Drive

The Cars · 1984

Signature

B major · 1B 83.6 BPM 3:55 Constant · peaks 3:19 Energy 4 of 5 Bright

key confidence high · relative G# minor · tempo confidence medium · double-time 167.3 · low end 33% · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-13 · how accurate

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Lineage

CoveredBleachers source
CoveredChris von Sneidern source
CoveredDeftones source
CoveredDouble You source
CoveredHubi Meisel source
CoveredJordan Knight source
CoveredLondon Symphony Orchestra source
CoveredPerikles source
Written byRic Ocasek source
CoveredScorpions source
CoveredThe New Cars source
CoveredThe Paradise Motel source
CoveredZiggy Marley source

Why it is here

The song was performed by the Cars at the Philadelphia leg of the 1985 Live Aid concert and used as the soundtrack to a David Bowie–introduced CBC montage on Ethiopian famine at the Wembley leg. source
Paul McCartney cited "Drive" as an influence on the sound of his 1986 album Press to Play. source
Its music video, directed by actor Timothy Hutton, starred a then-19-year-old Paulina Porizkova, who later became Ric Ocasek's wife. source

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