Drive (The Cars Song) - Cover Versions

Cover Versions

• The song was covered in 1990 by US jazz singer Morgana King on her album I Just Can't Stop Loving You.
• The song was covered in 1998 by Danish pop group Los Umbrellos on their debut album Flamenco Funk.
• The song was covered in 2000 by the New Zealand group Strawpeople featuring the vocalist Bic Runga.
• A cover by Australian band The Paradise Motel appeared in the 2001 film He Died with a Felafel in His Hand.
• In 2001, the German rock band Scorpions covered the song on their live unplugged album Acoustica.
• Electronic producer Blu Mar Ten produced a cover version of this for his 2003 album The Six Million Names of God.
• A cover by Ziggy Marley was featured in the 2004 film 50 First Dates. The song also appears in the film Transformers.
• The band Deftones covered this song on their 2006 album Saturday Night Wrist. Deftones' cover version appeared on the trailer of the 2009 remake of The Stepfather.
• Portuguese band Blind Zero covered this song in 2006.
• Julio Iglesias included a cover on the album Romantic Classics, released in 2006.
• Ruth-Ann Boyle, part of the trip hop group Olive, covered the song in her solo album, 'What About Us' that was released in 2007, exclusively in iTunes.
• The song was covered in 2008 by Hard Rock band Lo-Pro.
• In 2010, Australian actor/singer Jason Donovan recorded a cover version of "Drive" for his '80s covers album "Soundtrack of the 80s". The album went Top 20 in the UK in October 2010.
• In 2011, American rock singer/songwriter David Cook performed a live cover of "Drive" at Mix 94.1's Pet-a-Palooza in Las Vegas, NV.