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    <title>Drive (R.E.M. song)</title>
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      <text xml:space="preserve">{{Infobox Single | &lt;!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs --&gt;
| Name           = Drive
| Cover          = remd1.jpg
| Artist         = [[R.E.M.]]
| from Album     = [[Automatic for the People]]
| Released       = {{start date|1992|10|8}}
| Format         = [[Single (music)|CD single]], [[Single (music)|7&quot; single]], [[Single (music)|12&quot; single]], [[Compact audio cassette|Cassette]]
| Recorded       = 1992
| Genre          = [[Alternative rock]]
| Length         = 4:25
| Label          = [[Warner Bros.]]
| Producer       = [[Scott Litt]] &amp; R.E.M.
| Chart position = * #28 &lt;small&gt;([[Billboard Hot 100|US]]) &lt;/small&gt;
** #1 &lt;small&gt;([[Modern Rock Tracks|US Modern Rock]])&lt;/small&gt;
** #2 &lt;small&gt;([[Mainstream Rock Tracks|US Mainstream Rock]])&lt;/small&gt;
* #11 &lt;small&gt; ([[UK]]) &lt;/small&gt;
| Last single    = &quot;[[It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)]]&quot;&lt;br /&gt;(1991)
| This single    = &quot;'''Drive'''&quot;&lt;br /&gt;(1992)
| Next single    = &quot;[[Man on the Moon (song)|Man on the Moon]]&quot;&lt;br /&gt;(1992)
{{Extra tracklisting
| Album = [[Automatic for the People]]
| Type = studio
| prev_track     = 
| prev_no        = 
| this_track     = &quot;'''Drive'''&quot;
| track_no       = 1
| next_track     = &quot;[[Try Not to Breathe]]&quot;
| next_no        = 2
}}}}
	
&quot;'''Drive'''&quot; was the lead single and first track from [[R.E.M.]]'s eighth studio album ''[[Automatic for the People]]'' in 1992. Although it was not as successful as previous lead singles &quot;[[Losing My Religion]],&quot; &quot;[[Stand (R.E.M. song)|Stand]],&quot; or &quot;[[The One I Love (song)|The One I Love]]&quot; in the [[United States]], it became R.E.M.'s then second biggest hit on the [[UK Singles Charts]], peaking at #11. It managed a peak of #28 on the [[Billboard Hot 100]]. The song did hit #1 on the [[Modern Rock Tracks]] and #2 on the [[Mainstream Rock Tracks]].

Despite the success and popularity of the song, it was left off of the band's [[Warner Bros. Records]] &quot;best of&quot; compilation ''[[In Time - The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003]]''. However, a live version of the song was included in the special edition two-disc set of ''In Time'' that included rarities, live versions, and [[B-sides]].  The version featured was the &quot;funk&quot; version, which has never been studio-recorded.

The title itself is derived from Stipe and R.E.M.'s support for what would eventually become the &quot;[[National Voter Registration Act of 1993|Motor Voter Bill]]&quot; and the lyric &quot;Hey, kids, rock 'n' roll&quot; is an homage to the song &quot;Stop It&quot; by fellow Athens, Georgia group [[Pylon (band)|Pylon]]; Stipe has also said the song is an &quot;obvious homage to [[Rock On]] by [[David Essex]],&quot; which features a similar line.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book |title=Reveal: The Story of R.E.M. |last=Black |first=Johnny |year=2004 |publisher=Backbeat Books |location=Milwaukee, WI |isbn=0879307765 }} &lt;/ref&gt;

The song is included on the 2003 live DVD ''[[Perfect Square]]'' and on the 2007 live CD/DVD ''[[R.E.M. Live]]''.

The song &quot;Winged Mammal Theme&quot; is a tribute to the 1966 &quot;[[Batman Theme]]&quot;.

==Video==
The song's video, directed by [[Peter Care]], was shot over two nights in late August 1992 at [[Sepulveda Dam]] in the [[Sherman Oaks, California|Sherman Oaks]] area of [[Los Angeles]].

==Track listing==
All songs written by [[Bill Berry]], [[Peter Buck]], [[Mike Mills]] and [[Michael Stipe]] except as noted.
===US 7&quot;, Cassette and CD Single===
# &quot;Drive&quot; – 4:25
# &quot;Winged Mammal Theme&quot; – 2:55
===UK &quot;Collector's Edition&quot; CD Single===
# &quot;Drive&quot; – 4:25
# &quot;It's a Free World Baby&quot; – 5:11
# &quot;Winged Mammal Theme&quot; – 2:55
# &quot;[[First We Take Manhattan]]&quot; ([[Leonard Cohen]]) – 6:06

===DE CD Maxi-Single===
# &quot;Drive&quot; – 4:25
# &quot;World Leader Pretend&quot; – 4:15
# &quot;Winged Mammal Theme&quot; – 2:55
===UK and DE 7&quot; and Cassette Single===
# &quot;Drive&quot; – 4:25
# &quot;World Leader Pretend&quot; – 4:15

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{{succession box
  | before = &quot;[[99.9F°|Blood Makes Noise]]&quot; by [[Suzanne Vega]]
  | title  = [[Modern Rock Tracks|''Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks]] [[List of number-one modern rock hits (United States)|number-one single]]
  | years  = [[October 17]], [[1992 in music|1992]] - [[November 14]], [[1992 in music|1992]]
  | after  = &quot;[[These Are Days]]&quot; by [[10,000 Maniacs]]
}}
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{{R.E.M.}}

[[Category:1992 singles]]
[[Category:R.E.M. songs]]
[[Category:Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number-one singles]]

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