Drive (The Cars song)

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"Drive"
Single by The Cars
from the album Heartbeat City
Released	1984
Genre	New Wave
Length	3:55
Label	Elektra
Writer(s)	Ric Ocasek
Producer(s)	Mutt Lange, The Cars

"Drive" is a 1984 song by The Cars. The third single from the band's Heartbeat City album, it was written by Ric Ocasek, and produced by Mutt Lange and The Cars. Lead vocals were by Cars' bassist Benjamin Orr.

"Drive" was The Cars' highest charting single in the United States, peaking at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. On the Adult Contemporary chart, the song went all the way to #1. It also got to #5 in the UK singles chart, becoming their second biggest UK hit. In addition, it was famously used as part of the Live Aid concert in 1985, as the background music to a montage of clips showing poverty-stricken Africa.

The music video for the song can be found here. It stars, besides Ocasek and Orr, Czech-born supermodel Paulina Porizkova, who later married Ocasek.

[edit] Covers

• The Paradise Motel included a cover of "Drive" on their 1999 album Flight Paths.
• A New Zealand electronic act, The Strawpeople recorded a cover of "Drive" for their 1999 album, No New Messages. Bic Runga supplied vocals.
• Deftones include a bonus track covering this song on their 2006 album Saturday Night Wrist.
• Singer-songwriter Katrina Carlson had an Adult Contemporary hit in 2004 with her version of "Drive."

This song has also been rendered by the German hard rock band Scorpions (in their 2001 unplugged album Acoustica) as well as by Ziggy Marley.

[edit] Track listing

• 7"

1. "Drive"
2. "Stranger Eyes"

• 12"

1. "Drive"
2. "My Best Friends Girl"
3. "Stranger Eyes"