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On 9 April 2022, it was proposed that this article be moved from Drive My Car to Drive My Car (song). The result of the discussion was moved.

Covers?[edit]

There seems to be a lack of covers listed in the article. I know there's more than one, and I recall one arrangement that, while not a cover as such (Paul participated in this project), was a mishmosh of several bands doing a music video of the song in promotion of an anti-drunk-driving campaign. Amongst the participants here were Phil Collins and Weird Al.—Preceding unsigned comment added by DennisTheTiger (talk • contribs) 13:30, 7 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Local Station[edit]

I think it was WNCN in Raleigh, NC that used this for their traffic reports. My memory is a bit rusty, so if someone wants to confirm that, thanks a lot. --Jnelson09 05:27, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Come to think of it, it was WNCN. Anyone want to back me up on this? --Jnelson09 02:12, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Alf Bicknell and Jeopardy![edit]

Does anyone have any information regarding one Mr. Alf Bicknell, who - according to Jeopardy - was the Beatles' chauffeur at the time and who was apparently the inspiration for this song? The episode in question aired 31 May 2005, and the answer was featured during Final Jeopardy! I'm the only yutz who didn't know the appropriate question, but I'm wondering if the claim is even true! NKK 70.181.143.195 05:54, 9 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bill Harry's Beatle Encyclopedia says that Alf Bicknell was a chauffeur for the band, but the entry for Alf doesn't mention the song and the entry for the song does not mention Alf. I don't recall seeing anything about him in other published sources that discuss the song. Perhaps Mr. Bicknell's memoir Baby, You Can Drive My Car (1989) is the source. I haven't seen it. John Cardinal 10:01, 9 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This is the episode of Jeopardy! in question. It's worded in such a way that states that Mr. Bicknell was the inspiration, but the fact that no other Beatles song would be inspired by a chauffeur means... I don't know. Maybe. --Jnelson09 21:46, 13 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Gitar solo[edit]

Isn't it played with a bottleneck? (Just sounded wrong that it was Paul who did it.)--Widnes (talk) 11:46, 25 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Jonas Cover[edit]

prove me that paul wanted them to do this, give me a reliable source, because the only reason they're there were a:disney paid a furtune for that and B: obamas girls love them —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.196.250.171 (talk) 23:34, 10 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

WP:NOTAFORUM.Other dictionaries are better (talk) 19:55, 27 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Genre[edit]

Consider the genre as Hard Rock as the high-pitched singing and the guitar / bass riff during the verses —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pilmccartney (talk • contribs) 18:07, 18 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This isn't hard rock. C.Syde65 (talk) 05:02, 25 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hard rock is sourced. Beatlemanioose (talk) 20:35, 27 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

"a star of the screen"[edit]

What was the inspiration for "I wanna be famous, a star of the screen" lyric? The Beatles had done 2 movies up to this point: A Hard Day's Night in 1964, and Help! earlier in 1965. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.63.16.82 (talk) 16:36, 7 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know, but by then they had ALSO done the song "Act Naturally", which, although not in the Help! movie, is on the Help! album in England. That song was not a Beatles' original, but it has lyrics about being in the movies.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.63.16.47 (talk) 18:53, 16 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I really don't think this song qualifies as "folk rock"[edit]

Currently, under the genre for this song, it lists "folk rock, pop rock, hard rock". I don't think "Drive My Car" is folk rock, because there aren't really any folk qualities. I think the song is being shoehorned into the genre because most of "Rubber Soul" is rather folky, but "Drive My Car" is a major exception. If anything, it's blues rock. What do you think? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.219.160.114 (talk) 21:59, 28 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know but it certainly isn't hard rock. C.Syde (talk | contribs) 01:23, 18 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It's one of the 4 songs on the British Rubber Soul that are not on the U.S. Rubber Soul, and (like "If I Needed Someone", another of those 4) would not be released in the U.S. until Yesterday & Today album of June 1966. The U.S. Rubber Soul is seen as a sharp change in the Beatles' sound, but part of this is due to record-company repackaging.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.63.16.47 (talk) 18:52, 16 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

what single?[edit]

In the info-box, I find: Single release as the B-side to "Michelle"

When and where was that? I see the Parlophone label, suggesting that this was in England. "Drive My Car", unlike "Michelle", was not released in the U.S. until June 1966 (and it was part of "Yesterday & Today" album then).—Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.63.16.47 (talk) 18:50, 16 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Songwriting[edit]

There is no reference cited regarding who wrote what parts of the song — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.221.217.208 (talk) 12:56, 3 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

1971 video, Soviet Russian cover of the Beatles’ “Drive My Car”[edit]

Rather a good cover of this song, sung in Russian. Enjoy! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PR-J82E7ioQ&time_continue=140 DavidInSydney (talk) 04:55, 12 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Personnel[edit]

My revision on the personnel listing was recently reverted by JG66. There are reputable sources claiming that George played bass on this track rather than Paul. Ian MacDonald wrote in Revolution In the Head, "Harrison took over on bass for [the rhythm track]" (p. 166n3). In The Beatles Anthology text George is quoted as saying, "I played the bassline on 'Drive My Car'. It was like the line from 'Respect' by Otis Redding." (p. 194) This information should be included on the page, especially given that George himself claimed to have played bass. Tkbrett (✉) 16:29, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It's the bass line not the bass itself. "George" plays the line on his Stratocaster as the lead riff; McCartney plays the bass guitar. Harrison did not say he played bass guitar on the track. JG66 (talk) 16:40, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, very subtle. Looking in The Beatles Anthology again, George also says, "I used a Stratocaster around Rubber Soul time, on 'Drive My Car' and those kind of things." (p. 81). Cheers. Tkbrett (✉) 17:09, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

And I didn't revert your change. I made my own change with a new source. JG66 (talk) 16:43, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Ian MacDonald didn't know what he was talking about, because the bass guitar is clearly played by Paul (no way would he allow George or John to play a Motown/Stax-like bass part, not when he was the one who idolized Duck Dunn and James Jamerson) and besides, George could not have feasibly played Paul's left-handed Rickenbacker bass. Walter Everett incorrectly stated that John played the tambourine, but in reality, it was Ringo and even session photography proves that it was him. Besides, Mr. MacDonald, as I understand it, was not even a trained musician, let alone a musicologist, and he was so ignorant and obtuse when it come to his dodgy assertions as to who played what with no studio paperwork, session tapes or photographic evidence to prove them. 27.32.188.134 (talk) 00:14, 20 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 9 April 2022[edit]

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Elli (talk | contribs) 01:00, 17 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Drive My Car → Drive My Car (song) – I'm proposing that Drive My Car is turned into a disambiguation page. It's difficult to see a primary topic between a Beatles song, a film that got an Oscar, and the Murakami short story. – Uanfala (talk) 16:22, 9 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nomination. Although it used the title of the song, the Oscar-winning 2021 film that was nominated for both Best Picture and Best International Feature Film has at least as great a claim to historical prominence as the song that preceded it by 56 years. —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 21:23, 9 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support Per nom. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 23:16, 9 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I see that this is the second time you requested a Beatles song not be the primary topic because of a Murakami novel. ;) Nardog (talk) 01:03, 10 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
What an unexpected observation! Yes :) – Uanfala (talk) 01:38, 10 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 08:45, 10 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Strong support the film has 392,832 views and the Drive My Car (short story) redirect has 63 compared with only 8,129[[1]] for the song. While the film is a lot more recent than the song it still seems reasonable that there's no primary topic. Crouch, Swale (talk) 08:35, 11 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. Alexcalamaro (talk) 16:55, 13 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.