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Drive (Incubus song)

{{Short description|2000 single by Incubus}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2023}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Drive

| cover = incubus drive.png

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Incubus

| album = Make Yourself

| released = {{start date|2000|11|14}}

| recorded =

| studio = NRG (North Hollywood)

| genre = {{flatlist|

  • Alternative rock{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2017/07/ranking-every-alternative-rock-hit-from-worst-to-best/|website=Consequence|title=Ranking: Every Alternative Rock No. 1 Hit From Worst to Best|date=March 28, 2016|access-date=January 31, 2022}}
  • post-grunge{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/list/best-post-grunge-songs/|title=50 Best Post-Grunge Songs|last=Graves|first=Wren|website=Consequence|date=May 20, 2024|access-date=April 17, 2025}}

}}

| length = 3:52

| label =

| writer =

| producer =

| prev_title = Stellar

| prev_year = 2000

| next_title = Wish You Were Here

| next_year = 2001

| misc = {{Audio sample

| type = single

| file = Drive (Incubus song - sample).ogg

| description = A sample from "Drive" by Incubus

}}

{{External music video|{{YouTube|fgT9zGkiLig|"Drive"}}}}

}}

"Drive" is a song by American rock band Incubus, released on November 14, 2000, as the third single from their third album, Make Yourself (1999). It is the band's biggest hit and breakthrough single, eventually reaching the top of the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart on March 3, 2001, and number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 on July 28, 2001. It also reached number four in Portugal, number 13 in New Zealand, number 34 in Australia, and number 40 in the United Kingdom. In 2001, "Drive" won Modern Rock Single of the Year at the 2001 Billboard Music Awards.{{cite web|url=https://www.infoplease.com/culture-entertainment/awards/other/2001-billboard-music-awards|title=2001 Billboard Music Awards|publisher=InfoPlease|date=February 11, 2017|access-date=May 31, 2021}} Director Bill Draheim documented the making of "Drive" in Save Me from My Half-Life Drive.

Content

According to Incubus lead singer Brandon Boyd, "The lyric is basically about fear, about being driven all your life by it and making decisions from fear. It's about imagining what life would be like if you didn't live it that way."{{cite web|title=Song Facts {{ndash}} Drive by Incubus|url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=2414|work=Facts about songs|publisher=Tone Fuse Music|access-date=October 8, 2011|quote=The lyric is basically about fear, about being driven all your life by it and making decisions from fear. It's about imagining what life would be like if you didn't live it that way.}}{{cite web|url=http://www.chacha.com/question/what-incubus-song-has-a-doctor-talking-about-a-car-crash|title=What Incubus song has a doctor talking about a car crash?|publisher=ChaCha|access-date=October 9, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406153155/http://www.chacha.com/question/what-incubus-song-has-a-doctor-talking-about-a-car-crash|archive-date=April 6, 2012|url-status=dead}}

Reception and legacy

Sean Adams of Drowned in Sound gave the song an 8 out of 10 in his 2001 review. He wrote that "maybe it can be called a rock ballad, I mean it does have the odd harmony, drum smack and a guitar or two. What makes this different is the lil’ samples and scratches and the voice of Brandon." Adams also added, "by stereotypical definition Brandon Boyd is a heartthrob, but to thousands (at the moment), rather than millions and that is because for some reason Incubus haven't had the kick from the media they deserve."{{cite web|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/5124/reviews/1188|title=Single Review: Incubus – Drive|last=Adams|first=Sean|website=Drowned in Sound|date=May 28, 2001|access-date=October 29, 2023|archive-date=October 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231029105631/https://drownedinsound.com/releases/5124/reviews/1188|url-status=dead}}

