Don't Drive Drunk (Single):Stevie Wonder

"Don't Drive Drunk"is a song by Stevie Wonder. Motown gave it in 1984 as a single from. On the b-side was an instrumental version of "Don't Drive Drunk" or the song "Did I Hear You Say You Love Me", which appeared as the album number four years earlier on Hotter than July. "Don't Drive Drunk" was part of a by the United States Department of Transportation, the Ad Council and Chrysler sponsored campaign against driving under the influence. [1]  An accompanying music video, the cost of which amounted to six hundred thousand US dollar ,[2]  acted as a message of general interest and a poster of him with the English text "Before I ride with a drunk, I'll drive myself" was in about sixteen thousand high schools suspended. [3]  In an interview In The Los Angeles Times told Wonder he experienced an accident at the age of fifteen, in which the car of his parents clashed with those of a drunken driver. He took out for "Don't Drive Drunk" inspiration from this event. [4]  For the cover of the single was used a photo on which Wonder can be seen with a glass of orange juice in his hand. The song also appeared on the soundtrack album The Woman in Red, but was not used for the film. [5]  Wonder reached with "Don't Drive Drunk" in January 1985 the 62nd place in the UK Singles Chart. [6]  In the Dutch Top 40 and the single peaked on the thirtieth place in the National hit parade was the twentieth place.



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 * 2 chart positions
 * 2.1 National hit parade
 * 2.2 Dutch Top 40
 * 2.3 UK Singles Chart
 * Alex Brown-backing vocals
 * Lynn Davis-backing vocals
 * Susaye Greene -backing vocals
 * Windy Barnes-backing vocals
 * Stevie Wonder-synthesizer, drums, vocals