"Drive" is a song by British
electronic music
Electronic music broadly is a group of music genres that employ electronic musical instruments, circuitry-based music technology and software, or general-purpose electronics (such as personal computers) in its creation. It includes both music ...
group
Clean Bandit
Clean Bandit is an English electronic music group formed in Cambridge in 2008. They have achieved four number-one singles and six additional top-ten songs on the UK Official Singles Chart. Since 2016, the group has been a trio comprising foundi ...
and German DJ
Topic featuring English recording artist
Wes Nelson
Wesley Nelson (born 18 March 1998) is an English singer and television personality. In 2018, he appeared in the fourth series of the ITV2 reality series ''Love Island (2015 TV series), Love Island'', and has since competed on ''Dancing on Ice'' ...
. It was released on 30 July 2021, via
Atlantic Records
Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson. Over the course of its first two decades, starting from the release of its first recor ...
.
Critical reception
Simone Ciaravolo of ''Edm-Lab'' opined that the track "
sfull of positive vibes", and "brings
son a metaphorical nocturnal journey: the scenery of a newborn love story."
Music video
The music video was released on 6 August 2021, and directed by Dan Massie. It features Nelson as "a happy lorry driver, performing from the cab of his big truck through country and city, and into outer space." Katrina Rees of ''Celebmix'' praised the visual "perfectly captures the upbeat nature of the track, which is laced with pulsating beats and glossy strings."
Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from
AllMusic
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.
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Grace Chatto
Grace Chatto (born 10 December 1985) is an English musician and singer who is the cellist, backing vocalist and occasional main vocalist, for the electronic music band Clean Bandit.
Education
Chatto attended Latymer School and Westminster Sc ...
– cello,
producer, vocal producer
* Clean Bandit – primary artist
* Molly Fletcher – violin
* Stuart Hawkes – mastering
* Chloe Kraemer – engineer
* Wes Nelson – featured artist, vocals
* Alex Oriet – bass, composer, drums, keyboards, programmer, synthesizer
* Jack Patterson – composer, drums, keyboards, producer, programmer, synthesizer, vocal producer
* Luke Patterson – drums, keyboards, programmer, synthesizer
* David Phelan – bass, composer, drums, keyboards, programmer, synthesizer
* Beatrice Philips – violin
* Mark Ralph – drums, keyboards, mixing, producer, programmer, synthesizer
* Salt Wives – producer
* Alexander Tidebrink – composer
* Topic – drums, keyboards, primary artist, producer, programmer, synthesizer, composer
* Henry Tucker – composer
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
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2021 songs
2021 singles
Clean Bandit songs
Topic (DJ) songs
Song recordings produced by Mark Ralph (record producer)
Songs written by Topic (DJ)
Songs written by A7S
Songs written by Jack Patterson (Clean Bandit)
Atlantic Records UK singles