"Drive" | ||||
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Single by Incubus | ||||
from the album Make Yourself | ||||
Released | November 14, 2000 | |||
Studio | NRG (North Hollywood) | |||
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Length | 3:52 | |||
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A sample from "Drive" by Incubus | ||||
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"Drive" on YouTube |
"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. 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 a Billboard Award for Modern Rock Single of the Year. [2] Director Bill Draheim documented the making of "Drive" in Save Me from My Half-Life Drive.
According to 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." [3] [4]
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." [5]
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. [6] [7]
Directed by Phil Harder [8] 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 Jose 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 'N Sync.
US CD single [9]
Australian maxi-CD single [10]
UK CD single [11]
| UK 7-inch EP [12]
European CD1 [13]
European CD2 [14]
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Credits are taken from the European CD2 liner notes. [14]
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [40] | Gold | 35,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [41] | Silver | 200,000‡ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
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United States | November 14,2000 | Alternative radio | [42] | |
November 20, 2000 | CD | [9] | ||
February 5,2001 | Hot adult contemporary radio | [43] | ||
February 6,2001 | Contemporary hit radio | [44] | ||
Australia | April 16,2001 | CD | [45] | |
United Kingdom | June 11,2001 |
| Epic | [46] |
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