicians were top-tier LA session players: P. F. Sloan on guitar, Hal Blaine (of Phil Spector's %22Wrecking Crew%22) on drums, and Larry Knechtel on bass. The vocal track was thrown on as a rough mix and was not intended to be the final version, but a copy of the recording %22leaked%22 out to a DJ, who began playing it. The song was an instant hit and as a result the more polished vocal track that was at first envisioned was never recorded.McGuire's single hit #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and #3 on the UK Singles Chart in September 1965." . "The Turtles songs" . "-13.7"^^ . . "Songs of the Vietnam War" . "8771414" . "Song recordings produced by Lou Adler" . . "2011-02-08"^^ . . "1965 songs" . "RCA Records" . "-0.486947"^^ . "P. F. Sloan" . . "Eve Of Destruction" . "P. F. Sloan" . "3"^^ .