The Cars - "Drive"
Deftones - Drive - (Cars Cover)
«Drive (The Cars song)
"Drive"
Single by The Cars
from the album Heartbeat City
Released September 1984
Genre New Wave
Length 3:55
Label Elektra
Writer Ric Ocasek
Producer Mutt Lange, The Cars
The Cars singles chronology
"Magic"
(1984) "Drive"
(1984) "Hello Again"
(1985)
"Drive" is a 1984 song by The Cars, and their biggest international hit. 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. it was re-released in the UK in 1985 (after the Live Aid performance at Wembley Stadium), this time it charted at #4. The song was also a big hit in what was West Germany, reaching #4, and in Canada, reaching #2. 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 stars, besides Ocasek and Orr, Czech-born supermodel Paulina Porizkova, who later married Ocasek. The video was directed by actor Timothy Hutton.
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.
A acoustic version was recorded by the german hard rock band Scorpions for their Acoustica album.
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."
Our Lady Peace covered the song on their 2003 Canadian tour and subsequent DVD release
This song has also been covered by Ziggy Marley, Julio Iglesias on his 2006 album "Romantic Classics," and Ruth Ann Boyle on her 2007 album "What About Us."
Jars of Clay recorded a cover of the song during the recording sessions for their 2006 release Good Monsters, but it did not make the final track listing. However, the song was released on a Nettwerk-released promo disc entitled Reel To Reel, Volume 3.4. The band has stated that the cover will be released officially on an upcoming release in 2008.
Track listing
7"
"Drive"
"Stranger Eyes"
12"
"Drive"
"My Best Friend's Girl"
"Stranger Eyes"
References in Pop Culture
The popular Canadian teen drama Degrassi: The Next Generation, which was notable for naming each episode after a hit song from the 1980s, named an episode after this song.
References
The song appareared most recently on the action film Transformers in the scene where Bumblebee plays the theme to encourage Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) to give his love interest, Mikaela (Megan Fox), a ride home.» in Wikipédia.
"Drive
Who's gonna tell you when
It's too late
Who's gonna tell you things
Aren't so great
You can't go on
Thinking nothing's wrong
Who's gonna drive you home tonight
Who's gonna pick you up
When you fall
Who's gonna hang it up
When you call
Who's gonna pay attention
To your dreams
Who's gonna plug their ears
When you scream
You can't go on
Thinking nothing's wrong
Who's gonna drive you home tonight
Who's gonna hold you down
When you shake
Who's gonna come around
When you break
You can't go on
Thinking nothing's wrong
Who's gonna drive you home tonight"
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The Cars, mais uma banda do Pop/Rock dos produtivos anos 80, que não aprecio particularmente, mas tenho que admitir que este tema, "Drive", ficou como uma grande referência deste período musical e, não é raro, ainda hoje em dia, ouvirmos nos bares, rádios, ou televisões, este tema, quer na versão original, quer em inúmeras recriações, através de outros grupos musicais. Este tema, combina muito bem a melodia com a componente instrumental, constituindo, indubitavelmente, uma excelente melodia.
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ResponderEliminarsem duvida esta musica e muito bonita..tem o dom da reflexao e da serenidade...apesar de transmitir uma mensagem triste mas que e real infelizmente que e a SOLIDAO..
parabens pelo blog
ResponderEliminarsem duvida esta musica e muito bonita..tem o dom da reflexao e da serenidade...apesar de transmitir uma mensagem triste mas que e real infelizmente que e a SOLIDAO..