In 2023, for the 35th anniversary of the Alternative Airplay chart (which was called Modern Rock Tracks at the time of the song's release), Billboard ranked "Drive" as the 15th-most successful song in the chart's history.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/alternative-airplay-chart-35th-anniversary-foo-fighters-all-time-low-rule-1235408126/|title=Alternative Airplay Chart's 35th Anniversary: Foo Fighters Remain No. 1 Act, 'Monsters' New Top Song|last=Rutherford|first=Kevin|magazine=Billboard|date=September 7, 2023|access-date=November 9, 2023}}{{cite magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006001750/https://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-alternative-songs/|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-alternative-songs/|title=Greatest of All Time Alternative Songs|archive-date=October 6, 2023|access-date=November 9, 2023|url-status=live|magazine=Billboard}} That same year, "Drive" and Hoobastank's "The Reason" both experienced surges in streaming numbers after being featured on an episode of Netflix's series Beef. Billboard described the two songs as a "pair of alt-metal ballads."{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/frank-oceans-coachella-streams-trending-up-1235310212/|title=Frank Ocean’s Streams Up 94% After Much-Discussed Coachella Performance|first1=Jason Lipshutz,Andrew|last1=Unterberger|first2=Jason|last2=Lipshutz|first3=Andrew|last3=Unterberger|date=April 19, 2023}} The publication also placed it 82nd on a 2021 list of "The 100 Greatest Car Songs of All Time".https://www.billboard.com/media/lists/greatest-car-songs-all-time-top-100-9591317/ In 2024, Consequence of Sound placed it 37th on their list of the "50 best post-grunge songs", stating that "Incubus' Brandon Boyd has garnered many comparisons to Faith No More's Mike Patton, who bore his own influence on the post-grunge scene — but on 'Drive,' the band combined their smartest impulses to form their signature hit, with a sound only Incubus could boast."{{Cite web|url=https://consequence.net/list/best-post-grunge-songs/|title=50 Best Post-Grunge Songs}}

Music video

Directed by Phil Harder{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/00s/2001/BB-2001-03-24.pdf|title=Production Notes|magazine=Billboard|volume=113|issue=12|page=68|date=March 24, 2001|access-date=October 11, 2020}} and based on M.C. Escher's Drawing Hands, the music video features a simple musical session intercut with a rotoscoped animation of Brandon Boyd drawing himself, which was handled by both Boyd and drummer José Pasillas. The non-animated scenes were shot in the McNamara Alumni Center on the University of Minnesota. The video was nominated for Best Group Video at the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards but lost to "Pop" by NSYNC.

Track listings

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Australian maxi-CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Drive|others=Incubus|year=2001|type=Australian maxi-CD single liner notes|publisher=Epic Records, Immortal Records|id=670928.2}}

  1. "Drive" – 3:52
  2. "Crowded Elevator" – 4:44
  3. "Stellar" (acoustic) – 3:16
  4. "Pardon Me" (acoustic) – 3:46
  5. "Drive" (acoustic) – 3:52

UK CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Drive|others=Incubus|year=2001|type=UK CD single liner notes|publisher=Epic Records|id=671378 2}}

  1. "Drive"
  2. "Drive" (acoustic)
  3. "Clean" (live)
  4. "Drive" (video)

UK 7-inch EP{{cite AV media notes|title=Drive|others=Incubus|year=2001|type=UK 7-inch EP liner notes|publisher=Epic Records|id=671378 7}}

:A1. "Drive" (live orchestral version) – 4:05

:B1. "Favorite Things" (live) – 3:45

:B2. "Pardon Me" (live) – 4:18

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European CD1{{cite AV media notes|title=Drive|others=Incubus|year=2001|type=European CD1 liner notes|publisher=Epic Records|id=EPC 6710401}}

  1. "Drive" (album version) – 3:52
  2. "Pardon Me" (live) – 4:18

European CD2{{cite AV media notes|title=Drive|others=Incubus|year=2001|type=European CD2 liner notes|publisher=Epic Records|id=EPC 671040 2}}

  1. "Drive" (album version) – 3:52
  2. "Drive" (orchestral studio version) – 3:55
  3. "Favorite Things" (live) – 3:45
  4. "Pardon Me" (live) – 4:18
  5. "Clean" (live)

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Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the European CD2 liner notes.

