Drive (Incubus song)
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| Single by Incubus | ||||||||||
| from the album Make Yourself | ||||||||||
| Released | November 20, 2000 | |||||||||
| Recorded | May–June 1999 in Los Angeles, California | |||||||||
| Genre | Soft rock, alternative rock | |||||||||
| Label | Epic, Immortal | |||||||||
| Writer(s) | Brandon Boyd, Mike Einziger, Chris Kilmore, Alex Katunich and Jose Pasillas | |||||||||
| Producer(s) | Scott Litt | |||||||||
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"Drive" is a song recorded by American rock band Incubus. It was released in November 2000 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. Director Bill Draheim documented the making of "Drive". 'Save Me from my Half-Life Drive' is the result of that edited EPK footage.
The song is featured in the video games Donkey Konga 2 and Guitar Hero Live in addition to the film Surf's Up.This single was also certified gold in Australia in the year 2001.
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".
The song is what is widely described as , featuring mostly acoustic instruments and grounded both musically and lyrically in a very relaxing and positive ambiance making the song a departure and exception from their original alternative metal and funk metal roots.
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 on Ben Kenney's amplified and reconstructed bass melodies, with Mike playing an electric piano (as seen on the Alive at Red Rocks DVD).
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