Devil Gate Drive

{{short description|1974 single by Suzi Quatro}}

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{{Infobox song

| name = Devil Gate Drive

| cover = Suzi Quatro Devil Gate Drive single cover.jpg

| alt = The front cover of Suzi Quatro's single Devil Gate Drive. Quatro is standing in the centre with her right hand on her hips and the other hand behind her. Standing behind her, on either side, are two members of her band. She is wearing a leather jacket, jeans, and many necklaces. The cover is in black and white with the words "Suzi Quatro" and "Devil Gate Drive" in hot pink.

| type = single

| artist = Suzi Quatro

| album = Quatro

| B-side = In the Morning

| released = 10 February 1974

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Glam rock{{cite news|first= Jon |last= Savage |author-link= Jon Savage |title= The 20 best glam-rock songs of all time |newspaper= The Guardian |url= https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/feb/01/20-best-glam-rock-songs-all-time |date= 1 February 2013 |accessdate= 3 February 2014}}{{cite news|first= Andrew |last= Williams |title= 60 SECONDS: Suzi Quatro |newspaper= Metro |url= http://metro.co.uk/2007/08/05/60-seconds-suzi-quatro-5556/ |quote= Suzi Quatro was one of the biggest female pop stars of the 1970s – notching up No.1 hits with glam rock classics Can The Can and Devil Gate Drive. |date= 5 August 2007 |accessdate= 19 July 2013}}

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| label = RAK Records

| writer = {{hlist|Nicky Chinn|Mike Chapman}}

| producer = {{hlist|Nicky Chinn|Mike Chapman}}

| prev_title = Daytona Demon

| prev_year = 1973

| next_title = Too Big

| next_year = 1974

}}

"Devil Gate Drive" is a song by American singer Suzi Quatro. It was Quatro's second (and final) solo number one single in the UK, spending two weeks at the top of the chart in February 1974. According to ukcharts.20m.com, she only reached number one again, in the UK, 13 years and 26 days later (as part of the Ferry Aid band in a charity version of the Lennon–McCartney song "Let It Be").{{cite web|title= Number One Hits: Facts & Feats |url= http://ukcharts.20m.com/number1.html#gap |publisher= UKcharts.20m.com |location= Woodland Hills, California, USA |accessdate= 8 January 2012}}

Written and produced by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, "Devil Gate Drive" was the second number one in a row for the "ChinniChap" writing and production team, following the success of "Tiger Feet" by Mud.7T's Records "GRAM CD 119" liner notes The single was re-recorded for Quatro's 1995 album What Goes Around as the opening track. The track was the B-side to the re-release in 1987, when "Can the Can" became a minor hit.

A vocal extract was used on Orbital's "Bigpipe Style". The song was featured on the show Happy Days, during season 5, on the episode "Fonzie and Leather Tuscadero, Part II". Quatro played Leather Tuscadero on the show.