Studios

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Incubus

Additional musicians

  • Dave Holdridge – cello, digital editing

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Other personnel

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Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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!Chart (2000–2001)

!Peak
position

{{single chart|Australia|34|artist=Incubus|song=Drive|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"|Canada CHR (Nielsen BDS){{cite web|url=http://www.crosscanadacountdown.com/pdfs/2001.pdf|title=Canadian Top 20 in 2001|website=Cross Canada Countdown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050407223203/http://www.crosscanadacountdown.com/pdfs/2001.pdf|archive-date=7 April 2005|access-date=April 11, 2024}}

|9

{{single chart|Germany|80|artist=Incubus|song=Drive|songid=4833|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"|Iceland (Dagblaðið Vísir Top 20){{cite news|url=https://timarit.is/page/3380203?iabr=on#page/n59/mode/2up/search/Incubus%20Drive|title=Íslenski Listinn (04.01. 2001)|newspaper=Dagblaðið Vísir|language=is|page=10|date=April 1, 2001|access-date=October 5, 2019}}

|5

{{single chart|New Zealand|13|artist=Incubus|song=Drive|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"|Portugal (AFP){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2001/MM-2001-08-04.pdf|title=Top National Sellers|magazine=Music & Media|volume=19|issue=32|page=9|date=August 4, 2001|access-date=December 1, 2019}}

|4

scope="row"|Quebec (ADISQ){{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151129063315/http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/palmares/2010-Anglo-Allophone/Anglo-Compilation_succes_ordre_alpha_interpretes.pdf|url=http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/palmares/2010-Anglo-Allophone/Anglo-Compilation_succes_ordre_alpha_interpretes.pdf|title=Palmarès de la chanson anglophone et allophone au Québec|publisher=BAnQ|language=fr|access-date=September 11, 2019|archive-date=November 29, 2015|url-status=dead}}

|20

{{single chart|Scotland|36|date=20010623|rowheader=true|access-date=October 12, 2019}}
{{single chart|Switzerland|85|artist=Incubus|song=Drive|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|UK|40|date=20010623|rowheader=true|access-date=October 12, 2019}}
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|9|artist=Incubus|rowheader=true|access-date=October 12, 2019}}
{{single chart|Billboardadultalternativesongs|5|artist=Incubus|rowheader=true|access-date=October 12, 2019}}
{{single chart|Billboardadultpopsongs|4|artist=Incubus|rowheader=true|access-date=October 12, 2019}}
{{single chart|Billboardalternativesongs|1|artist=Incubus|rowheader=true|access-date=October 12, 2019}}
{{single chart|Billboardmainstreamrock|8|artist=Incubus|rowheader=true|access-date=October 12, 2019}}
{{single chart|Billboardpopsongs|8|artist=Incubus|rowheader=true|access-date=October 12, 2019}}

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=Year-end charts=

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!Chart (2001)

!Position

scope="row"|Australia (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2001/singles-chart|title=ARIA Top 100 Singles for 2001|publisher=ARIA|access-date=November 11, 2020}}

|92

scope="row"|Canada (Nielsen SoundScan){{cite web|url=http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2001_singles2.html|title=Canada's Top 200 Singles of 2001 (200–101)|publisher=Jam!|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020726120310/http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2001_singles2.html|archive-date=July 26, 2002|access-date=March 28, 2022}}

|183

scope="row"|Canada Radio (Nielsen BDS){{cite web|url=http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/100page2_2001.html|title=BDS CHART : Top 100 of 2001|publisher=Jam!|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020701174353/http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/100_2001.html|archive-date=July 1, 2002|access-date=March 26, 2022}}

|11

scope="row"|New Zealand (RIANZ){{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-singles/2001-12-31|title=End of Year Charts 2001|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|access-date=October 12, 2019}}

