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"Drive", by The Cars from the band's Heartbeat City album released in 1984, became their biggest international hit. The song peaked at #3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, and #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart. Although the ballad is about a guy who still cares for a girl after they have parted ways, it gained notoriety when it was associated with the 1985 Live Aid event in London in 1985 and was used as the background music to a montage of clips depicting the contemporaneous Ethiopian famine. The song is a gripping tale from the first note supported by an iconic synthesizer line that oozes sorrow, mysterious though plainly written lyrics, and vocals full of desperation and lost love. A rare song that never seems to get old no matter how many times you hear it. The band hails from Boston, Massachusetts and have captured every stream of rock and roll from '78 to '84 in a catalog that includes four multi-platinum records among other awards. They were inducted into the R&R Hall of Fame in 2018.
"Drive", by The Cars from the band's Heartbeat City album released in 1984, became their biggest international hit. The song peaked at #3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, and #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart. Although the ballad is about a guy who still cares for a girl after they have parted ways, it gained notoriety when it was associated with the 1985 Live Aid event in London in 1985 and was used as the background music to a montage of clips depicting the contemporaneous Ethiopian famine. The song is a gripping tale from the first note supported by an iconic synthesizer line that oozes sorrow, mysterious though plainly written lyrics, and vocals full of desperation and lost love. A rare song that never seems to get old no matter how many times you hear it. The band hails from Boston, Massachusetts and have captured every stream of rock and roll from '78 to '84 in a catalog that includes four multi-platinum records among other awards. They were inducted into the R&R Hall of Fame in 2018.
