Drive (Incubus song)

"Drive"
Single by Incubus
from the album Make Yourself
Released	November 20, 2000
Recorded	May-June 1999 in Los Angeles, California
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	3:52
Label	Epic, Immortal
Writer(s)	Brandon Boyd, Mike Einziger, Chris Kilmore, Alex Katunich and Jose Pasillas
Producer	Scott Litt
Incubus singles chronology
"Stellar" (2000) "Drive" (2000) "Wish You Were Here" (2001)

"Drive" is a song by American rock band Incubus. The song is released as a single from their third album Make Yourself. It is considered the band's biggest hit and breakthrough single, eventually reaching the top of Billboard's modern rock charts on March 3, 2001 and #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 on July 28. In 2001, "Drive" won Billboard's award for Modern Rock Single of the Year. 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".^[1][2]

Musical qualities and influences

The song is what is widely described as mellow, featuring mostly acoustic instruments and grounded both musically and lyrically in a very relaxing and positive ambiance.

Live

When played live, the song is performed in a number of different ways; unplugged with Mike and Brandon, the full band with Mike playing guitar, or the remixed version, centering around Ben Kenney's amplified and reconstructed bass melodies, with Mike playing an electric piano (as seen on the Alive at Red Rocks DVD).

Music video

The music video is based on M.C. Escher's Drawing Hands and Gerrit van Dijk's animated film I Move, So I Am (Holland, 1997). Directed by Phil Harder, it features a simple musical session intercut with an animation of Brandon Boyd drawing himself. Many scenes were shot in the McNamara Alumni Center on the University of Minnesota campus and in Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia. The video was nominated for Best Group Video at the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards but lost to 'N Sync.

Appearances

The song is featured in the films Is It College Yet? and Surf's Up. It is a playable track in the North American and European versions of the video game Donkey Konga 2, it as well is featured in the game Karaoke Revolution Party and as downloadable content in the games Guitar Hero World Tour and SingStar.

Tracklist

US Chillum promo single record

1. "Drive (Radio Edit)"

European EP

1. "Drive"
2. "Drive (Orchestral Studio Version)"
3. "Favorite Thing (Live)"
4. "Pardon Me (Live)
5. "Clean (Live)"

Australian EP

1. "Drive"
2. "Crowded Elevator"
3. "Stellar (Acoustic)"
4. "Pardon Me (Acoustic)"
5. "Drive (Acoustic)"

US promo single

1. Drive

UK Maxi single

1. "Drive"
2. "Drive (Acoustic)"
3. "Clean (Live)"
4. "Drive (Video)"

• Includes a poster of the band

UK promo single

1. "Drive (Album Version)"
2. "Drive (Orchestral Studio Version)"

Charts

Chart (2001)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Alternative Songs	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks	8
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	9
Australia ARIA Charts	34
Germany Singles Chart	80
New Zealand Singles Chart	13
Swiss Singles Chart	85
UK Singles Chart	40

Personnel

• Brandon Boyd - vocals
• Mike Einziger - guitar
• Dirk Lance - bass
• Chris Kilmore - turntables
• Jose Pasillas - drums
• Dave Holdridge - cello

Preceded by "Butterfly" by Crazy Town

Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number-one single March 3 - April 21, 2001

Succeeded by "It's Been Awhile" by Staind

References

1. ^ "Song Facts". Facts about songs. Tone Fuse Music. http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=2414. Retrieved 10/8/2011. ""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."-Brandon Boyd" 
2. ^ "What Incubus song has a doctor talking about a car crash?". ChaCha. http://www.chacha.com/question/what-incubus-song-has-a-doctor-talking-about-a-car-crash. Retrieved 2011-10-09. 

External links

• "Drive" Official music video on YouTube