"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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Musicians[7] [Edit][]
- Alex Brown-backing vocals
- Lynn Davis-backing vocals
- Susaye Greene -backing vocals
- Windy Barnes-backing vocals
- Stevie Wonder-synthesizer, drums, vocals
Chart Positions[Edit][]
National Hit Parade[Edit][]
| Chart positions in the National hit parade:[8] | |||||
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| Week: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | - |
| Position: | 21 | 20 | 32 | 43 | from |
Dutch Top 40[Edit][]
| In the Dutch Top 40 chart positions: | ||||||
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| Week: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | - |
| Position: | 39 | 34 | 30 | 32 | 35 | from |
UK Singles Chart[Edit][]
| Chart positions in the UK Singles Chart: [9] | |||||
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| Week: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | - |
| Position: | 71 | 76 | 62 | 83 | from |