"Drive" was the lead single and first track from R.E.M.'s eighth studio album Automatic for the People in 1992. Although it was not as successful as previous lead singles "Losing My Religion," "Stand," or "The One I Love" in the United States, it became R.E.M.'s then second biggest hit on the UK Singles Charts, peaking at #11. It managed a peak of #28 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song did hit #1 on the Modern Rock Tracks and #2 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks.
Despite the success and popularity of the song, it was left off of the band's Warner Bros. Records "best of" compilation In Time - The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003. However, a live version of the song was included in the special edition two-disc set of In Time that included rarities, live versions, and B-sides. The version featured was the "funk" version, which has never been studio-recorded.
The title itself is derived from Stipe and R.E.M.'s support for what would eventually become the "Motor Voter Bill" and the lyric "Hey, kids, rock 'n' roll" is an homage to the song "Stop It" by fellow Athens, Georgia group Pylon.
The song is included on R.E.M. Live.
"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.
"Drive" is a song by American alternative rock band Incubus, from their 1999 album Make Yourself. It was released as a single in 2001 and is considered to be the band's biggest hit, eventually reaching the top of Billboard's modern rock charts and #9 on the Billboard Hot 100. The music video is based on M.C. Escher's Drawing Hands. This song appears in the Daria movie Is it College Yet?.
It is a playable track in the North American and European versions of the Donkey Konga 2 videogame and also appears in the soundtrack for the film Surf's Up.
"Drive (For Daddy Gene)" is a song written and recorded by American country music singer-songwriter Alan Jackson. It appeared on his album Drive.
"Drive" is a pop/rock song written by Phil Thornalley and Bryan Adams, and was the second single release by Australian singer-songwriter Shannon Noll. released on April 19, 2004. The single, the second to be lifted from Shannon's 2004 debut album That's What I'm Talking About was Shannon's second top 10 hit, debuting and peaking at #4 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart. The single is certified Platinum with sales of 70,000.
The track, originally demoed by Bryan Adams, was sent to Shannon for inclusion on his debut album. Adams later asked Noll to support him on his Australian tour in 2004 and the pair became friends. It was rumoured that Noll was to collaborate with Adams on a track for his somophore album "Lift", however it is unknown if the pair worked together.
