Drive My Car

~ Recording by Bobby McFerrin

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.3Drive My Car2:44Bobby McFerrinSimple PleasuresBobby McFerrinAlbum
  • NL1988-08-22
EMI Manhattan (Manhattan Records after Jul 1987 acquisition of EMI America)CDP 7 48059 2
1.3Drive My Car2:44Bobby McFerrinSimple PleasuresBobby McFerrinAlbum
EMI Manhattan (Manhattan Records after Jul 1987 acquisition of EMI America)E1-48059
1.3Drive My Car2:44Bobby McFerrinSimple PleasuresBobby McFerrinAlbum
EMI Manhattan (Manhattan Records after Jul 1987 acquisition of EMI America)MTL 1018
1.3Drive My Car2:44Bobby McFerrinSimple PleasuresBobby McFerrinAlbum
EMI Manhattan (Manhattan Records after Jul 1987 acquisition of EMI America)D 164165
1.3Drive My Car2:44Bobby McFerrinSimple PleasuresBobby McFerrinAlbum
EMI Manhattan (Manhattan Records after Jul 1987 acquisition of EMI America)CDP-7-48059-2
1.3Drive My Car2:44Bobby McFerrinSimple PleasuresBobby McFerrinAlbum
EMI Manhattan (Manhattan Records after Jul 1987 acquisition of EMI America)CDP 548059
1.3Drive My Car2:44Bobby McFerrinSimple PleasuresBobby McFerrinAlbum
EMI Manhattan (Manhattan Records after Jul 1987 acquisition of EMI America)1C 064-7 48059 1
1.3Drive My Car2:42Bobby McFerrinJazz Goes to the BeatlesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XW1996-03-15
EMI-Capitol Special Markets18955
1.6Drive My Car2:43Bobby McFerrinThe Best of Bobby McFerrin: The Blue Note YearsBobby McFerrinAlbum + Compilation
  • US1996-11-12
Blue Note53329
1.6Drive My Car2:43Bobby McFerrinThe Best of Bobby McFerrin: The Blue Note Years ("Manufactured by Columbia House Under License")Bobby McFerrinAlbum + Compilation
Blue NoteCDP 553329
1.14Drive My Car2:43Bobby McFerrinBlue Velvet: Crooners, Swooners and Velvet VocalVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Blue Note7243 5 21553 2 7
2.8Drive My Car2:43Bobby McFerrinThe Jazz BoxVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2003-10-13
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)VTDCDX543 7243 5 92030 2 7
1.11Drive My Car2:41Bobby McFerrinBlue Note Plays the BeatlesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2004-06-15
1.11Drive My Car2:41Bobby McFerrinBlue Note Plays the BeatlesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2004-06-15
Blue Note7243 5 78626 2 2
1.11Drive My Car2:40Bobby McFerrinBlue Note Plays the BeatlesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2004
Blue Note78626
1.1Drive My Car2:40Bobby McFerrinReprise ! When Jazz Meets PopVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Nova Records (French reissue production label, by Radio Nova)3108252
1.7Drive My Car2:42Bobby McFerrinEssential: Bobby McFerrinBobby McFerrinAlbum + Compilation
  • -2011-09-09
1.4Drive My Car2:40Bobby McFerrinThe Original Covers, Volume 5Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Promotion
1.6Drive My Car2:43Bobby McFerrinA Tower Records Tribute to the BeatlesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI‐Capitol Music Special Markets, Tower Records Japan Inc.72438-19257-20
Bootleg
1.6Drive My Car2:42Bobby McFerrinJazz From A to Z, Part 1Various ArtistsOther + Compilation
  • -2013
[no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases)

Relationships

engineer:Chris Tergesen
producer:Linda Goldstein
vocals:Bobby McFerrin
recorded at:Power Station Studios (Power Station at BerkleeNYC, fka Power Station 1977–1996, then Avatar Studios 1996–2017) in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States (in 1988)
recording of:Drive My Car (cover)

Related works

Drive My Car

writer:John Lennon (The Beatles) (from 1965-09 until 1965-10)
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (from 1965-09 until 1965-10)
publisher:Maclen Music Ltd. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney)
Northern Songs Ltd.
Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division)
written at:Kenwood (John Lennon’s former house) in Weybridge, Surrey, England, United Kingdom (from 1965-09 until 1965-10)
referred to in medleys:Beatles Medley (Stars on 45) (order: 4)
Stars on 45 (Beatles Medley 7″ Mix) (order: 6)
Stars on 45 (12″ single) (order: 9)
later parody versions:Try Micah
later translated versions:Tu peux t'en aller
Старенький автомобиль
later versions:Ta min karl
is the basis for:Ride on shooting star