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The Cars

Drive

1984 · via The Cars

The Cars’ 1984 recording of “Drive” is the earliest release on file. Ric Ocasek of The Cars is credited as its writer. Also recorded by Scorpions (released 2001), Trevor Horn feat. Steve Hogarth (released 2023) and SPiN (released 2010), among 83 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Ocasek's song didn't stay home. Solomon Burke had his own "Drive" out by 1987, just a few years after The Cars, and hearing the same tune in someone else's hands tells you how sturdy it was.

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Credited writer: Ric Ocasek.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1984.

Other recordings on file · first release year

83 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Ric Ocasek wrote "Drive" and The Cars recorded it first. Which of these artists later picked the song up and cut a version of their own?Solomon Burke
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