Drive (Clean Bandit and Topic song)

• Grace Chatto – cello, producer, vocal producer
• Clean Bandit – primary artist
• Molly Fletcher – violin
• Stuart Hawkes – mastering
• Chloe Kraemer – engineer
• Wes Nelson – featured artist, vocals
• Alex Oriet – bass, composer, drums, keyboards, programmer, synthesizer
• Jack Patterson – composer, drums, keyboards, producer, programmer, synthesizer, vocal producer
• Luke Patterson – drums, keyboards, programmer, synthesizer
• David Phelan – bass, composer, drums, keyboards, programmer, synthesizer
• Beatrice Philips – violin
• Mark Ralph – drums, keyboards, mixing, producer, programmer, synthesizer
• Salt Wives – producer
• Alexander Tidebrink – composer
• Topic – drums, keyboards, primary artist, producer, programmer, synthesizer, composer
• Henry Tucker – composer

"Drive"
Single by Clean Bandit and Topic featuring Wes Nelson
Released	30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)
Genre	Dance-pop disco [1]
Length	2:59
Label	Atlantic
Songwriters	Alex Oriet Alexander Tidebrink David Phelan Grace Chatto Henry Tucker Jack Patterson Tobias Topic
Producers	Grace Chatto Jack Patterson Mark Ralph Salt Wives Topic
Clean Bandit singles chronology
"Higher" (2021) "Drive" (2021) "How Will I Know" (2021)
Topic singles chronology
"Chain My Heart" (2021) "Drive" (2021) "My Heart Goes (La Di Da)" (2021)

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for "Drive" Chart (2021) Peak position Hungary (Editors' Choice Top 40) [7] 38 Ireland (IRMA) [8] 30 New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) [9] 36 San Marino (SMRRTV Top 50) [10] 15 Slovakia Airplay (ČNS IFPI) [11] 22 UK Singles (OCC) [12] 17 UK Dance (OCC) [13] 5 US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs ( Billboard ) [14] 25

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for "Drive" Chart (2021) Position US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard) [15] 95

Certifications

Certifications for "Drive"

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Italy (FIMI) [16]	Gold	50,000‡
Poland (ZPAV) [17]	Gold	25,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [18]	Platinum	600,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Stickler, Jon (30 July 2021). "Clean Bandit Release DJ Topic And Wes Nelson Collaboration Drive". Stereoboard. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
2. "Clean Bandit Teams Up With Topic for New Song "Drive" featuring Wes Nelson". Pmstudio. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
3. Ciaravolo, Simone (2 August 2021). "#Release – Clean Bandit, Topic – Drive (feat. Wes Nelson)". Edmlab. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
4. "Clean Bandit & Topic ft Wes Nelson 'Drive' by Dan Massie". Promonews. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
5. Rees, Katrina (9 August 2021). "Clean Bandit & Topic unveil music video for 'Drive' featuring Wes Nelson". Celebmix. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
6. "Clean Bandit / Topic – Drive / Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
7. "2021/37. heti Editors' Choice Top 40 slágerlista" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ . Retrieved 6 January 2025.
8. "Official Irish Singles Chart on 12/11/2021 – Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
9. "NZ Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
10. "Top 50 – Radio San Marino RTV – 06/10/2021" (in Italian). San Marino RTV. 6 October 2021. Archived from the original on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
11. "ČNS IFPI – SK Radio – Top 100 – 49. týden 2021" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
12. "Official Singles Chart on 12/11/2021 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
13. "Official Dance Singles Chart on 19/11/2021 – Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
14. "Clean Bandit Chart History (Hot Dance/Electronic Songs)". Billboard . Retrieved 29 October 2021.
15. "Hot Dance/Electronic Songs – Year-End 2021". Billboard. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
16. "Italian single certifications – Clean Bandit & Topic feat. Wes Nelson – Drive" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana . Retrieved 9 December 2023.
17. "OLiS - oficjalna lista wyróżnień" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 17 July 2024. Click "TYTUŁ" and enter Drive in the search box.
18. "British single certifications – Clean Bandit/Topic/Wes Nelson – Drive". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 19 December 2025.