Drive My Car is a Beatles tune released in 1965 as the opening track on the UK album Rubber Soul. The song features Paul McCartney on lead vocals with John Lennon contributing lyrics and harmony, and it blends rock with R&B influences. The cheeky story has a woman telling a man she will be a famous movie star and offering him a job as her driver, with the chorus line drive my car serving as a bluesy metaphor for sex. It was recorded on October 13, 1965 at EMI Studios in London, and its rhythm section, influenced by Otis Redding, gives the track a heavier bottom end than previous Beatles records. Musically it moves from a two chord funk verse to a piano driven jazz style chorus with modulations. Ringo Starr plays drums and cowbell, George Harrison adds harmony and lead guitar, while McCartney handles bass, piano, and slide guitar. Rubber Soul originally appeared in the UK as the opening track and later surfaced in North America on the Yesterday and Today collection.
