Tragic Love In The 80s: 'Drive' by The Cars (1984)

Your Tragic Love In The 80s track for this week goes to none-other than American new-wave band The Cars, and their biggest international hit song Drive. The Cars were an American rock band which formed back in 1976 onto what was called the new-wave music scene. Coming out of Boston, Massachusetts the members were Ric Ocasek (vocals and guitar), Benjamin Orr (bass guitar), Elliot Easton (lead guitar), Greg Hawkes (keyboards and synth) and David Robinson (drums). Drive was a single released in March of 1984 on their Heartbeat City album, where it would become the groups biggest international hit and peak at #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart, #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and #5 on the UK Singles Chart. Well, that's that, so check out the video below and have yourself an awesome week!