Drive my car

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Drive my car
The Beatles
publication December 5, 1965
length 2 min 29 s
Genre (s) skirt
Author (s) Lennon / McCartney
Label Parlophone
album Rubber Soul

Drive My Car ( english driving my car ) is a song by British band The Beatles in 1965. It was written primarily by Paul McCartney , however, is subject to the usual copyright Lennon / McCartney .

background

McCartney's first draft of the text was, in his opinion, not optimal. In retrospect, he called it "disastrous". At this early stage the text was still circling the line “You can buy me golden rings”. Together with John Lennon , he eliminated all textual clichés. This is how Drive My Car was created . The song now describes a girl who would like to be a star and contains a number of sexual allusions. So the girl asks the narrator to be her chauffeur. When he finally agrees, she confesses to him that she doesn't own a car, but that she does have a driver.

The arrangement for Drive My Car was developed by George Harrison , who was inspired by bass and guitar melodies from the song Respect by Otis Redding .

admission

Drive My Car was recorded at London's Abbey Road Studios on October 13, 1965 . The track was produced by George Martin , assisted by Norman Smith . The band worked a long time arranging the song, and for the first time ever, a Beatles recording session lasted longer than midnight. In the end, only four takes were recorded, of which only the last was complete. First of all, drums , guitar , tambourine and bass were recorded live. Following in were multitracked piano , solo guitar , cowbell and vocals added.

publication

Drive My Car was released on December 3, 1965 in Great Britain as the first song on the Rubber Soul album . The song was missing from the US version of Rubber Soul and did not appear there until six months later on the compilation Yesterday and Today . The 2006 album Love includes a mashup of Drive My Car , The Word , What You're Doing , Taxman and Savoy Truffle .

Cover versions

Cover versions have been released by The McCoys , Stars on 45 , Melanie Chisholm , Breakfast Club , Bobby McFerrin , The Punkles and Jonas Brothers . The song is also in Paul McCartney's live repertoire.

Web links

Individual evidence

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  3. ^ Mark Lewisohn: The Complete Beatles Chronicle . London, 2006. ISBN 0-600-61001-2