|29

scope="row"|US Billboard Hot 100{{cite web|url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=2001|title=Billboard Top 100 – 2001|access-date=August 31, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304120640/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=2001|archive-date=March 4, 2009}}

|21

scope="row"|US Adult Top 40 (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sBIEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA39-IA21|title=The Year in Music 2001: Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks|magazine=Billboard|volume=113|issue=52|page=YE-82|date=December 29, 2001|access-date=December 17, 2023}}

|7

scope="row"|US Mainstream Rock Tracks (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sBIEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA39-IA9|title=The Year in Music 2001: Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks|magazine=Billboard|volume=113|issue=52|page=YE-70|date=December 29, 2001|access-date=June 28, 2013}}

|20

scope="row"|US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard){{cite magazine|title=Most-Played Mainstream Top 40 Songs of 2001|magazine=Airplay Monitor|volume=9|issue=51|page=60|date=December 21, 2001}}

|29

scope="row"|US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sBIEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA39-IA11|title=The Year in Music 2001: Hot Modern Rock Tracks|magazine=Billboard|volume=113|issue=52|page=72|date=December 29, 2001|access-date=June 28, 2013}}

|1

scope="row"|US Triple-A (Billboard){{cite magazine|title=America's Best: 2001 – Most-Played Triple-A Songs|magazine=Airplay Monitor|volume=9|issue=51|page=45|date=December 21, 2001}}

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!Chart (2002)

!Position

scope="row"|US Adult Top 40 (Billboard){{cite magazine|title=Most-Played Adult Top 40 Songs of 2002|magazine=Airplay Monitor|volume=10|issue=51|page=16|date=December 20, 2002}}

|91

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Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=2001|certyear=2001|access-date=October 12, 2019}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|type=single|artist=Incubus|title=Drive|award=Gold|relyear=2001|certyear=2024|id=13768|access-date=December 23, 2024}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|award=Platinum|number=4|artist=Incubus|title=Drive|relyear=2001|certyear=2024|type=single|source=radioscope|refname="RMNZ"|access-date=March 7, 2025}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Incubus|title=Drive|award=Gold|relyear=2001|certyear=2024|id=1953-1859-1|access-date=August 23, 2024}}

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Release history

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scope="row" rowspan="3"|United States

|November 14, 2000

|Alternative radio

|rowspan="4"|{{hlist|Epic|Immortal}}

|{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2000/RR-2000-11-10.pdf|title=Alternative: Going for Adds|magazine=Radio & Records|issue=1376|page=133|date=November 10, 2000|access-date=May 31, 2021}}

February 5, 2001

|Hot adult contemporary radio

|{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2001/RR-2001-02-02.pdf|title=Hot AC: Going for Adds|magazine=Radio & Records|issue=1387|page=92|date=February 2, 2001|access-date=May 31, 2021}}

February 6, 2001

|Contemporary hit radio

|{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2001/RR-2001-02-02.pdf|title=CHR/Pop: Going for Adds|magazine=Radio & Records|issue=1387|page=47|date=February 2, 2001|access-date=May 31, 2021}}

scope="row"|Australia

|April 16, 2001

|CD

|{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/issue581.pdf|title=The ARIA Report: ARIA New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 16th April 2001|publisher=ARIA|page=23|date=April 16, 2001|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20020220130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20020221-0000/www.aria.com.au/issue581.pdf|archive-date=February 20, 2002|access-date=April 20, 2021}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

scope="row"|United Kingdom

|June 11, 2001

|{{hlist|7-inch vinyl|CD}}

|Epic

|{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/2001/Music-Week-2001-06-09.pdf|title=New Releases – For Week Starting June 11, 2001: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=31|date=June 9, 2001|access-date=August 14, 2021}}

References

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External links

  • [http://www.gerrit-van-dijk.nl/infoimove.html Website] of the animated short film 'I move so I am' (The Netherlands, 1997) of animator Gerrit van Dijk on which the official music video "Drive" was based.

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