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Drive

1984 song by The Cars
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Drive

Summary

Drive is a single[1]. Drive ranks in the top 1% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,485 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Drive's instance of is recorded as single[3].
  • Drive's instance of is recorded as song[4].
  • Drive's composer is recorded as Ric Ocasek[5].
  • Drive's genre is rock music[6].
  • Drive followed Magic[7].
  • Drive was followed by Hello Again[8].
  • Drive was produced by Mutt Lange[9].
  • Among the performers on Drive was The Cars[10].
  • Drive's record label is recorded as Elektra[11].
  • Drive is part of Heartbeat City[12].
  • Drive's country of origin is recorded as United States[13].
  • Drive was released on July 23, 1984[14].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[15]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 4cbcd04d-3b93-30b1-bd33-3ace8d4a1826[16]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Drive was The Cars[10]. Drive was produced by Mutt Lange[9].

Publication

Drive was released on July 23, 1984[14]. Drive's genre is rock music[6]. Drive is part of Heartbeat City[12].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Drive followed Magic[7]. Drive was followed by Hello Again[8].

Why It Matters

Drive ranks in the top 1% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,485 views/month).[2] Drive has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] Drive is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

Elektra United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Drive. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/drive-q169987
MLA “Drive.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/drive-q169987.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_drive-q169987_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Drive}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/drive-q169987}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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