Drive

Drive or The Drive may refer to:

Motoring

• Driving, the act of controlling a vehicle
• Road trip, a journey on roads

Roadways

Roadways called "drives" may include:

• Driveway, a private road for local access to structures, abbreviated "drive"
• Road, an identifiable thoroughfare, route, way, or path between two places

Science

• Drive theory, a diverse set of motivational theories in psychology
• Drive reduction theory (learning theory), a theory of learning and motivation
• Prey drive, in the study of animal behavior, the predictable tendency of a carnivore to pursue and capture prey
• Gene drive, in genetics, a type of bias in the inheritance of a gene

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

• Drive (1997 film), an action film starring Mark Dacascos
• Drive (2002 film), a Japanese film starring Ren Osugi
• Drive (2011 film), an American crime drama film starring Ryan Gosling
• Drive (2019 film), an Indian romantic drama film

Literature

• Drive: The Story of My Life, an autobiography by Larry Bird
• Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, a 2009 book by Daniel H. Pink

Music

• Drive (band), an American heavy metal band
• Distortion (music), or overdrive or drive, an electronic effect

Albums

• Drive (Alan Jackson album) or the title song (see below), 2002
• Drive (Anneke van Giersbergen album) or the title song, 2013
• Drive (Béla Fleck album), 1988
• Drive (Bic Runga album) or the title song, 1997
• Drive (Gareth Emery album), 2014
• Drive (Poisonblack album), 2011
• Drive (Robert Palmer album), 2003
• Drive (Russ Freeman album) or the title song, 2002
• Drive (Steve Wariner album) or the title song, 1993
• Drive (Tiësto album), 2023
• Drive: Glay Complete Best, by Glay, 2000
• Drive: Nike + Original Run, by the Crystal Method, 2006
• The Drive (album), by Haddaway, 1995
• Drives (album), by Lonnie Smith, 1970
• Drive, by Roy Ayers, 1988
• Drive, by Stephen Ashbrook, 2001

EPS

• Drive (Amerie EP), 2016
• Drive (Bic Runga EP) or the title song, 1995
• Drive (Scott Grimes EP), 2010

Songs

• "Drive" (Black Coffee and David Guetta song), 2018
• "Drive" (The Cars song), 1984
• "Drive" (Cheyenne Jackson song), 2012
• "Drive" (Clean Bandit and Topic song), 2021
• "Drive" (Client song), 2007
• "Drive" (Cory Marks song), 2020
• "Drive" (Gretta Ray song), 2016
• "Drive" (Incubus song), 2000
• "Drive" (Miyeon song), 2022
• "Drive" (R.E.M. song), 1992
• "Drive" (Shannon Noll song), 2004
• "Drive (For Daddy Gene)", Alan Jackson, 2002
• "Drive", by Ashton Irwin from Superbloom, 2020
• "Drive", by Ben Rector from Magic, 2018
• "Drive", by Bobby McFerrin from Don't Worry, Be Happy, 1988
• "Drive", by Brett Kissel from The Compass Project, 2023
• "Drive", by Carly Rae Jepsen from Kiss, 2012
• "Drive", by the Chevin from Borderland, 2012
• "Drive", by Cold Chisel from Blood Moon, 2019
• "Drive", by Daft Punk, 2011
• "Drive", by the Gaslight Anthem from Sink or Swim, 2007
• "Drive", by Geoffrey Williams, 1996
• "Drive", by Halsey from Badlands, 2015
• "Drive", by Imagine Dragons from Imagine Dragons, 2009
• "Drive", by Joe 90 from Dream This, 1999
• "Drive", by the Matches from Decomposer, 2006
• "Drive", by Miley Cyrus from Bangerz, 2013
• "Drive", by Nate Haller, 2024
• "Drive", by NCT Dream from Glitch Mode, 2022
• "Drive", by Pale Waves from My Mind Makes Noises, 2018
• "Drive", by Pepper from Pink Crustaceans and Good Vibrations, 2008
• "Drive", by Shinee from The Story of Light, 2018
• "Drive", by Shortfall from the Squirtgun Records compilation More of Our Stupid Noise, 1998
• "Drive", by Stray Kids from SKZ-Replay, 2022
• "Drive", by Tonight Alive from Limitless, 2016
• "Drive", by U-Turn featuring Richard Poon, 2005
• "Drive", by Vanessa Hudgens from V, 2006
• "Drive", by Yanni from Sensuous Chill, 2016
• "Drive (For All Time)", by Westlife from World of Our Own, 2001

Radio

• Drive (CBC Music), the afternoon program on the CBC Music radio network
• WDRV (The Drive, 97.1 FM), a Chicago classic rock station
• WFLB, a radio station licensed to Laurinburg, North Carolina, United States and called The Drive from 2005 to 2011
• WNMB, a radio station licensed to North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States and called The Drive since 2018
• WVSC (FM) (103.1 The Drive), a South Carolina classic hits station

Television

Series

• Drive (2007 TV series), a 2007 American action drama
• Drive (2016 TV series), a 2016 British reality series
• Kamen Rider Drive, a 2014–2015 tokusatsu series
• The Drive (TV series), an American documentary series on sports in the Pac-12 Conference

Episodes

• "Drive", a 2013 episode of NCIS: Los Angeles
• "Drive" (Star Trek: Voyager), a 2000 episode of Star Trek: Voyager
• "Drive" (The X-Files), a 1998 episode of The X-Files

Other media

• The Drive (Thomson), a 1916–1917 painting by Tom Thomson
• Drive: the scifi comic, a webcomic by Dave Kellett

Places

• Drive Creek (Ontario), Canada
• Drive Lake (Ontario), Canada
• Lake Shore Drive or "The Drive", an expressway in Chicago

Sports

• Drive or Drive shot, a fast low groundstroke hit to the opponent's backcourt in some racket sports including:
  • Tennis
  • Pickleball
• Glossary of baseball terms#drive, a line drive, and related meanings
• Drive (American football), a continuous set of offensive plays
• Drive (cricket), a straight-batted shot
• Drive (golf), in golf stroke mechanics, a long-distance shot from the tee
• Grand Rapids Drive, American basketball team
• Greenville Drive, American baseball team
• The Drive (American football), an offensive series in the January 1987 AFC Championship Game

Technology

• Google Drive, a file service created and developed by Google
• Disk drive, a device implementing a storage mechanisms where data is recorded by various electronic, magnetic, optical, or mechanical changes to a surface layer of one or more rotating disks
• Drive, a spacecraft propulsion device
• Drive, an automobile transmission device
• Drive, in a motor controller, an electronic device providing power to a motor or servo
• List of screw drives, a screw drive
• Variable-frequency drive, a type of adjustable-speed drive

Other uses

• Drive (charity), a campaign to collect items, usually other than money
• Drive (studio), a Japanese animation and music studio
• Motivation
• Need for achievement, a person's desire for accomplishment or mastery

See also

• Driver (disambiguation)
• Drove (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles beginning with Drive
• All pages with titles containing Drive