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1984 single by the Cars

1984 unmarried by the Cars

"Drive"
"Drive" by The Cars US vinyl A-side.png

Side A of the United states of america vii-inch single
Single by the Cars
from the album Heartbeat City
B-side
  • "Stranger Optics"
  • "My Best Friend's Daughter"
Released July 23, 1984 (1984-07-23)
Recorded 1983
Studio Battery (London)
Genre Synth-rock[1]
Length iii:55
Label Elektra
Songwriter(s) Ric Ocasek
Producer(s)
  • Robert John "Mutt" Lange
  • the Cars
The Cars singles chronology
"Magic"
(1984) 		"Drive"
(1984) 		"Hello Again"
(1984)
Music video
"Drive" on YouTube
Audio sample

"Bulldoze"

  • file
  • aid

"Drive" is a vocal by American rock band the Cars from their 5th studio album, Heartbeat Metropolis (1984). Information technology was released on July 23, 1984, as the album'southward tertiary single. Written past Ric Ocasek, the track was sung by bassist Benjamin Orr[2] and produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange with the band.[3] Upon its release, "Bulldoze" became the Cars' highest-charting unmarried in about territories. In the United States, it peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the Adult Contemporary chart.[4] It reached number five (number four on re-entry in 1985) in the U.k., number four in Due west Germany, number half-dozen in Canada and number three (number five on re-entry in 1985) in Ireland.

The song is about associated with the July 1985 Alive Assistance event, where it was performed by Benjamin Orr during the Philadelphia result; the song was also used as the background music to a montage of clips depicting the contemporaneous Ethiopian famine during the London event, which was introduced past English language musician David Bowie.[v] [6] Following the concert, information technology re-entered the Great britain Singles Nautical chart and peaked at number four in August 1985. Proceeds from the sales of the re-released song raised nearly £160,000 for the Band Aid Trust; Ocasek presented the charity'southward trustee Midge Ure with a check for the amount while he was in London in November 1986 promoting his solo album This Side of Paradise.[7]

In a retrospective review of the unmarried, AllMusic journalist Donald A. Guarisco praised the song for existence "a gorgeous ballad that matches heartfelt songwriting to an alluring electronic soundscape. The music reflects the lyrical tone with a lovely melody that rises and falls in a soothing yet sad style."[8]

Music video [edit]

The music video was directed by actor Timothy Hutton and features then-eighteen-year-old model and extra Paulina Porizkova, who would afterwards become Ric Ocasek's wife.[9]

The video alternates between shots of Orr sitting in a disused nightclub, facing mannequins posed at the bar every bit customers and bartender, and scenes that depict the breakdown of a relationship between the characters played by Ocasek and Porizkova. Ultimately left alone, the woman cries and laughs hysterically for a time before visiting the nightclub. She looks sadly in through a dirty window at the stage, where tuxedo-clad mannequins of the band members are posed with their instruments as if playing a prove, and turns to walk away every bit the video ends.

Hutton later recalled that his directing the video came well-nigh because he was living next to Elliot Roberts, the manager of the Cars. They were listening to tracks from the then-unreleased anthology Heartbeat City and Hutton told Roberts he was especially impressed by "Drive".

At that time, everybody was making videos. It was the height of MTV, and when you made a record, you were also thinking near the video. I talked to Elliott about how much I liked that vocal "Bulldoze," and I started describing all the unlike ways I thought they could go with it, as far as the video. And he said, "You know, everything yous're saying sounds really interesting. Do you listen if… Would you exist up for me passing that concept forth to Ric Ocasek?" I said, "Sure!" So he got back to me the next day and said, "Ric and I think you should directly the video. We love your idea, your take on it." So that's how that happened. And about a month later, I was in New York at the Astoria Studios over 2 days, filming the video.[ten]

Hutton and Ric Ocasek became friends, which led to Ocasek being cast in the 1987 movie Made in Heaven.[ten]

Track listings [edit]

  • 7-inch single [11]
A. "Drive" – 3:55
B. "Stranger Eyes" – four:26
  • 12-inch unmarried [12]
A. "Bulldoze" – 3:55
B1. "My All-time Friend's Girl" – iii:44
B2. "Stranger Eyes" – four:26

Charts [edit]

Certifications [edit]

Come across also [edit]

  • Listing of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1984 (U.S.)

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